linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hwpoison: fix uninitialized warning

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Date:	Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:59:01 +0800
From:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwpoison: fix uninitialized warning

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 05:19:07AM +0800, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> Fix mmotm build warning, presumably also in linux-next:
> mm/memory.c: In function `do_swap_page':
> mm/memory.c:2498: warning: `pte' may be used uninitialized in this function

Thanks for the fix!

Reviewed-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>

> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>
> ---
> I've only noticed this warning on one machine, the powerpc: certainly it
> needs CONFIG_MIGRATION or CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE to see it, but I thought
> I had one of those set on other machines - just musing in case it's being
> masked elsewhere by some other bug...
> 
>  mm/memory.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> --- mmotm/mm/memory.c	2009-09-14 16:34:37.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux/mm/memory.c	2009-09-15 22:00:48.000000000 +0100
> @@ -2495,7 +2495,7 @@ static int do_swap_page(struct mm_struct
>  		} else if (is_hwpoison_entry(entry)) {
>  			ret = VM_FAULT_HWPOISON;
>  		} else {
> -			print_bad_pte(vma, address, pte, NULL);
> +			print_bad_pte(vma, address, orig_pte, NULL);
>  			ret = VM_FAULT_OOM;
>  		}
>  		goto out;
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