Re: [PATCH 12/16] bcache: Make it easier for static analyzers to analyze bch_allocator_thread()

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On 16/03/2018 12:52 AM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On Fri, 2018-03-16 at 00:29 +0800, Coly Li wrote:
>> On 15/03/2018 11:08 PM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
>>> This patch does not change any functionality but avoids that smatch
>>> reports the following:
>>>
>>> drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c:334: bch_allocator_thread() error: uninitialized symbol 'bucket'.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxx>
>>
>> Hi Bart,
>>
>> Your change is OK to me, but the original code seems OK too. Can I say
>> this is a bug should be fixed from smatch ?
> 
> Hello Coly,
> 
> It would be great if smatch would be modified such that it does not complain
> about this code. But I think that this patch does not only make the code
> easier to analyze for static analyzers but also for humans. So please evaluate
> this patch from that perspective.

Hi Bart,

It's fair enough, I am convinced. Thanks.

Reviewed-by: Coly Li <colyli@xxxxxxx>

Coly Li



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