[PATCH 6.6 224/331] tools/rv: Fix curr_reactor uninitialized variable

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6.6-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit 61ec586bc0815959d3314cf7ce242529c977b357 upstream.

clang is reporting:

$ make HOSTCC=clang CC=clang LLVM_IAS=1

clang -O -g -DVERSION=\"6.8.0-rc3\" -flto=auto -fexceptions
	-fstack-protector-strong -fasynchronous-unwind-tables
	-fstack-clash-protection  -Wall -Werror=format-security
	-Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS
	$(pkg-config --cflags libtracefs)  -I include
	-c -o src/in_kernel.o src/in_kernel.c
[...]

src/in_kernel.c:227:6: warning: variable 'curr_reactor' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
  227 |         if (!end)
      |             ^~~~
src/in_kernel.c:242:9: note: uninitialized use occurs here
  242 |         return curr_reactor;
      |                ^~~~~~~~~~~~
src/in_kernel.c:227:2: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always false
  227 |         if (!end)
      |         ^~~~~~~~~
  228 |                 goto out_free;
      |                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/in_kernel.c:221:6: warning: variable 'curr_reactor' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
  221 |         if (!start)
      |             ^~~~~~
src/in_kernel.c:242:9: note: uninitialized use occurs here
  242 |         return curr_reactor;
      |                ^~~~~~~~~~~~
src/in_kernel.c:221:2: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always false
  221 |         if (!start)
      |         ^~~~~~~~~~~
  222 |                 goto out_free;
      |                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/in_kernel.c:215:20: note: initialize the variable 'curr_reactor' to silence this warning
  215 |         char *curr_reactor;
      |                           ^
      |                            = NULL
2 warnings generated.

Which is correct. Setting curr_reactor to NULL avoids the problem.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/3a35551149e5ee0cb0950035afcb8082c3b5d05b.1707217097.git.bristot@xxxxxxxxxx

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Bill Wendling <morbo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Donald Zickus <dzickus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 6d60f89691fc ("tools/rv: Add in-kernel monitor interface")
Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/verification/rv/src/in_kernel.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/tools/verification/rv/src/in_kernel.c
+++ b/tools/verification/rv/src/in_kernel.c
@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@ static char *ikm_read_reactor(char *moni
 static char *ikm_get_current_reactor(char *monitor_name)
 {
 	char *reactors = ikm_read_reactor(monitor_name);
+	char *curr_reactor = NULL;
 	char *start;
 	char *end;
-	char *curr_reactor;
 
 	if (!reactors)
 		return NULL;






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