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SubjectRe: [RFC] 3.16-rc6 -- fs/direct-io.c:1011 from and to uninitialized.
On 07/22/2014 12:03 PM, Ian Kumlien wrote:
> This is a resend, try two...
>
> ---
> Hi,
>
> While playing around compiling the kernel i noticed the following:
> fs/direct-io.c: In function ‘do_blockdev_direct_IO’:
> fs/direct-io.c:1022:29: warning: ‘from’ may be used uninitialized in
> this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
> ret = submit_page_section(dio, sdio, page,
> ^
> fs/direct-io.c:913:10: note: ‘from’ was declared here
> size_t from, to;
> ^
> fs/direct-io.c:1011:12: warning: ‘to’ may be used uninitialized in this
> function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
> u = (to - from) >> blkbits;
> ^
> fs/direct-io.c:913:16: note: ‘to’ was declared here
> size_t from, to;
> ^
> ---
>
>
> And while the fix is simple, something along the lines of:
> diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
> index 98040ba..64a8286 100644
> --- a/fs/direct-io.c
> +++ b/fs/direct-io.c
> @@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ static int do_direct_IO(struct dio *dio, struct
> dio_submit *sdi
>
> while (sdio->block_in_file < sdio->final_block_in_request) {
> struct page *page;
> - size_t from, to;
> + size_t from, to = {0};
> page = dio_get_page(dio, sdio, &from, &to);
> if (IS_ERR(page)) {
> ret = PTR_ERR(page);
> ---
>
> I however don't know if it's in the correct C standard, it compiles fine
> though... (or if this is more gcc speific)

so... do you know C or not?

Why the braces around the 0?

Why do you initialize 'to' but not 'from'?


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