From: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@redhat.com>
To: Jason Yan <yanaijie@huawei.com>
Cc: xiang@kernel.org, chao@kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
linux-erofs@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] erofs: Eliminate usage of uninitialized_var() macro
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 15:25:21 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200615072521.GA25317@xiangao.remote.csb> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200615040141.3627746-1-yanaijie@huawei.com>
Hi Jason,
On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 12:01:41PM +0800, Jason Yan wrote:
> This is an effort to eliminate the uninitialized_var() macro[1].
>
> The use of this macro is the wrong solution because it forces off ANY
> analysis by the compiler for a given variable. It even masks "unused
> variable" warnings.
>
> Quoted from Linus[2]:
>
> "It's a horrible thing to use, in that it adds extra cruft to the
> source code, and then shuts up a compiler warning (even the _reliable_
> warnings from gcc)."
>
> The gcc option "-Wmaybe-uninitialized" has been disabled and this change
> will not produce any warnnings even with "make W=1".
>
> [1] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/81
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yVJu65TpLgN_ybYNv0VEOKA@mail.gmail.com/
>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Cc: Chao Yu <yuchao0@huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Yan <yanaijie@huawei.com>
> ---
I'm fine with the patch since "-Wmaybe-uninitialized" has been disabled and
I've also asked Kees for it in private previously.
I still remembered that Kees sent out a treewide patch. Sorry about that
I don't catch up it... But what is wrong with the original patchset?
Thanks,
Gao Xiang
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-06-15 7:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-15 4:01 [PATCH] erofs: Eliminate usage of uninitialized_var() macro Jason Yan
2020-06-15 7:25 ` Gao Xiang [this message]
2020-06-15 7:43 ` Jason Yan
2020-06-15 8:07 ` Gao Xiang
2020-06-15 8:29 ` Chao Yu
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