[PATCH linux] ext4: Delete useless ret assignment

[PATCH linux] ext4: Delete useless ret assignment

[cgel.zte]

From: luo penghao <luo.penghao@zte.com.cn>

The assignments in these two places will be overwritten by new
assignments later, so they should be deleted.

The clang_analyzer complains as follows:

fs/ext4/fast_commit.c

Value stored to 'ret' is never read

Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@zte.com.cn>
Signed-off-by: luo penghao <luo.penghao@zte.com.cn>
---
 fs/ext4/fast_commit.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
index 8ea5a81..8d5d044 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
@@ -1660,7 +1660,7 @@ static int ext4_fc_replay_add_range(struct super_block *sb,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	ret = ext4_fc_record_modified_inode(sb, inode->i_ino);
+	ext4_fc_record_modified_inode(sb, inode->i_ino);
 
 	start = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
 	start_pblk = ext4_ext_pblock(ex);
@@ -1785,7 +1785,7 @@ ext4_fc_replay_del_range(struct super_block *sb, struct ext4_fc_tl *tl,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	ret = ext4_fc_record_modified_inode(sb, inode->i_ino);
+	ext4_fc_record_modified_inode(sb, inode->i_ino);
 
 	jbd_debug(1, "DEL_RANGE, inode %ld, lblk %d, len %d\n",
 			inode->i_ino, le32_to_cpu(lrange.fc_lblk),
-- 
2.15.2

Re: [PATCH linux] ext4: Delete useless ret assignment

[Theodore Ts'o]

On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 06:29:05AM +0000, cgel.zte@gmail.com wrote:
> From: luo penghao <luo.penghao@zte.com.cn>
> 
> The assignments in these two places will be overwritten by new
> assignments later, so they should be deleted.
> 
> The clang_analyzer complains as follows:
> 
> fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
> 
> Value stored to 'ret' is never read

I suspect the right answer here is that we *should* be checking the
return value, and reflecting the error up to caller, if appropriate.

Harshad, what do you think?

					- Ted

> 
> Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@zte.com.cn>
> Signed-off-by: luo penghao <luo.penghao@zte.com.cn>
> ---
>  fs/ext4/fast_commit.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
> index 8ea5a81..8d5d044 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
> @@ -1660,7 +1660,7 @@ static int ext4_fc_replay_add_range(struct super_block *sb,
>  		return 0;
>  	}
>  
> -	ret = ext4_fc_record_modified_inode(sb, inode->i_ino);
> +	ext4_fc_record_modified_inode(sb, inode->i_ino);
>  
>  	start = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
>  	start_pblk = ext4_ext_pblock(ex);
> @@ -1785,7 +1785,7 @@ ext4_fc_replay_del_range(struct super_block *sb, struct ext4_fc_tl *tl,
>  		return 0;
>  	}
>  
> -	ret = ext4_fc_record_modified_inode(sb, inode->i_ino);
> +	ext4_fc_record_modified_inode(sb, inode->i_ino);
>  
>  	jbd_debug(1, "DEL_RANGE, inode %ld, lblk %d, len %d\n",
>  			inode->i_ino, le32_to_cpu(lrange.fc_lblk),
> -- 
> 2.15.2
> 
> 

Re: [PATCH linux] ext4: Delete useless ret assignment

[Lukas Czerner]

On Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 11:44:39PM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 06:29:05AM +0000, cgel.zte@gmail.com wrote:
> > From: luo penghao <luo.penghao@zte.com.cn>
> > 
> > The assignments in these two places will be overwritten by new
> > assignments later, so they should be deleted.
> > 
> > The clang_analyzer complains as follows:
> > 
> > fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
> > 
> > Value stored to 'ret' is never read
> 
> I suspect the right answer here is that we *should* be checking the
> return value, and reflecting the error up to caller, if appropriate.
> 
> Harshad, what do you think?

Indeed we absolutely *must* be checking the return value and bail out
otherwise we risk overwriting kernel memory among other possible
problems.

See ext4_fc_record_modified_inode() where we increment
fc_modified_inodes_size before the actual reallocation which in case of
allocation failure will leave us with elevated fc_modified_inodes_size
and the next call to ext4_fc_record_modified_inode() can modify
fc_modified_inodes[] out of bounds.

