From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> clang correctly notices that the 'uflags' variable initialization only happens in some cases: fs/namespace.c:4622:6: error: variable 'uflags' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized] 4622 | if (flags & MOVE_MOUNT_F_EMPTY_PATH) uflags = AT_EMPTY_PATH; | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ fs/namespace.c:4623:48: note: uninitialized use occurs here 4623 | from_name = getname_maybe_null(from_pathname, uflags); | ^~~~~~ fs/namespace.c:4622:2: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always true 4622 | if (flags & MOVE_MOUNT_F_EMPTY_PATH) uflags = AT_EMPTY_PATH; | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fixes: b1e9423d65e3 ("fs: support getname_maybe_null() in move_mount()") Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> --- fs/namespace.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c index 663bacefddfa..7a531e03cb3c 100644 --- a/fs/namespace.c +++ b/fs/namespace.c @@ -4619,6 +4619,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(move_mount, lflags = 0; if (flags & MOVE_MOUNT_F_SYMLINKS) lflags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW; if (flags & MOVE_MOUNT_F_AUTOMOUNTS) lflags |= LOOKUP_AUTOMOUNT; + uflags = 0; if (flags & MOVE_MOUNT_F_EMPTY_PATH) uflags = AT_EMPTY_PATH; from_name = getname_maybe_null(from_pathname, uflags); if (IS_ERR(from_name)) @@ -4627,6 +4628,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(move_mount, lflags = 0; if (flags & MOVE_MOUNT_T_SYMLINKS) lflags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW; if (flags & MOVE_MOUNT_T_AUTOMOUNTS) lflags |= LOOKUP_AUTOMOUNT; + uflags = 0; if (flags & MOVE_MOUNT_T_EMPTY_PATH) uflags = AT_EMPTY_PATH; to_name = getname_maybe_null(to_pathname, uflags); if (IS_ERR(to_name)) -- 2.39.5