linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nvme: Ensure ret is always initialized in

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Date:   Fri, 6 May 2022 09:09:41 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>,
        Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>
Cc:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>, Kanchan Joshi <joshi.k@...sung.com>,
        Anuj Gupta <anuj20.g@...sung.com>,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        llvm@...ts.linux.dev, kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvme: Ensure ret is always initialized in

On 5/6/22 9:03 AM, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> Clang warns:
> 
>   drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c:674:6: error: variable 'ret' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
>           if (ns)
>               ^~
>   drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c:677:9: note: uninitialized use occurs here
>           return ret;
>                  ^~~
>   drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c:674:2: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always true
>           if (ns)
>           ^~~~~~~
>   drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c:672:9: note: initialize the variable 'ret' to silence this warning
>           int ret;
>                  ^
>                   = 0
>   1 error generated.
> 
> Initialize ret to zero so that it cannot be used uninitialized.

Thanks, will fold this in.

> Or alternatively, remove the 'if (ns)' if ns can never be NULL; I tried
> going down the rabbit hole to see if that is possible but I got a little
> lost :^)

For the admin queue, ns can be NULL.

-- 
Jens Axboe