In addition to checking the return value we should probably also move
incrementing the fc_modified_inodes_size until after the successful
reallocation in order to avoid such pitfalls.

Thanks!
-Lukas

> 
> 					- Ted
> 
> > 
> > Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@zte.com.cn>
> > Signed-off-by: luo penghao <luo.penghao@zte.com.cn>
> > ---
> >  fs/ext4/fast_commit.c | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
> > index 8ea5a81..8d5d044 100644
> > --- a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
> > +++ b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
> > @@ -1660,7 +1660,7 @@ static int ext4_fc_replay_add_range(struct super_block *sb,
> >  		return 0;
> >  	}
> >  
> > -	ret = ext4_fc_record_modified_inode(sb, inode->i_ino);
> > +	ext4_fc_record_modified_inode(sb, inode->i_ino);
> >  
> >  	start = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
> >  	start_pblk = ext4_ext_pblock(ex);
> > @@ -1785,7 +1785,7 @@ ext4_fc_replay_del_range(struct super_block *sb, struct ext4_fc_tl *tl,
> >  		return 0;
> >  	}
> >  
> > -	ret = ext4_fc_record_modified_inode(sb, inode->i_ino);
> > +	ext4_fc_record_modified_inode(sb, inode->i_ino);
> >  
> >  	jbd_debug(1, "DEL_RANGE, inode %ld, lblk %d, len %d\n",
> >  			inode->i_ino, le32_to_cpu(lrange.fc_lblk),
> > -- 
> > 2.15.2
> > 
> > 
> 

Re: [PATCH linux] ext4: Delete useless ret assignment

[harshad shirwadkar]

First of all thanks for catching this. Yeah, I think the right thing
to do here is to return the return value up to the caller. Also, I
agree with Lukas, we should only set fc_modified_inodes_size if the
allocation succeeds. Luo, would you be okay updating the patch to
include these changes?

Thanks,
Harshad

On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 2:58 AM Lukas Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 11:44:39PM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 06:29:05AM +0000, cgel.zte@gmail.com wrote:
> > > From: luo penghao <luo.penghao@zte.com.cn>
> > >
> > > The assignments in these two places will be overwritten by new
> > > assignments later, so they should be deleted.
> > >
> > > The clang_analyzer complains as follows:
> > >
> > > fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
> > >
> > > Value stored to 'ret' is never read
> >
> > I suspect the right answer here is that we *should* be checking the
> > return value, and reflecting the error up to caller, if appropriate.
> >
> > Harshad, what do you think?
>
> Indeed we absolutely *must* be checking the return value and bail out
> otherwise we risk overwriting kernel memory among other possible
> problems.
>
> See ext4_fc_record_modified_inode() where we increment
> fc_modified_inodes_size before the actual reallocation which in case of
> allocation failure will leave us with elevated fc_modified_inodes_size
> and the next call to ext4_fc_record_modified_inode() can modify
> fc_modified_inodes[] out of bounds.
>
> In addition to checking the return value we should probably also move
> incrementing the fc_modified_inodes_size until after the successful
> reallocation in order to avoid such pitfalls.
>
> Thanks!
> -Lukas
>
> >
> >                                       - Ted
> >
> > >
> > > Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@zte.com.cn>
> > > Signed-off-by: luo penghao <luo.penghao@zte.com.cn>
> > > ---
> > >  fs/ext4/fast_commit.c | 4 ++--
> > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
> > > index 8ea5a81..8d5d044 100644
> > > --- a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
> > > +++ b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
> > > @@ -1660,7 +1660,7 @@ static int ext4_fc_replay_add_range(struct super_block *sb,
> > >             return 0;
> > >     }
> > >
> > > -   ret = ext4_fc_record_modified_inode(sb, inode->i_ino);
> > > +   ext4_fc_record_modified_inode(sb, inode->i_ino);
> > >
> > >     start = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
> > >     start_pblk = ext4_ext_pblock(ex);
> > > @@ -1785,7 +1785,7 @@ ext4_fc_replay_del_range(struct super_block *sb, struct ext4_fc_tl *tl,
> > >             return 0;
> > >     }
> > >
> > > -   ret = ext4_fc_record_modified_inode(sb, inode->i_ino);
> > > +   ext4_fc_record_modified_inode(sb, inode->i_ino);
> > >
> > >     jbd_debug(1, "DEL_RANGE, inode %ld, lblk %d, len %d\n",
> > >                     inode->i_ino, le32_to_cpu(lrange.fc_lblk),
> > > --
> > > 2.15.2
> > >
> > >
> >
>

