We need to set the error message on this path otherwise some of the callers, such as test_hints_case(), print from an uninitialized pointer. We had a similar bug earlier and set "errmsg" to NULL in the caller, test_delta_action_item(). That code is no longer required so I have removed it. Fixes: 9069a3817d82 ("lib: objagg: implement optimization hints assembly and use hints for object creation") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/test_objagg.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/test_objagg.c b/lib/test_objagg.c index 3dd45777b13c..72c1abfa154d 100644 --- a/lib/test_objagg.c +++ b/lib/test_objagg.c @@ -745,8 +745,10 @@ static int check_expect_stats(struct objagg *objagg, int err; stats = objagg_stats_get(objagg); - if (IS_ERR(stats)) + if (IS_ERR(stats)) { + *errmsg = "objagg_stats_get() failed."; return PTR_ERR(stats); + } err = __check_expect_stats(stats, expect_stats, errmsg); objagg_stats_put(stats); return err; @@ -786,7 +788,6 @@ static int test_delta_action_item(struct world *world, if (err) goto errout; - errmsg = NULL; err = check_expect_stats(objagg, &action_item->expect_stats, &errmsg); if (err) { pr_err("Key %u: Stats: %s\n", action_item->key_id, errmsg); -- 2.17.1