Copying Boris, Hi Dan, The following patch should help. Can you please confirm. diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/ctrlmondata.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/ctrlmondata.c index 286c03bb14a7..5a1b544795cd 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/ctrlmondata.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/ctrlmondata.c @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ int parse_cbm(struct rdt_parse_data *data, struct rdt_resource *r, struct rdt_domain *d) { struct rdtgroup *rdtgrp = data->rdtgrp; - u32 cbm_val; + u32 cbm_val = 0; if (d->have_new_ctrl) { rdt_last_cmd_printf("Duplicate domain %d\n", d->id); On 11/28/18 5:13 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote: > Hello Babu Moger, > > The patch a36c5ff560fb: "x86/resctrl: Bring cbm_validate() into the > resource structure" from Nov 21, 2018, leads to the following static > checker warning: > > arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/ctrlmondata.c:227 parse_cbm() > error: uninitialized symbol 'cbm_val'. > > arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/ctrlmondata.c > 201 int parse_cbm(struct rdt_parse_data *data, struct rdt_resource *r, > 202 struct rdt_domain *d) > 203 { > 204 struct rdtgroup *rdtgrp = data->rdtgrp; > 205 u32 cbm_val; > 206 > 207 if (d->have_new_ctrl) { > 208 rdt_last_cmd_printf("Duplicate domain %d\n", d->id); > 209 return -EINVAL; > 210 } > 211 > 212 /* > 213 * Cannot set up more than one pseudo-locked region in a cache > 214 * hierarchy. > 215 */ > 216 if (rdtgrp->mode == RDT_MODE_PSEUDO_LOCKSETUP && > 217 rdtgroup_pseudo_locked_in_hierarchy(d)) { > 218 rdt_last_cmd_printf("Pseudo-locked region in hierarchy\n"); > 219 return -EINVAL; > 220 } > 221 > 222 if (r->cbm_validate && !r->cbm_validate(data->buf, &cbm_val, r)) > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Assume this is NULL > > 223 return -EINVAL; > 224 > 225 if ((rdtgrp->mode == RDT_MODE_EXCLUSIVE || > 226 rdtgrp->mode == RDT_MODE_SHAREABLE) && > 227 rdtgroup_cbm_overlaps_pseudo_locked(d, cbm_val)) { > ^^^^^^^ > Then this is where Smatch complains that it's uninitialized. > > 228 rdt_last_cmd_printf("CBM overlaps with pseudo-locked region\n"); > 229 return -EINVAL; > 230 } > 231 > > > regards, > dan carpenter >