From: Arnd Bergmann <a...@arndb.de>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 15:53:57 +0100

> A recent bug fix rearranged the code in vmxnet3_tq_xmit() in a
> way that left the error handling for oversized headers unlock
> a lock that had not been taken yet. Gcc warns about the incorrect
> use of the 'flags' variable because of that:
> 
> drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c: In function 'vmxnet3_tq_xmit.constprop':
> include/linux/spinlock.h:246:3: error: 'flags' may be used uninitialized in 
> this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
> 
> This changes the error handling path to 'goto' the end of the function
> beyond the lock/unlock pair.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <a...@arndb.de>
> Fixes: cec05562fb1d ("vmxnet3: avoid calling pskb_may_pull with interrupts 
> disabled")

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.

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