linux-kernel - [PATCH -mm] mm/shmem.c: ret can be used uninitialized

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Message-ID: <20080611193729.GD13365@us.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:37:29 -0500
From:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>
To:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: [PATCH -mm] mm/shmem.c: ret can be used uninitialized

>From 6c4eb2ce2849308c4a745ec1f93001e5064a469c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Serge Hallyn <serge@...ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:20:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH -mm] mm/shmem.c: ret can be used uninitialized

Make sure ret is defined before check at line 1408.

Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@...ibm.com>
---
 mm/shmem.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index ad24be7..b326ff2 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ repeat:
 		}
 
 		if (!filepage) {
-			int ret;
+			int ret = 0;
 
 			spin_unlock(&info->lock);
 			filepage = shmem_alloc_page(gfp, info, idx);
-- 
1.5.4.3

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