linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.2 13/77] FS-Cache: Add missing initialization of ret in cachefiles_write

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Date:	Thu, 24 Dec 2015 15:37:42 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "David Howells" <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	"Geert Uytterhoeven" <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	"Al Viro" <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: [PATCH 3.2 13/77] FS-Cache: Add missing initialization of ret in
 cachefiles_write_page()

3.2.75-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

commit cf89752645e47d86ba8a4157f4b121fcb33434c5 upstream.

fs/cachefiles/rdwr.c: In function ‘cachefiles_write_page’:
fs/cachefiles/rdwr.c:882: warning: ‘ret’ may be used uninitialized in
this function

If the jump to label "error" is taken, "ret" will indeed be
uninitialized, and random stack data may be printed by the debug code.

Fixes: 102f4d900c9c8f5e ("FS-Cache: Handle a write to the page immediately beyond the EOF marker")
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 fs/cachefiles/rdwr.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/cachefiles/rdwr.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/rdwr.c
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ int cachefiles_write_page(struct fscache
 	loff_t pos, eof;
 	size_t len;
 	void *data;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = -ENOBUFS;
 
 	ASSERT(op != NULL);
 	ASSERT(page != NULL);

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