Re: [PATCH linux] ext4: Delete useless ret assignment

[riteshh]

On 22/01/06 04:59PM, harshad shirwadkar wrote:
> First of all thanks for catching this. Yeah, I think the right thing
> to do here is to return the return value up to the caller. Also, I
> agree with Lukas, we should only set fc_modified_inodes_size if the
> allocation succeeds. Luo, would you be okay updating the patch to
> include these changes?
>
> Thanks,
> Harshad
>
> On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 2:58 AM Lukas Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 11:44:39PM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> > > On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 06:29:05AM +0000, cgel.zte@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > From: luo penghao <luo.penghao@zte.com.cn>
> > > >
> > > > The assignments in these two places will be overwritten by new
> > > > assignments later, so they should be deleted.
> > > >
> > > > The clang_analyzer complains as follows:
> > > >
> > > > fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
> > > >
> > > > Value stored to 'ret' is never read
> > >

Since I was also suspecting a similar issue in ext4_fc_record_modified_inode()
(w.r.t. krealloc()) while doing some code reviews a while ago.
And I also happened to stumble upon this discussion which added some more
context to it.

@Luo,
I am preparing some other fixes and might submit this fix also as part of those.
I am completely ok, if you would like to push a patch from your end
based on this discussion. In that case, I will request to drop my patch
or won't even publish it, if you submit it before my fixes gets out.

-ritesh

> > > I suspect the right answer here is that we *should* be checking the
> > > return value, and reflecting the error up to caller, if appropriate.
> > >
> > > Harshad, what do you think?
> >
> > Indeed we absolutely *must* be checking the return value and bail out
> > otherwise we risk overwriting kernel memory among other possible
> > problems.
> >
> > See ext4_fc_record_modified_inode() where we increment
> > fc_modified_inodes_size before the actual reallocation which in case of
> > allocation failure will leave us with elevated fc_modified_inodes_size
> > and the next call to ext4_fc_record_modified_inode() can modify
> > fc_modified_inodes[] out of bounds.
> >
> > In addition to checking the return value we should probably also move
> > incrementing the fc_modified_inodes_size until after the successful
> > reallocation in order to avoid such pitfalls.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > -Lukas
> >
> > >
> > >                                       - Ted
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@zte.com.cn>
> > > > Signed-off-by: luo penghao <luo.penghao@zte.com.cn>
> > > > ---
> > > >  fs/ext4/fast_commit.c | 4 ++--
> > > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
> > > > index 8ea5a81..8d5d044 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
> > > > @@ -1660,7 +1660,7 @@ static int ext4_fc_replay_add_range(struct super_block *sb,
> > > >             return 0;
> > > >     }
> > > >
> > > > -   ret = ext4_fc_record_modified_inode(sb, inode->i_ino);
> > > > +   ext4_fc_record_modified_inode(sb, inode->i_ino);
> > > >
> > > >     start = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
> > > >     start_pblk = ext4_ext_pblock(ex);
> > > > @@ -1785,7 +1785,7 @@ ext4_fc_replay_del_range(struct super_block *sb, struct ext4_fc_tl *tl,
> > > >             return 0;
> > > >     }
> > > >
> > > > -   ret = ext4_fc_record_modified_inode(sb, inode->i_ino);
> > > > +   ext4_fc_record_modified_inode(sb, inode->i_ino);
> > > >
> > > >     jbd_debug(1, "DEL_RANGE, inode %ld, lblk %d, len %d\n",
> > > >                     inode->i_ino, le32_to_cpu(lrange.fc_lblk),
> > > > --
> > > > 2.15.2
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >