On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 12:05:30AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The newly added nft_range_eval() function handles the two possible
> nft range operations, but as the compiler warning points out,
> any unexpected value would lead to the 'mismatch' variable being
> used without being initialized:
> 
> net/netfilter/nft_range.c: In function 'nft_range_eval':
> net/netfilter/nft_range.c:45:5: error: 'mismatch' may be used uninitialized 
> in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
> 
> This removes the variable in question and instead moves the
> condition into the switch itself, which is potentially more
> efficient than adding a bogus 'default' clause as in my
> first approach, and is nicer than using the 'uninitialized_var'
> macro.

Applied to the nf tree, thanks Arnd.

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