[PATCH v2 2/2] efd: fix uninitialized structure

Wang, Yipeng1 yipeng1.wang at intel.com
Thu Feb 24 18:14:48 CET 2022


> -----Original Message-----
> From: De Lara Guarch, Pablo <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2022 7:58 AM
> To: Wang, Yipeng1 <yipeng1.wang at intel.com>; Marohn, Byron
> <byron.marohn at intel.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; De Lara Guarch, Pablo <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com>;
> stable at dpdk.org
> Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] efd: fix uninitialized structure
> 
> Coverity flags that both elements of efd_online_group_entry are used
> uninitialized. This is OK because this structure is initially used for starting
> values, so any value is OK.
> 
> Coverity ID: 375868
> Fixes: 56b6ef874f80 ("efd: new Elastic Flow Distributor library")
> Cc: pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com>
> ---
> 
> -v2: Fixed typo in commit message
> 
> ---
>  lib/efd/rte_efd.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/efd/rte_efd.c b/lib/efd/rte_efd.c index
> 560cd78961..86910e587c 100644
> --- a/lib/efd/rte_efd.c
> +++ b/lib/efd/rte_efd.c
> @@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ rte_efd_update(struct rte_efd_table * const table,
> const unsigned int socket_id,  {
>  	uint32_t chunk_id = 0, group_id = 0, bin_id = 0;
>  	uint8_t new_bin_choice = 0;
> -	struct efd_online_group_entry entry;
> +	struct efd_online_group_entry entry = {0};
> 
>  	int status = efd_compute_update(table, socket_id, key, value,
>  			&chunk_id, &group_id, &bin_id,
> --
> 2.25.1
Acked-by: Yipeng Wang <yipeng1.wang at intel.com>



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