Thread (35 messages) 35 messages, 7 authors, 2020-07-15
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Revisions (2)
  1. v1 [diff vs current]
  2. v2 current

[PATCH v2 03/16] drbd: Remove uninitialized_var() usage

From: Kees Cook <hidden>
Date: 2020-06-20 03:33:57
Also in: linux-block, linux-clk, linux-doc, linux-ide, linux-mm, linux-spi, linux-wireless, lkml
Subsystem: block layer, drbd driver, the rest · Maintainers: Jens Axboe, Philipp Reisner, Lars Ellenberg, Christoph Böhmwalder, Linus Torvalds

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 initialize this variable to NULL.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603174714.192027-1-glider@google.com/ (local)
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw+Vbj0i=1TGqCR5vQkCzWJ0QxK6CernOU6eedsudAixw@mail.gmail.com/ (local)
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwgbgqhbp1fkxvRKEpzyR5J8n1vKT1VZdz9knmPuXhOeg@mail.gmail.com/ (local)
[4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yVJu65TpLgN_ybYNv0VEOKA@mail.gmail.com/ (local)

Fixes: a29728463b25 ("drbd: Backport the "events2" command")
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <redacted>
---
 drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
index eeaa3b49b264..0067d328f0b5 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
@@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ static void broadcast_state_change(struct drbd_state_change *state_change)
 	unsigned int n_device, n_connection, n_peer_device, n_peer_devices;
 	void (*last_func)(struct sk_buff *, unsigned int, void *,
 			  enum drbd_notification_type) = NULL;
-	void *uninitialized_var(last_arg);
+	void *last_arg = NULL;
 
 #define HAS_CHANGED(state) ((state)[OLD] != (state)[NEW])
 #define FINAL_STATE_CHANGE(type) \
-- 
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