[PATCH] kcsan/test: Initialize dummy variable
From: Marco Elver
Date: Tue Jul 22 2025 - 14:19:17 EST
Newer compiler versions rightfully point out:
kernel/kcsan/kcsan_test.c:591:41: error: variable 'dummy' is
uninitialized when passed as a const pointer argument here
[-Werror,-Wuninitialized-const-pointer]
591 | KCSAN_EXPECT_READ_BARRIER(atomic_read(&dummy), false);
| ^~~~~
1 error generated.
Although this particular test does not care about the value stored in
the dummy atomic variable, let's silence the warning.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+G9fYu8JY=k-r0hnBRSkQQrFJ1Bz+ShdXNwC1TNeMt0eXaxeA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 8bc32b348178 ("kcsan: test: Add test cases for memory barrier instrumentation")
Reported-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing <lkft@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/kcsan/kcsan_test.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/kcsan/kcsan_test.c b/kernel/kcsan/kcsan_test.c
index c2871180edcc..49ab81faaed9 100644
--- a/kernel/kcsan/kcsan_test.c
+++ b/kernel/kcsan/kcsan_test.c
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static void test_barrier_nothreads(struct kunit *test)
struct kcsan_scoped_access *reorder_access = NULL;
#endif
arch_spinlock_t arch_spinlock = __ARCH_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
- atomic_t dummy;
+ atomic_t dummy = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
KCSAN_TEST_REQUIRES(test, reorder_access != NULL);
KCSAN_TEST_REQUIRES(test, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMP));
--
2.50.0.727.gbf7dc18ff4-goog