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Subject[PATCH 10/10] compiler: Remove uninitialized_var() macro
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Using uninitialized_var() is dangerous as it papers over real bugs[1]
(or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings
(e.g. "unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized,
either simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes.

As recommended[2] by[3] Linus[4], remove the macro.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603174714.192027-1-glider@google.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw+Vbj0i=1TGqCR5vQkCzWJ0QxK6CernOU6eedsudAixw@mail.gmail.com/
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwgbgqhbp1fkxvRKEpzyR5J8n1vKT1VZdz9knmPuXhOeg@mail.gmail.com/
[4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yVJu65TpLgN_ybYNv0VEOKA@mail.gmail.com/

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
---
include/linux/compiler-clang.h | 2 --
include/linux/compiler-gcc.h | 6 ------
tools/include/linux/compiler.h | 2 --
tools/virtio/linux/kernel.h | 2 --
4 files changed, 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
index 790c0c6b8552..019f444b500b 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@

/* Compiler specific definitions for Clang compiler */

-#define uninitialized_var(x) x = *(&(x))
-
/* same as gcc, this was present in clang-2.6 so we can assume it works
* with any version that can compile the kernel
*/
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
index d7ee4c6bad48..ac3e29ae32de 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -58,12 +58,6 @@
(typeof(ptr)) (__ptr + (off)); \
})

-/*
- * A trick to suppress uninitialized variable warning without generating any
- * code
- */
-#define uninitialized_var(x) x = x
-
#ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
#define __noretpoline __attribute__((__indirect_branch__("keep")))
#endif
diff --git a/tools/include/linux/compiler.h b/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
index 180f7714a5f1..29cbb73f2ae0 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -108,8 +108,6 @@
# define noinline
#endif

-#define uninitialized_var(x) x = *(&(x))
-
#include <linux/types.h>

/*
diff --git a/tools/virtio/linux/kernel.h b/tools/virtio/linux/kernel.h
index 6683b4a70b05..1e14ab967c11 100644
--- a/tools/virtio/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/tools/virtio/linux/kernel.h
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ static inline void free_page(unsigned long addr)
const typeof( ((type *)0)->member ) *__mptr = (ptr); \
(type *)( (char *)__mptr - offsetof(type,member) );})

-#define uninitialized_var(x) x = x
-
# ifndef likely
# define likely(x) (__builtin_expect(!!(x), 1))
# endif
--
2.25.1
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