The return value of kernel_recvmsg() should be assigned to "err", not compared with the random value of a never initialized "err" (and the "< 0" check wrongly always returned false since == comparisons never have a result < 0).
Spotted by the Coverity checker. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- --- linux-2.6.21-rc3-mm2/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c.old 2007-03-19 09:44:40.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.21-rc3-mm2/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c 2007-03-19 09:45:18.000000000 +0100 @@ -779,8 +779,8 @@ svc_udp_recvfrom(struct svc_rqst *rqstp) } clear_bit(SK_DATA, &svsk->sk_flags); - while ((err == kernel_recvmsg(svsk->sk_sock, &msg, NULL, - 0, 0, MSG_PEEK | MSG_DONTWAIT)) < 0 || + while ((err = kernel_recvmsg(svsk->sk_sock, &msg, NULL, + 0, 0, MSG_PEEK | MSG_DONTWAIT)) < 0 || (skb = skb_recv_datagram(svsk->sk_sk, 0, 1, &err)) == NULL) { if (err == -EAGAIN) { svc_sock_received(svsk); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/