clang fails to see that rbd_assert(0) ends in an unreachable code path and warns about a subsequent use of an uninitialized variable when CONFIG_PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES is set: drivers/block/rbd.c:2402:4: error: variable 'ret' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized] rbd_assert(0); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ drivers/block/rbd.c:563:7: note: expanded from macro 'rbd_assert' if (unlikely(!(expr))) { \ ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ include/linux/compiler.h:48:23: note: expanded from macro 'unlikely' # define unlikely(x) (__branch_check__(x, 0, __builtin_constant_p(x))) ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ drivers/block/rbd.c:2410:6: note: uninitialized use occurs here if (ret) { ^~~ drivers/block/rbd.c:2402:4: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always true rbd_assert(0); ^ drivers/block/rbd.c:563:3: note: expanded from macro 'rbd_assert' if (unlikely(!(expr))) { \ ^ drivers/block/rbd.c:2376:9: note: initialize the variable 'ret' to silence this warning int ret; ^ = 0 1 error generated. This seems to be a bug in clang, but is easy to work around by using an unconditional BUG(). Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/block/rbd.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c index 4ba967d65cf9..cbcc3baf3807 100644 --- a/drivers/block/rbd.c +++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c @@ -2399,7 +2399,7 @@ static int rbd_obj_read_from_parent(struct rbd_obj_request *obj_req) &obj_req->bvec_pos); break; default: - rbd_assert(0); + BUG(); } } else { ret = rbd_img_fill_from_bvecs(child_img_req, -- 2.20.0