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Message-ID: <1406056727.29265.2.camel@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 21:18:47 +0200 From: Ian Kumlien <ian.kumlien@...il.com> To: Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com> Cc: "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [RFC] 3.16-rc6 -- fs/direct-io.c:1011 from and to uninitialized. On tis, 2014-07-22 at 21:12 +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote: > On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 9:03 PM, Ian Kumlien <ian.kumlien@...il.com> wrote: > > This is a resend, try two... > > Please see "[PATCH v3] direct-io: fix uninitialized warning in do_direct_IO()". That looks like a better approach, couldn't find it before i started sending this and my emails are autofiltered if you send via the web ui.. ;) > > --- > > Hi, > > > > While playing around compiling the kernel i noticed the following: > > fs/direct-io.c: In function ‘do_blockdev_direct_IO’: > > fs/direct-io.c:1022:29: warning: ‘from’ may be used uninitialized in > > this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized] > > ret = submit_page_section(dio, sdio, page, > > ^ > > fs/direct-io.c:913:10: note: ‘from’ was declared here > > size_t from, to; > > ^ > > fs/direct-io.c:1011:12: warning: ‘to’ may be used uninitialized in this > > function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized] > > u = (to - from) >> blkbits; > > ^ > > fs/direct-io.c:913:16: note: ‘to’ was declared here > > size_t from, to; > > ^ > > --- > > > > > > And while the fix is simple, something along the lines of: > > diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c > > index 98040ba..64a8286 100644 > > --- a/fs/direct-io.c > > +++ b/fs/direct-io.c > > @@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ static int do_direct_IO(struct dio *dio, struct > > dio_submit *sdi > > > > while (sdio->block_in_file < sdio->final_block_in_request) { > > struct page *page; > > - size_t from, to; > > + size_t from, to = {0}; > > page = dio_get_page(dio, sdio, &from, &to); > > if (IS_ERR(page)) { > > ret = PTR_ERR(page); > > --- > > > > I however don't know if it's in the correct C standard, it compiles fine > > though... (or if this is more gcc speific) > > > > > > > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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