linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hwpoison: fix uninitialized warning

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Date:	Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:51:06 +0100 (BST)
From:	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>
To:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwpoison: fix uninitialized warning

On Wed, 16 Sep 2009, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 05:19:07AM +0800, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> > Fix mmotm build warning, presumably also in linux-next:
> > mm/memory.c: In function `do_swap_page':
> > mm/memory.c:2498: warning: `pte' may be used uninitialized in this function
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>
> > ---
> > I've only noticed this warning on one machine, the powerpc: certainly it
> > needs CONFIG_MIGRATION or CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE to see it, but I thought
> > I had one of those set on other machines - just musing in case it's being
> > masked elsewhere by some other bug...

> The lines was introduced in this patch:
> 
>         entry = pte_to_swp_entry(orig_pte);
> -       if (is_migration_entry(entry)) {
> -               migration_entry_wait(mm, pmd, address);
> +       if (unlikely(non_swap_entry(entry))) {
> +               if (is_migration_entry(entry)) {
> +                       migration_entry_wait(mm, pmd, address);
> +               } else if (is_hwpoison_entry(entry)) {
> +                       ret = VM_FAULT_HWPOISON;
> +               } else {
> +                       print_bad_pte(vma, address, pte, NULL);
> +                       ret = VM_FAULT_OOM;
> +               }
>                 goto out;
>         }
> 
> Given that currently there are only two types of non swap entries:
> migration/hwpoison, the last 'else' block is in fact dead code..

Ah, yes, I think it is dead code on x86 (32 and 64), where the
swp_entry_t is well packed.  But not dead code on ppc64, which has

#define __swp_type(entry)	(((entry).val >> 1) & 0x3f)

which is allowing swap types up to 63, when in fact the highest
we use is 31: that leaves space for 32 more non_swap_entry types.

So the compiler was absolutely right to complain about the
uninitialized variable on ppc64, but not on x86.  It's a little
surprising that ppc64 allows 64 swap types, but nothing wrong.

Thanks,
Hugh
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