Clang warns: fs/ntfs3/namei.c:445:7: error: variable 'uni1' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized] if (toupper(c1) != toupper(c2)) { ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ./include/linux/ctype.h:64:20: note: expanded from macro 'toupper' #define toupper(c) __toupper(c) ^ fs/ntfs3/namei.c:487:12: note: uninitialized use occurs here __putname(uni1); ^~~~ ./include/linux/fs.h:2789:65: note: expanded from macro '__putname' #define __putname(name) kmem_cache_free(names_cachep, (void *)(name)) ^~~~ fs/ntfs3/namei.c:445:3: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always false if (toupper(c1) != toupper(c2)) { ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ fs/ntfs3/namei.c:434:7: error: variable 'uni1' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized] if (!lm--) { ^~~~~ fs/ntfs3/namei.c:487:12: note: uninitialized use occurs here __putname(uni1); ^~~~ ./include/linux/fs.h:2789:65: note: expanded from macro '__putname' #define __putname(name) kmem_cache_free(names_cachep, (void *)(name)) ^~~~ fs/ntfs3/namei.c:434:3: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always false if (!lm--) { ^~~~~~~~~~~~ fs/ntfs3/namei.c:430:22: note: initialize the variable 'uni1' to silence this warning struct cpu_str *uni1, *uni2; ^ = NULL 2 errors generated. There is no point in calling __putname() in these particular error paths, as there has been no corresponding __getname() call yet. Just return directly in these blocks to clear up the warning. Fixes: a3a956c78efa ("fs/ntfs3: Add option "nocase"") Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1729 Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: * Pick up Nick's reviewed-by tag. v1: https://lore.kernel.org/20221004144145.1345772-1-nathan@xxxxxxxxxx/ fs/ntfs3/namei.c | 12 ++++-------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c index 315763eb05ff..5d3a6ce3f05f 100644 --- a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c +++ b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c @@ -431,10 +431,8 @@ static int ntfs_d_compare(const struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int len1, /* First try fast implementation. */ for (;;) { - if (!lm--) { - ret = len1 == len2 ? 0 : 1; - goto out; - } + if (!lm--) + return len1 == len2 ? 0 : 1; if ((c1 = *n1++) == (c2 = *n2++)) continue; @@ -442,10 +440,8 @@ static int ntfs_d_compare(const struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int len1, if (c1 >= 0x80 || c2 >= 0x80) break; - if (toupper(c1) != toupper(c2)) { - ret = 1; - goto out; - } + if (toupper(c1) != toupper(c2)) + return 1; } /* base-commit: d45da67caedacd500879de5e649360cc70777af7 -- 2.37.3