linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] MIPS/ptrace: Update mips_get_syscall

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Date:   Mon, 12 Aug 2019 04:47:19 +0000
From:   Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
CC:     Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        Paul Burton <pburton@...ecomp.com>,
        James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        "linux-mips@...r.kernel.org" <linux-mips@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com" 
        <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        "linux-mips@...r.kernel.org" <linux-mips@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] MIPS/ptrace: Update mips_get_syscall_arg's return
 type

Hello,

Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> clang warns:
> 
> arch/mips/include/asm/syscall.h:136:3: error: variable 'ret' is
> uninitialized when used here [-Werror,-Wuninitialized]
>                 ret |= mips_get_syscall_arg(args++, task, regs, i++);
>                 ^~~
> arch/mips/include/asm/syscall.h:129:9: note: initialize the variable
> 'ret' to silence this warning
>         int ret;
>                ^
>                 = 0
> 1 error generated.
> 
> It's not wrong; however, it's not an issue in practice because ret is
> only assigned to, not read from. ret could just be initialized to zero
> but looking into it further, ret has been unused since it was first
> added in 2012 so just get rid of it and update mips_get_syscall_arg's
> return type since none of the return values are ever checked. If it is
> ever needed again, this commit can be reverted and ret can be properly
> initialized.

Applied to mips-next.

> commit 077ff3be06e8
> https://git.kernel.org/mips/c/077ff3be06e8
> 
> Fixes: c0ff3c53d4f9 ("MIPS: Enable HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK.")
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/604
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>

Thanks,
    Paul

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