Re: [PATCH net-next v2] selftests/net: initialize char variable to null
From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
Date: 2025-11-27 00:01:25
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Ankit Khushwaha wrote:
char variable in 'so_txtime.c' & 'txtimestamp.c' were left uninitilized when switch default case taken. which raises following warning. txtimestamp.c:240:2: warning: variable 'tsname' is used uninitialized whenever switch default is taken [-Wsometimes-uninitialized] so_txtime.c:210:3: warning: variable 'reason' is used uninitialized whenever switch default is taken [-Wsometimes-uninitialized] initializing these variables to NULL to fix this. Signed-off-by: Ankit Khushwaha <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com> minor typo in the first sentence, and there is somewhat interesting context in the v1. But no need to respin just for that.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
--- changelog: v2: change patch name to net-next. v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251124161324.16901-1-ankitkhushwaha.linux@gmail.com/ (local) --- tools/testing/selftests/net/so_txtime.c | 2 +- tools/testing/selftests/net/txtimestamp.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/so_txtime.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/so_txtime.c index 8457b7ccbc09..b76df1efc2ef 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/so_txtime.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/so_txtime.c@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static int do_recv_errqueue_timeout(int fdt) msg.msg_controllen = sizeof(control); while (1) { - const char *reason; + const char *reason = NULL; ret = recvmsg(fdt, &msg, MSG_ERRQUEUE); if (ret == -1 && errno == EAGAIN)diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/txtimestamp.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/txtimestamp.c index dae91eb97d69..bcc14688661d 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/txtimestamp.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/txtimestamp.c@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static void print_timestamp_usr(void) static void print_timestamp(struct scm_timestamping *tss, int tstype, int tskey, int payload_len) { - const char *tsname; + const char *tsname = NULL; validate_key(tskey, tstype); --2.52.0