Re: kern/59173: Use of initialized variables in firewire link layer driver

[Christos Zoulas <christos%zoulas.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/59173; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Christos Zoulas <christos%zoulas.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
 netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/59173: Use of initialized variables in firewire link layer
 driver
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 09:44:56 -0400

 On 2025-03-13 7:30 am, emmankoko519%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
 >> Number:         59173
 >> Category:       kern
 >> Synopsis:       Use of initialized variables in firewire link layer 
 >> driver
 >> Confidential:   no
 >> Severity:       non-critical
 >> Priority:       medium
 >> Responsible:    kern-bug-people
 >> State:          open
 >> Class:          sw-bug
 >> Submitter-Id:   net
 >> Arrival-Date:   Thu Mar 13 11:30:00 +0000 2025
 >> Originator:     Emmanuel Nyarko
 >> Release:        10.0
 >> Organization:
 > NetBSD
 >> Environment:
 > NetBSD 10.99.12 amd64
 >> Description:
 > Use of uninitialized broadcast address in ARP multicast in
 > sys/net/if_ieee1394subr.c.
 > 
 I think it is not used in the broadcast/multicast code. The following 
 diff makes it more clear:
 http://www.astron.com/~christos/NetBSD/if_ieee1394subr.c.diff
 
 christos