On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 9:57 AM David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Static analysis reports this problem
>
> write.c:773:29: warning: Assigned value is garbage or undefined
> mapping->writeback_index = next;
> ^ ~~~~
> The call to afs_writepages_region() can return without setting
> next. So check the function return before using next.
>
> Fixes: e87b03f5830e ("afs: Prepare for use of THPs")
> Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210430155031.3287870-1-trix@xxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>
> fs/afs/write.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/afs/write.c b/fs/afs/write.c
> index 3104b62c2082..2794147f82ff 100644
> --- a/fs/afs/write.c
> +++ b/fs/afs/write.c
> @@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ int afs_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
> mapping->writeback_index = next / PAGE_SIZE;
Isn't there the same issue with the use of next here.
> } else if (wbc->range_start == 0 && wbc->range_end == LLONG_MAX) {
> ret = afs_writepages_region(mapping, wbc, 0, LLONG_MAX, &next);
> - if (wbc->nr_to_write > 0)
> + if (wbc->nr_to_write > 0 && ret == 0)
> mapping->writeback_index = next;
Unrelated to this patch, but since next is a byte offset, should this
also divide by PAGE_SIZE as above.
> } else {
> ret = afs_writepages_region(mapping, wbc,
>
>
Marc
