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

- From: Sedat Dilek \<hidden\>
- Date: 2020-06-04 20:58:17 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2020/06/5989845
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-block/2020/06/5988825/t.md

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On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 10:20 PM Kees Cook [ref] wrote:
>
> 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!
>

Fixes tag does not automatically mean it is "for-stable".

[1] says:

> Patches that fix a severe bug in a released kernel should be directed
> toward the stable maintainers by putting a line like this::
>
>   Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org

- Sedat -

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst#n299
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