In the case where shmem_swapin returns null, the jump to the error return path via label 'failed' will end up with the uninitialized pointer folio being null checked a few statements later. Fix this by ensuring folio is initialized to null. Detected by clang scan: mm/shmem.c:1704:7: warning: variable 'folio' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true [-Wsometimes-uninitialized] Fixes: 2b58b3f33ba2 ("mm/shmem: convert shmem_swapin_page() to shmem_swapin_folio()") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/shmem.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c index 107f1e4dd0aa..7faaa61ff7fa 100644 --- a/mm/shmem.c +++ b/mm/shmem.c @@ -1682,7 +1682,7 @@ static int shmem_swapin_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index, struct shmem_inode_info *info = SHMEM_I(inode); struct mm_struct *charge_mm = vma ? vma->vm_mm : NULL; struct page *page; - struct folio *folio; + struct folio *folio = NULL; swp_entry_t swap; int error; -- 2.35.1