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Date:   Thu, 10 Nov 2022 06:09:33 -0700
From:   Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
To:     Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
Cc:     Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>,
        Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@...gle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCHv5 04/13] zram: Introduce recompress sysfs knob

Hi Sergey,

On Wed, Nov 09, 2022 at 08:50:38PM +0900, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> Allow zram to recompress (using secondary compression streams)
> pages.
> 
> Re-compression algorithms (we support up to 3 at this stage)
> are selected via recomp_algorithm:
> 
>   echo "algo=zstd priority=1" > /sys/block/zramX/recomp_algorithm
> 
> Please read documentation for more details.
> 
> We support several recompression modes:
> 
> 1) IDLE pages recompression is activated by `idle` mode
> 
>   echo "type=idle" > /sys/block/zram0/recompress
> 
> 2) Since there may be many idle pages user-space may pass a size
> threshold value (in bytes) and we will recompress pages only
> of equal or greater size:
> 
>   echo "threshold=888" > /sys/block/zram0/recompress
> 
> 3) HUGE pages recompression is activated by `huge` mode
> 
>   echo "type=huge" > /sys/block/zram0/recompress
> 
> 4) HUGE_IDLE pages recompression is activated by `huge_idle` mode
> 
>   echo "type=huge_idle" > /sys/block/zram0/recompress
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
...
> diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
> index a6a5fd2474d7..749e4266dd72 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
...
> +	for (index = 0; index < nr_pages; index++) {
> +		int err;
> +
> +		zram_slot_lock(zram, index);
> +
> +		if (!zram_allocated(zram, index))
> +			goto next;
> +
> +		if (mode & RECOMPRESS_IDLE &&
> +		    !zram_test_flag(zram, index, ZRAM_IDLE))
> +			goto next;
> +
> +		if (mode & RECOMPRESS_HUGE &&
> +		    !zram_test_flag(zram, index, ZRAM_HUGE))
> +			goto next;
> +
> +		if (zram_test_flag(zram, index, ZRAM_WB) ||
> +		    zram_test_flag(zram, index, ZRAM_UNDER_WB) ||
> +		    zram_test_flag(zram, index, ZRAM_SAME) ||
> +		    zram_test_flag(zram, index, ZRAM_INCOMPRESSIBLE))
> +			goto next;
> +
> +		err = zram_recompress(zram, index, page, threshold,
> +				      prio, ZRAM_MAX_COMPS);
> +next:
> +		zram_slot_unlock(zram, index);
> +		if (err) {
> +			ret = err;
> +			break;
> +		}
> +
> +		cond_resched();
> +	}

This commit is now in -next as commit 03e6c729aa64 ("zram: introduce
recompress sysfs knob"), where it introduces the following clang
warnings:

drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:1909:7: error: variable 'err' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
                if (zram_test_flag(zram, index, ZRAM_WB) ||
                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:1919:7: note: uninitialized use occurs here
                if (err) {
                    ^~~
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:1909:3: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always false
                if (zram_test_flag(zram, index, ZRAM_WB) ||
                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:1909:7: error: variable 'err' is used uninitialized whenever '||' condition is true [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
                if (zram_test_flag(zram, index, ZRAM_WB) ||
                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:1919:7: note: uninitialized use occurs here
                if (err) {
                    ^~~
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:1909:7: note: remove the '||' if its condition is always false
                if (zram_test_flag(zram, index, ZRAM_WB) ||
                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:1909:7: error: variable 'err' is used uninitialized whenever '||' condition is true [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
                if (zram_test_flag(zram, index, ZRAM_WB) ||
                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:1919:7: note: uninitialized use occurs here
                if (err) {
                    ^~~
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:1909:7: note: remove the '||' if its condition is always false
                if (zram_test_flag(zram, index, ZRAM_WB) ||
                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:1909:7: error: variable 'err' is used uninitialized whenever '||' condition is true [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
                if (zram_test_flag(zram, index, ZRAM_WB) ||
                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:1919:7: note: uninitialized use occurs here
                if (err) {
                    ^~~
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:1909:7: note: remove the '||' if its condition is always false
                if (zram_test_flag(zram, index, ZRAM_WB) ||
                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:1905:7: error: variable 'err' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
                if (mode & RECOMPRESS_HUGE &&
                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:1919:7: note: uninitialized use occurs here
                if (err) {
                    ^~~
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:1905:3: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always false
                if (mode & RECOMPRESS_HUGE &&
                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:1901:7: error: variable 'err' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
                if (mode & RECOMPRESS_IDLE &&
                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:1919:7: note: uninitialized use occurs here
                if (err) {
                    ^~~
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:1901:3: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always false
                if (mode & RECOMPRESS_IDLE &&
                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:1898:7: error: variable 'err' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
                if (!zram_allocated(zram, index))
                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:1919:7: note: uninitialized use occurs here
                if (err) {
                    ^~~
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:1898:3: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always false
                if (!zram_allocated(zram, index))
                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c:1894:10: note: initialize the variable 'err' to silence this warning
                int err;
                       ^
                        = 0
7 errors generated.

Is the fix just to initialize err to 0 as it suggests or should there be
a different fix?

Cheers,
Nathan

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