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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>, Yang Shi <yang.s@alibaba-inc.com>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] mm: thp: avoid uninitialized variable use
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 13:51:04 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171215125129.2948634-1-arnd@arndb.de> (raw)

When the down_read_trylock() fails, 'vma' has not been initialized
yet, which gcc now warns about:

mm/khugepaged.c: In function 'khugepaged':
mm/khugepaged.c:1659:25: error: 'vma' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]

Presumable we are not supposed to call find_vma() without the mmap_sem
either, so setting it to NULL for this case seems appropriate.

Fixes: 0951b59acf3a ("mm: thp: use down_read_trylock() in khugepaged to avoid long block")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
---
I'm not completely sure this patch is sufficient, it gets rid of
the warning, but it would be good to have the code reviewed better
to see if other problems remain that result from down_read_trylock()
patch.
---
 mm/khugepaged.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 521b908f9600..b7e2268dfc9a 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -1677,11 +1677,10 @@ static unsigned int khugepaged_scan_mm_slot(unsigned int pages,
 	 * Don't wait for semaphore (to avoid long wait times).  Just move to
 	 * the next mm on the list.
 	 */
+	vma = NULL;
 	if (unlikely(!down_read_trylock(&mm->mmap_sem)))
 		goto breakouterloop_mmap_sem;
-	if (unlikely(khugepaged_test_exit(mm)))
-		vma = NULL;
-	else
+	if (likely(!khugepaged_test_exit(mm)))
 		vma = find_vma(mm, khugepaged_scan.address);
 
 	progress++;
-- 
2.9.0

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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>, Yang Shi <yang.s@alibaba-inc.com>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] mm: thp: avoid uninitialized variable use
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 13:51:04 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171215125129.2948634-1-arnd@arndb.de> (raw)

When the down_read_trylock() fails, 'vma' has not been initialized
yet, which gcc now warns about:

mm/khugepaged.c: In function 'khugepaged':
mm/khugepaged.c:1659:25: error: 'vma' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]

Presumable we are not supposed to call find_vma() without the mmap_sem
either, so setting it to NULL for this case seems appropriate.

Fixes: 0951b59acf3a ("mm: thp: use down_read_trylock() in khugepaged to avoid long block")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
---
I'm not completely sure this patch is sufficient, it gets rid of
the warning, but it would be good to have the code reviewed better
to see if other problems remain that result from down_read_trylock()
patch.
---
 mm/khugepaged.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 521b908f9600..b7e2268dfc9a 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -1677,11 +1677,10 @@ static unsigned int khugepaged_scan_mm_slot(unsigned int pages,
 	 * Don't wait for semaphore (to avoid long wait times).  Just move to
 	 * the next mm on the list.
 	 */
+	vma = NULL;
 	if (unlikely(!down_read_trylock(&mm->mmap_sem)))
 		goto breakouterloop_mmap_sem;
-	if (unlikely(khugepaged_test_exit(mm)))
-		vma = NULL;
-	else
+	if (likely(!khugepaged_test_exit(mm)))
 		vma = find_vma(mm, khugepaged_scan.address);
 
 	progress++;
-- 
2.9.0

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             reply	other threads:[~2017-12-15 12:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-12-15 12:51 Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2017-12-15 12:51 ` [PATCH] mm: thp: avoid uninitialized variable use Arnd Bergmann
2017-12-15 13:03 ` Michal Hocko
2017-12-15 13:03   ` Michal Hocko
2017-12-15 18:01 ` Yang Shi
2017-12-15 18:01   ` Yang Shi
2017-12-16 12:24   ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-12-16 12:24     ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-12-16 22:25     ` Yang Shi
2017-12-16 22:25       ` Yang Shi

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