linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] fsinfo: fix an uninialized variable 'conn'

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Message-ID: <1514050.1589904935@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:   Tue, 19 May 2020 17:15:35 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] fsinfo: fix an uninialized variable 'conn'

Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Variable conn is not initialized and can potentially contain
> garbage causing a false -EPERM return on the !conn check.
> Fix this by initializing it to false.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Uninitialized scalar variable")
> Fixes: f2494de388bd ("fsinfo: Add an attribute that lists all the visible mounts in a namespace")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Thanks, I've folded that in.

David