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From: Jason Yan <yanaijie@huawei.com>
To: <jaegeuk@kernel.org>, <chao@kernel.org>,
	<linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>,
	<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com>,
	Jason Yan <yanaijie@huawei.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>, Chao Yu <yuchao0@huawei.com>
Subject: [PATCH] f2fs: Eliminate usage of uninitialized_var() macro
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 16:51:32 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200615085132.166470-1-yanaijie@huawei.com> (raw)

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)."

Fix it by remove this variable since it is not needed at all.

[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>
Suggested-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Yan <yanaijie@huawei.com>
---
 v2: Directly remove this variable.

 fs/f2fs/data.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index 326c63879ddc..3753ba06531b 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -2856,7 +2856,6 @@ static int f2fs_write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	};
 #endif
 	int nr_pages;
-	pgoff_t uninitialized_var(writeback_index);
 	pgoff_t index;
 	pgoff_t end;		/* Inclusive */
 	pgoff_t done_index;
@@ -2875,8 +2874,7 @@ static int f2fs_write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 		clear_inode_flag(mapping->host, FI_HOT_DATA);
 
 	if (wbc->range_cyclic) {
-		writeback_index = mapping->writeback_index; /* prev offset */
-		index = writeback_index;
+		index = mapping->writeback_index; /* prev offset */
 		end = -1;
 	} else {
 		index = wbc->range_start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-- 
2.25.4


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From: Jason Yan <yanaijie@huawei.com>
To: <jaegeuk@kernel.org>, <chao@kernel.org>,
	<linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>,
	<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Jason Yan <yanaijie@huawei.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
	kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com
Subject: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: Eliminate usage of uninitialized_var() macro
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 16:51:32 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200615085132.166470-1-yanaijie@huawei.com> (raw)

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)."

Fix it by remove this variable since it is not needed at all.

[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>
Suggested-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Yan <yanaijie@huawei.com>
---
 v2: Directly remove this variable.

 fs/f2fs/data.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index 326c63879ddc..3753ba06531b 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -2856,7 +2856,6 @@ static int f2fs_write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	};
 #endif
 	int nr_pages;
-	pgoff_t uninitialized_var(writeback_index);
 	pgoff_t index;
 	pgoff_t end;		/* Inclusive */
 	pgoff_t done_index;
@@ -2875,8 +2874,7 @@ static int f2fs_write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 		clear_inode_flag(mapping->host, FI_HOT_DATA);
 
 	if (wbc->range_cyclic) {
-		writeback_index = mapping->writeback_index; /* prev offset */
-		index = writeback_index;
+		index = mapping->writeback_index; /* prev offset */
 		end = -1;
 	} else {
 		index = wbc->range_start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-- 
2.25.4



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             reply	other threads:[~2020-06-15  8:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-15  8:51 Jason Yan [this message]
2020-06-15  8:51 ` [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: Eliminate usage of uninitialized_var() macro Jason Yan
2020-06-15  9:04 ` Chao Yu
2020-06-15  9:04   ` [f2fs-dev] " Chao Yu
2020-06-15 20:11 ` Kees Cook
2020-06-15 20:11   ` [f2fs-dev] " Kees Cook
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2020-06-15  4:02 Jason Yan

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