linux-kernel - [PATCHv2 1/1] arch/parisc: mm: fix uninitialized variable usage

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Message-Id: <1379899450-27552-1-git-send-email-felipensp@gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 22 Sep 2013 22:24:10 -0300
From:	Felipe Pena <felipensp@...il.com>
To:	"James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...isc-linux.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Kautuk Consul <consul.kautuk@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Helge Deller <deller@....de>
Cc:	linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Felipe Pena <felipensp@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCHv2 1/1] arch/parisc: mm: fix uninitialized variable usage

The FAULT_FLAG_WRITE flag has been set based on uninitialized variable

Signed-off-by: Felipe Pena <felipensp@...il.com>
---
 arch/parisc/mm/fault.c |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c b/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c
index d10d27a..00c0ed3 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ void do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long code,
 
 	if (user_mode(regs))
 		flags |= FAULT_FLAG_USER;
+
+	acc_type = parisc_acctyp(code, regs->iir);
+
 	if (acc_type & VM_WRITE)
 		flags |= FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
 retry:
@@ -196,8 +199,6 @@ retry:
 
 good_area:
 
-	acc_type = parisc_acctyp(code,regs->iir);
-
 	if ((vma->vm_flags & acc_type) != acc_type)
 		goto bad_area;
 
-- 
1.7.10.4

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