Variables m_thresh and m_dirty in function balance_dirty_pages() may use uninitialized. GCC throws a warning on it. Fixed by assigned to 0 as initial value. Signed-off-by: Liao Tonglang <liaotonglang@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/page-writeback.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c index 0a931cd..288db45 100644 --- a/mm/page-writeback.c +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -1534,7 +1534,7 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, for (;;) { unsigned long now = jiffies; unsigned long dirty, thresh, bg_thresh; - unsigned long m_dirty, m_thresh, m_bg_thresh; + unsigned long m_dirty = 0, m_thresh = 0, m_bg_thresh; /* * Unstable writes are a feature of certain networked -- 1.8.3.1 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>