From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> As clang builds point out, the variable 'next' is now uninitialized in some conditions as a result of a previous patch that tried to rely on it being NULL here: mm/mmap.c:939:11: error: variable 'next' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized] else if (!curr) ^~~~~ mm/mmap.c:952:15: note: uninitialized use occurs here merge_next = next && mpol_equal(policy, vma_policy(next)) && ^~~~ Fixes: e887ecae997e ("mm/mmap/vma_merge: set next to NULL if not applicable") Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> --- mm/mmap.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c index 54099a604cf8..c01d43bd694e 100644 --- a/mm/mmap.c +++ b/mm/mmap.c @@ -939,6 +939,8 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct mm_struct *mm, else if (!curr) /* Is there a VMA next to a hole (case 1 - 3) or prev (4)? */ next = vma_lookup(mm, end); + else + next = NULL; /* Can we merge the predecessor? */ if (prev && addr == prev->vm_end && mpol_equal(vma_policy(prev), policy) -- 2.39.2