linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] Staging:android: Initialise buffer and buffer

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:58:16 +0800
From:	Zhengwang Ruan <ruan.zhengwang@...il.com>
To:	Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>
CC:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, chris+android@...thought.org,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] Staging:android: Initialise buffer and buffer_size
 before used




-------- Original Message --------
From: Arve Hjønnevåg
Sent: 2012年03月06日 星期二 20时01分58秒
To: Zhengwang Ruan
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] Staging:android: Initialise buffer and 
buffer_size
before used
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Zhengwang Ruan<ruan.zhengwang@...il.com>  wrote:
>> GCC warns 'buffer' and 'buffer_size' are used with being uninitialized, and
>> 'buffer' is used as returned value, and 'buffer_size' is initialized using
>> uninitialized_var to clear warning.
> Why do you clear the warning on buffer_size with uninitialized_var()
> but not on buffer?

struct binder_buffer *buffer;
size_t buffer_size;
struct rb_node *best_fit = NULL;

I see 'best_fit' is initialized by being directly assigned a NULL 
pointer, I think it should be better to initialize pointer in this way.

> Neither variable is used before being initialized.
>
I got the following compiling warning against buffer ans buffer_size:

drivers/staging/android/binder.c:719:24: warning: ‘buffer’ may be used 
uninitialized in this function
drivers/staging/android/binder.c:720:9: warning: ‘buffer_size’ may be 
used uninitialized in this function

Thanks,
-Zhengwang



--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/