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Date:	Wed, 30 Mar 2016 11:00:12 +0800
From:	kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>
To:	Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>
Cc:	kbuild-all@...org, linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org,
	Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
	xfs@....sgi.com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@...el.com>,
	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] dax: handle media errors in dax_do_io

Hi Vishal,

[auto build test WARNING on linux-nvdimm/libnvdimm-for-next]
[also build test WARNING on v4.6-rc1 next-20160329]
[cannot apply to xfs/for-next]
[if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improving the system]

url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Vishal-Verma/dax-handling-of-media-errors/20160330-100409
base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm libnvdimm-for-next
config: x86_64-randconfig-i0-03300245 (attached as .config)
reproduce:
        # save the attached .config to linux build tree
        make ARCH=x86_64 

Note: it may well be a FALSE warning. FWIW you are at least aware of it now.
http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Better_Uninitialized_Warnings

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

   fs/ext4/indirect.c: In function 'ext4_ind_direct_IO':
>> fs/ext4/indirect.c:719:11: warning: 'ret_saved' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
      ssize_t ret_saved = 0;
              ^

vim +/ret_saved +719 fs/ext4/indirect.c

   703			smp_mb();
   704			if (unlikely(ext4_test_inode_state(inode,
   705							    EXT4_STATE_DIOREAD_LOCK))) {
   706				inode_dio_end(inode);
   707				goto locked;
   708			}
   709			if (IS_DAX(inode))
   710				ret = dax_do_io(iocb, inode, iter, offset,
   711						ext4_dio_get_block, NULL, 0);
   712			else
   713				ret = __blockdev_direct_IO(iocb, inode,
   714							   inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iter,
   715							   offset, ext4_dio_get_block,
   716							   NULL, NULL, 0);
   717			inode_dio_end(inode);
   718		} else {
 > 719			ssize_t ret_saved = 0;
   720	
   721	locked:
   722			if (IS_DAX(inode)) {
   723				ret = dax_do_io(iocb, inode, iter, offset,
   724						ext4_dio_get_block, NULL, DIO_LOCKING);
   725				if (ret == -EIO && iov_iter_rw(iter) == WRITE)
   726					ret_saved = ret;
   727				else

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