# \[PATCH v8 04/21\] tracing/remotes: Initialise pos in trace\_start() - From: Vincent Donnefort \ - Date: 2026-11-06 18:07:48 - List: linux-trace-kernel - Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-trace-kernel/2026/11/17880562 - Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-trace-kernel/2026/11/17880557/t.md ```text When *pos is 0, trace_start() passes a dummy local variable i to trace_next() to fetch the first entry without modifying *pos. In that branch, i was left uninitialized. While i is discarded and causes no functional issues, initialise i and keep static analysers happy. Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort --- kernel/trace/trace_remote.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c b/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c index 026f6ec9b07b..317ba3124343 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c @@ -748,12 +748,12 @@ static void *trace_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos) trace_remote_iter_read_start(iter); + i = iter->pos; if (!*pos) { iter->pos = -1; return trace_next(m, NULL, &i); } - i = iter->pos; while (i < *pos) { iter = trace_next(m, NULL, &i); if (!iter) -- 2.56.0.455.g6c5a503b38-goog ```