Re: [PATCH] btrfs: initialize variable cancel

From: Anand Jain
Date: Fri Jan 21 2022 - 16:51:23 EST




On 21/01/2022 21:45, trix@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
From: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>

Clang static analysis reports this problem
ioctl.c:3333:8: warning: 3rd function call argument is an
uninitialized value
ret = exclop_start_or_cancel_reloc(fs_info,

cancel is only set in one branch of an if-check and is
always used. So initialize to false.

Fixes: 1a15eb724aae ("btrfs: use btrfs_get_dev_args_from_path in dev removal ioctls")
Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/btrfs/ioctl.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 190ad8af4f45a..26e82379747f8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -3308,7 +3308,7 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_rm_dev(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
struct block_device *bdev = NULL;
fmode_t mode;
int ret;
- bool cancel;
+ bool cancel = false;


Reviewed-by: Anand Jain <anand.jain@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Anand

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