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netfilter: nf_conntrack_sctp: fix build warning

Message ID 20081124123516.GB12944@localhost
State Not Applicable, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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kbuild test robot Nov. 24, 2008, 12:35 p.m. UTC 
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 02:23:16PM +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote:
> Wu Fengguang wrote:
> >> print some debug info would be better?
> > 
> > Like this one?
> > +		pr_debug("Empty sctp packet\n");
> > 
> > Fengguang
> > ---
> > netfilter: nf_conntrack_sctp: fix build warning
> > 
> > net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c: In function ‘sctp_packet’:
> > net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c:376: warning: array subscript is above array bounds
> 
> The warning is bogus, so we don't need a pr_debug() there.
> I've applied your first patch with an unlikely() added and
> a comment stating that the warning is bogus.

Thank you! I was expecting some better solution (and learn a bit) ;-)

> commit a3e2913ffd3dec7f6975f680035670261ad5f56e
> Author: Wu Fengguang <wfg@linux.intel.com>
> Date:   Mon Nov 24 13:18:00 2008 +0100
> 
>     netfilter: nf_conntrack_sctp: fix build warning
>     
>     net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c: In function 'sctp_packet':
>     net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c:376: warning: array subscript is above array bounds
>     
>     [Patrick; add unlikely and comment stating that the warning is bogus]
>     
>     Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <wfg@linux.intel.com>
>     Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
> 
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
> index c2bd457..1259ec6 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
> @@ -373,6 +373,12 @@ static int sctp_packet(struct nf_conn *ct,
>  	}
>  	write_unlock_bh(&sctp_lock);
>  
> +	/* Avoid bogus warning, gcc doesn't realize do_basic_checks()
> +	 * guarantees that there is at least one SCTP chunk.
> +	 */
> +	if (unlikely(new_state == SCTP_CONNTRACK_MAX))
> +		goto out;
> +

If do_basic_checks() guarantees that, why not Initialize new_state to 0?

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diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
index ae8c260..218137d 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
@@ -317,7 +317,11 @@  static int sctp_packet(struct nf_conn *ct,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	old_state = new_state = SCTP_CONNTRACK_MAX;
+	/* Avoid bogus warning, gcc doesn't realize do_basic_checks()
+	 * guarantees that there is at least one SCTP chunk.
+	 */
+	old_state = new_state = 0;
+
 	write_lock_bh(&sctp_lock);
 	for_each_sctp_chunk (skb, sch, _sch, offset, dataoff, count) {
 		/* Special cases of Verification tag check (Sec 8.5.1) */