The patch titled Subject: mm-page_alloc-remove-unnecessary-initialisation-from-__alloc_pages_nodemask-fix has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-page_alloc-remove-unnecessary-initialisation-from-__alloc_pages_nodemask-fix.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-page_alloc-remove-unnecessary-initialisation-from-__alloc_pages_nodemask-fix.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-page_alloc-remove-unnecessary-initialisation-from-__alloc_pages_nodemask-fix.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm-page_alloc-remove-unnecessary-initialisation-from-__alloc_pages_nodemask-fix mm/page_alloc.c: In function '__alloc_pages_nodemask': mm/page_alloc.c:3350: warning: 'page' may be used uninitialized in this function Not feeling good about what happened in here. Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/page_alloc.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page_alloc-remove-unnecessary-initialisation-from-__alloc_pages_nodemask-fix mm/page_alloc.c --- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page_alloc-remove-unnecessary-initialisation-from-__alloc_pages_nodemask-fix +++ a/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -3393,8 +3393,11 @@ retry_cpuset: /* The preferred zone is used for statistics later */ preferred_zoneref = first_zones_zonelist(ac.zonelist, ac.high_zoneidx, ac.nodemask, &ac.preferred_zone); - if (!ac.preferred_zone) + if (!ac.preferred_zone) { + page = NULL; goto out; + } + ac.classzone_idx = zonelist_zone_idx(preferred_zoneref); /* First allocation attempt */ _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are i-need-old-gcc.patch arch-alpha-kernel-systblss-remove-debug-check.patch arm-arch-arm-include-asm-pageh-needs-personalityh.patch fsnotify-avoid-spurious-emfile-errors-from-inotify_init-checkpatch-fixes.patch kernel-padata-hide-unused-functions-checkpatch-fixes.patch mm.patch mm-slab-freelist-randomization-v5-fix.patch mm-rename-_count-field-of-the-struct-page-to-_refcount-fix.patch mm-rename-_count-field-of-the-struct-page-to-_refcount-fix-fix.patch include-linux-apply-__malloc-attribute-checkpatch-fixes.patch include-linux-nodemaskh-create-next_node_in-helper.patch include-linux-nodemaskh-create-next_node_in-helper-fix-fix.patch mm-hugetlbc-use-first_memory_node.patch mm-mempolicyc-offset_il_node-document-and-clarify.patch mm-uninline-page_mapped.patch mm-uninline-page_mapped-checkpatch-fixes.patch memory_hotplug-introduce-config_memory_hotplug_default_online-fix.patch oom-oom_reaper-try-to-reap-tasks-which-skip-regular-oom-killer-path-try-to-reap-tasks-which-skip-regular-memcg-oom-killer-path-fix.patch mm-page_alloc-only-check-pagecompound-for-high-order-pages-fix.patch mm-page_alloc-remove-unnecessary-initialisation-from-__alloc_pages_nodemask-fix.patch mm-page_alloc-shorten-the-page-allocator-fast-path-fix.patch mm-page_alloc-avoid-looking-up-the-first-zone-in-a-zonelist-twice-fix.patch mm-page_alloc-un-inline-the-bad-part-of-free_pages_check-fix.patch mm-page_alloc-defer-debugging-checks-of-freed-pages-until-a-pcp-drain-fix.patch mm-page_alloc-dont-duplicate-code-in-free_pcp_prepare-fix.patch mm-compaction-abstract-compaction-feedback-to-helpers-fix.patch mm-oom-compaction-prevent-from-should_compact_retry-looping-for-ever-for-costly-orders-fix.patch mm-thp-avoid-unnecessary-swapin-in-khugepaged-fix.patch procfs-fixes-pthread-cross-thread-naming-if-pr_dumpable-fix.patch exit_thread-remove-empty-bodies-fix.patch exit_thread-accept-a-task-parameter-to-be-exited-checkpatch-fixes.patch fs-execc-fix-minor-memory-leak.patch linux-next-rejects.patch drivers-net-wireless-intel-iwlwifi-dvm-calibc-fix-min-warning.patch kernel-forkc-export-kernel_thread-to-modules.patch slab-leaks3-default-y.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html