linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] padata: fix uninitialized return value in padata

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Date:   Sat, 22 Feb 2020 12:41:33 +1100
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@...cle.com>
Cc:     Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] padata: fix uninitialized return value in
 padata_replace()

On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 01:11:00PM -0500, Daniel Jordan wrote:
> According to Geert's report[0],
> 
>   kernel/padata.c: warning: 'err' may be used uninitialized in this
>     function [-Wuninitialized]:  => 539:2
> 
> Warning is seen only with older compilers on certain archs.  The
> runtime effect is potentially returning garbage down the stack when
> padata's cpumasks are modified before any pcrypt requests have run.
> 
> Simplest fix is to initialize err to the success value.
> 
> [0] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200210135506.11536-1-geert@linux-m68k.org
> 
> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> Fixes: bbefa1dd6a6d ("crypto: pcrypt - Avoid deadlock by using per-instance padata queues")
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@...cle.com>
> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> Cc: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
> Cc: linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>  kernel/padata.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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