linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/5] fs: affs: initialize fsdata in affs

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Date:   Mon, 21 Nov 2022 12:21:31 +0100
From:   Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
To:     glider@...gle.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        tytso@....edu, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, jaegeuk@...nel.org,
        chao@...nel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] fs: affs: initialize fsdata in affs_truncate()

When aops->write_begin() does not initialize fsdata, KMSAN may report
an error passing the latter to aops->write_end().

Fix this by unconditionally initializing fsdata.

Suggested-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
---
 fs/affs/file.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/affs/file.c b/fs/affs/file.c
index cefa222f7881c..8daeed31e1af9 100644
--- a/fs/affs/file.c
+++ b/fs/affs/file.c
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ affs_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 	if (inode->i_size > AFFS_I(inode)->mmu_private) {
 		struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 		struct page *page;
-		void *fsdata;
+		void *fsdata = NULL;
 		loff_t isize = inode->i_size;
 		int res;
 
-- 
2.38.1.584.g0f3c55d4c2-goog