If buf is NULL then ppdata is unitialized after exit from validate_ntransact(). In this case we do not use ppdata, but compiler warns us. Make it happy. This patch silences a compiler warning: fs/cifs/cifssmb.c: In function ‘CIFSSMBGetCIFSACL’: fs/cifs/cifssmb.c:3082: warning: ‘pdata’ may be used uninitialized in this function Signed-off-by: Kulikov Vasiliy <segooon@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/cifs/cifssmb.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c index c65c341..22805e2 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c +++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c @@ -2506,6 +2506,7 @@ validate_ntransact(char *buf, char **ppparm, char **ppdata, *pdatalen = 0; *pparmlen = 0; + *ppdata = 0; if (buf == NULL) return -EINVAL; -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html