Re: [PATCH] libbpf: Initialize err in probe_map_create

[Jiri Olsa]

On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 07:51:09PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> GCC-11 warns about the possibly unitialized err variable in
> probe_map_create:
> 
> libbpf_probes.c: In function 'probe_map_create':
> libbpf_probes.c:361:38: error: 'err' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
>   361 |                 return fd < 0 && err == exp_err ? 1 : 0;
>       |                                  ~~~~^~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Fixes: 878d8def0603 ("libbpf: Rework feature-probing APIs")
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>

jirka

> ---
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_probes.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_probes.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_probes.c
> index 97b06cede56f..6cf44e61815d 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_probes.c
> +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_probes.c
> @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static int probe_map_create(enum bpf_map_type map_type, __u32 ifindex)
>  	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_map_create_opts, opts);
>  	int key_size, value_size, max_entries;
>  	__u32 btf_key_type_id = 0, btf_value_type_id = 0;
> -	int fd = -1, btf_fd = -1, fd_inner = -1, exp_err = 0, err;
> +	int fd = -1, btf_fd = -1, fd_inner = -1, exp_err = 0, err = 0;
>  
>  	opts.map_ifindex = ifindex;
>  
> -- 
> 2.25.1
>