Re: [PATCH v2] net: initialize msg.msg_flags in recvfrom

From	David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v2] net: initialize msg.msg_flags in recvfrom
Date	2017-03-10 02:30 +0100
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From: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Date: Wed,  8 Mar 2017 18:08:16 +0100

> KMSAN reports a use of uninitialized memory in put_cmsg() because
> msg.msg_flags in recvfrom haven't been initialized properly.
> The flag values don't affect the result on this path, but it's still a
> good idea to initialize them explicitly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
> ---
> Changes since v1:
>  - removed KMSAN report and reproducer from the description

Applied, thank you.

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[PATCH v2] net: initialize msg.msg_flags in recvfrom Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com> - 2017-03-08 18:20 +0100
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