[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 2/3] net/iavf: fix issues with clang 21.1.4

[Medvedkin, Vladimir]

Acked-by: Vladimir Medvedkin <vladimir.medvedkin at intel.com>

On 10/28/2025 5:23 PM, jerinj at marvell.com wrote:
> From: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
>
> Fix the following error seen with clang 21.1.4
>
> drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_vchnl.c:123:38: error: variable
> 'notify_byte' is uninitialized when passed as a const pointer
> argument here [-Werror,-Wuninitialized-const-pointer]
>
> Fixes: cb5c1b91f76f ("net/iavf: add thread for event callbacks")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_vchnl.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_vchnl.c b/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_vchnl.c
> index 460035d772..9ad39300c6 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_vchnl.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_vchnl.c
> @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ iavf_dev_event_post(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
>   		void *param, size_t param_alloc_size)
>   {
>   	struct iavf_event_handler *handler = &event_handler;
> -	char notify_byte;
> +	char notify_byte = 0;
>   	struct iavf_event_element *elem = rte_malloc(NULL, sizeof(*elem) + param_alloc_size, 0);
>   	if (!elem)
>   		return;

-- 
Regards,
Vladimir