linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2] fs: ext4: fix uninitialized symbols

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Message-ID: <176244393634.3131189.2721696855170413272.b4-ty@mit.edu>
Date: Thu,  6 Nov 2025 10:45:47 -0500
From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To: lkp@...el.com, Ranganath V N <vnranganath.20@...il.com>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca,
        david.hunter.linux@...il.com, khalid@...nel.org,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, oe-kbuild-all@...ts.linux.dev,
        skhan@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] fs: ext4: fix uninitialized symbols


On Sat, 11 Oct 2025 12:08:29 +0530, Ranganath V N wrote:
> Fix the issue detected by the smatch tool.
> 
> fs/ext4/inode.c:3583 ext4_map_blocks_atomic_write_slow() error: uninitialized symbol 'next_pblk'.
> fs/ext4/namei.c:1776 ext4_lookup() error: uninitialized symbol 'de'.
> fs/ext4/namei.c:1829 ext4_get_parent() error: uninitialized symbol 'de'.
> fs/ext4/namei.c:3162 ext4_rmdir() error: uninitialized symbol 'de'.
> fs/ext4/namei.c:3242 __ext4_unlink() error: uninitialized symbol 'de'.
> fs/ext4/namei.c:3697 ext4_find_delete_entry() error: uninitialized symbol 'de'.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] fs: ext4: fix uninitialized symbols
      commit: 6640d552185f7c11235c64a832004db9af119b2d

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