On Sun, Sep 03, 2017 at 10:30:00AM +0200, Nicolas Iooss wrote:
> Function dax_pmd_insert_mapping() contains the following code:
>
> pfn_t pfn;
> if (bdev_dax_pgoff(bdev, sector, size, &pgoff) != 0)
> goto fallback;
> /* ... */
> fallback:
> trace_dax_pmd_insert_mapping_fallback(inode, vmf, length, pfn, ret);
>
> When the condition in the if statement fails, the function calls
> trace_dax_pmd_insert_mapping_fallback() with an uninitialized pfn value.
>
> This issue has been found while building the kernel with clang. The
> compiler reported:
>
> fs/dax.c:1280:6: error: variable 'pfn' is used uninitialized
> whenever 'if' condition is true [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
> if (bdev_dax_pgoff(bdev, sector, size, &pgoff) != 0)
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> fs/dax.c:1310:60: note: uninitialized use occurs here
> trace_dax_pmd_insert_mapping_fallback(inode, vmf, length, pfn, ret);
> ^~~
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Iooss <nicolas.iooss_linux@xxxxxxx>
Yep this looks good. Thanks for the fix.
Reviewed-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/dax.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
> index ab925dc6647a..20e6d76d6fff 100644
> --- a/fs/dax.c
> +++ b/fs/dax.c
> @@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ static int dax_pmd_insert_mapping(struct vm_fault *vmf, struct iomap *iomap,
> void *ret = NULL, *kaddr;
> long length = 0;
> pgoff_t pgoff;
> - pfn_t pfn;
> + pfn_t pfn = {};
> int id;
>
> if (bdev_dax_pgoff(bdev, sector, size, &pgoff) != 0)
> --
> 2.14.1
>
