On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 21:30 +0530, Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote: > Hello James, > > On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 10:28 -0500, James Bottomley wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 20:49 +0530, Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote: > > > I am watching this problem from long time in -tip. > > > > > > Subject: [PATCH] scsi: scsi_transport_iscsi.c initialize the variable before it get used > > > > > > In some cases, err will be used uninitialized. > > > > What cases? A simple theoretical analysis shows that this variable is > > always set. > > > > Ok lets takes your tree: > > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6.git;a=blob;f=drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c;hb=10eb0f013c63c71c82ede77945a5f390c10cfda6 > > > 672 int iscsi_add_session(struct iscsi_cls_session *session, unsigned int target_id) > 673 { > 674 struct Scsi_Host *shost = iscsi_session_to_shost(session); > 675 struct iscsi_cls_host *ihost; > 676 unsigned long flags; > 677 unsigned int id = target_id; > 678 int err; > 679 > 680 ihost = shost->shost_data; > 681 session->sid = atomic_add_return(1, &iscsi_session_nr); > 682 > 683 if (id == ISCSI_MAX_TARGET) { > 684 for (id = 0; id < ISCSI_MAX_TARGET; id++) { > 685 err = device_for_each_child(&shost->shost_gendev, &id, > 686 iscsi_get_next_target_id); > 687 if (!err) > 688 break; > 689 } > 690 > 691 if (id == ISCSI_MAX_TARGET) { > 692 iscsi_cls_session_printk(KERN_ERR, session, > 693 "Too many iscsi targets. Max " > 694 "number of targets is %d.\n", > 695 ISCSI_MAX_TARGET - 1); > 696 goto release_host; > 697 } > 698 } > 699 session->target_id = id; > 700 > 701 dev_set_name(&session->dev, "session%u", session->sid); > 702 err = device_add(&session->dev); > 703 if (err) { > 704 iscsi_cls_session_printk(KERN_ERR, session, > 705 "could not register session's dev\n"); > 706 goto release_host; > 707 } > 708 transport_register_device(&session->dev); > 709 > 710 spin_lock_irqsave(&sesslock, flags); > 711 list_add(&session->sess_list, &sesslist); > 712 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sesslock, flags); > 713 > 714 iscsi_session_event(session, ISCSI_KEVENT_CREATE_SESSION); > 715 return 0; > 716 > 717 release_host: > 718 scsi_host_put(shost); > 719 return err; > 720 } > > You are right but compiler is confused and giving warning like this : > > 1. do not go inside : > 684 for (id = 0; id < ISCSI_MAX_TARGET; id++) { How? id is an unsigned int and ISCSI_MAX_TARGET is defined to be -1 in include/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.h (might be better if it were UINT_MAX, but -1 is just as good). James -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html