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    netfilter: conntrack: fix NF_REPEAT handling · 56a62e22
    Arnd Bergmann authored
    gcc correctly identified a theoretical uninitialized variable use:
    
    net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c: In function 'nf_conntrack_in':
    net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:1125:14: error: 'l4proto' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
    
    This could only happen when we 'goto out' before looking up l4proto,
    and then enter the retry, implying that l3proto->get_l4proto()
    returned NF_REPEAT. This does not currently get returned in any
    code path and probably won't ever happen, but is not good to
    rely on.
    
    Moving the repeat handling up a little should have the same
    behavior as today but avoids the warning by making that case
    impossible to enter.
    
    [ I have mangled this original patch to remove the check for tmpl, we
      should inconditionally jump back to the repeat label in case we hit
      NF_REPEAT instead. I have also moved the comment that explains this
      where it belongs. --pablo ]
    
    Fixes: 08733a0c
    
     ("netfilter: handle NF_REPEAT from nf_conntrack_in()")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
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