From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> The 'err' variable is set in a conditinal branch and is not set otherwise: mm/mremap.c:1017:7: error: variable 'err' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized] 1017 | if (vma->vm_start != old_addr) Set it to zero before the initial value is set. Fixes: 3129f7896afb ("mm/mremap: initial refactor of move_vma()") Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> --- mm/mremap.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c index 456849b9e7bd..9c51a2360d84 100644 --- a/mm/mremap.c +++ b/mm/mremap.c @@ -1014,6 +1014,7 @@ static unsigned long prep_move_vma(struct vma_remap_struct *vrm) return -ENOMEM; if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->may_split) { + err = 0; if (vma->vm_start != old_addr) err = vma->vm_ops->may_split(vma, old_addr); if (!err && vma->vm_end != old_addr + old_len) -- 2.39.5