linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: initialize err_blk before calling __ext4_get_inode

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Message-Id: <164058326343.3172825.15437605402613198910.b4-ty@mit.edu>
Date:   Mon, 27 Dec 2021 00:34:40 -0500
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@...il.com>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: initialize err_blk before calling __ext4_get_inode_loc

On Wed, 1 Dec 2021 08:34:21 -0800, Harshad Shirwadkar wrote:
> From: Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@...il.com>
> 
> It is not guaranteed that __ext4_get_inode_loc will definitely set
> err_blk pointer when it returns EIO. To avoid using uninitialized
> variables, let's first set err_blk to 0.
> 
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] ext4: initialize err_blk before calling __ext4_get_inode_loc
      commit: 613da7163720054004f596e5f5230753b50a7f45

Best regards,
-- 
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>