Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If the code ever reaches this line, then slice will be used > uninitialised below. It can't actually happen (or, at least, it shouldn't). There are only three ways of obtaining data: downloading from the server (NETFS_DOWNLOAD_FROM_SERVER), reading from the cache (NETFS_READ_FROM_CACHE) and just clearing space (NETFS_FILL_WITH_ZEROES); each of those has its own if-statement that will set 'slice' or will switch the source to a different type that will set 'slice'. The problem is that the compiler doesn't know this. The check for NETFS_INVALID_READ is there just in case. Possibly: if (source == NETFS_INVALID_READ) break; could be replaced with a WARN_ON_ONCE() and an unconditional break. David