# Re: \[PATCH 05/10\] ide: Remove uninitialized\_var() usage

- From: Kees Cook \<hidden\>
- Date: 2020-06-04 20:20:05 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2020/06/5989792
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-block/2020/06/5988825/t.md

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On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 12:29:17PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 4:32 PM Kees Cook [ref] wrote:
> >
> > Using uninitialized_var() is dangerous as it papers over real bugs[1]
> > (or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings (e.g.
> > "unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized, either
> > simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes. As a precursor
> > to removing[2] this[3] macro[4], just remove this variable since it was
> > actually unused:
> >
> > drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c:232:34: warning: unused variable 'flags' [-Wunused-variable]
> >         unsigned long uninitialized_var(flags);
> >                                         ^
> >
> > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603174714.192027-1-glider@google.com/
> > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw+Vbj0i=1TGqCR5vQkCzWJ0QxK6CernOU6eedsudAixw@mail.gmail.com/
> > [3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwgbgqhbp1fkxvRKEpzyR5J8n1vKT1VZdz9knmPuXhOeg@mail.gmail.com/
> > [4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yVJu65TpLgN_ybYNv0VEOKA@mail.gmail.com/
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <redacted>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>

Thanks for the reviews!

> Fixes ce1e518190ea ("ide: don't disable interrupts during kmap_atomic()")

I originally avoided adding Fixes tags because I didn't want these
changes backported into a -stable without -Wmaybe-uninitialized
disabled, but in these cases (variable removal), that actually does make
sense. Thanks!

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
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