linux-kernel - [PATCH] rbd: avoid clang -Wuninitialized warning

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Date:   Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:36:37 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@...il.com>, Sage Weil <sage@...hat.com>,
        Alex Elder <elder@...nel.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Jason Dillaman <dillaman@...hat.com>,
        ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] rbd: avoid clang -Wuninitialized warning

clang fails to see that rbd_assert(0) ends in an unreachable code
path and warns about a subsequent use of an uninitialized variable
when CONFIG_PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES is set:

drivers/block/rbd.c:2402:4: error: variable 'ret' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false
      [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
                        rbd_assert(0);
                        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/block/rbd.c:563:7: note: expanded from macro 'rbd_assert'
                if (unlikely(!(expr))) {                                \
                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/compiler.h:48:23: note: expanded from macro 'unlikely'
 #  define unlikely(x)   (__branch_check__(x, 0, __builtin_constant_p(x)))
                        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/block/rbd.c:2410:6: note: uninitialized use occurs here
        if (ret) {
            ^~~
drivers/block/rbd.c:2402:4: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always true
                        rbd_assert(0);
                        ^
drivers/block/rbd.c:563:3: note: expanded from macro 'rbd_assert'
                if (unlikely(!(expr))) {                                \
                ^
drivers/block/rbd.c:2376:9: note: initialize the variable 'ret' to silence this warning
        int ret;
               ^
                = 0
1 error generated.

This seems to be a bug in clang, but is easy to work around by using
an unconditional BUG().

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
---
 drivers/block/rbd.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 4ba967d65cf9..cbcc3baf3807 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -2399,7 +2399,7 @@ static int rbd_obj_read_from_parent(struct rbd_obj_request *obj_req)
 						      &obj_req->bvec_pos);
 			break;
 		default:
-			rbd_assert(0);
+			BUG();
 		}
 	} else {
 		ret = rbd_img_fill_from_bvecs(child_img_req,
-- 
2.20.0