From: Kees Cook Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2020 20:28:45 +0000 (-0700) Subject: drbd: Remove uninitialized_var() usage X-Git-Tag: v5.15~3232^2~13 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=805cdb8bc6da87818fe3b27798a5031b54ed7b20;p=platform%2Fkernel%2Flinux-starfive.git drbd: Remove uninitialized_var() usage 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 a precursor to removing[2] this[3] macro[4], just initialize this variable to NULL. [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/ Fixes: a29728463b25 ("drbd: Backport the "events2" command") Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers Signed-off-by: Kees Cook --- diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c index eeaa3b4..0067d32 100644 --- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c +++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c @@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ static void broadcast_state_change(struct drbd_state_change *state_change) unsigned int n_device, n_connection, n_peer_device, n_peer_devices; void (*last_func)(struct sk_buff *, unsigned int, void *, enum drbd_notification_type) = NULL; - void *uninitialized_var(last_arg); + void *last_arg = NULL; #define HAS_CHANGED(state) ((state)[OLD] != (state)[NEW]) #define FINAL_STATE_CHANGE(type) \