Re: [PATCH 1/2] iov_iter: iterate_folioq: fix handling of offset >= folio size

From: kernel test robot
Date: Mon Aug 11 2025 - 14:57:15 EST


Hi Dominique,

kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings:

[auto build test WARNING on 8f5ae30d69d7543eee0d70083daf4de8fe15d585]

url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Dominique-Martinet-via-B4-Relay/iov_iter-iterate_folioq-fix-handling-of-offset-folio-size/20250811-154319
base: 8f5ae30d69d7543eee0d70083daf4de8fe15d585
patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250811-iot_iter_folio-v1-1-d9c223adf93c%40codewreck.org
patch subject: [PATCH 1/2] iov_iter: iterate_folioq: fix handling of offset >= folio size
config: i386-buildonly-randconfig-002-20250811 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250812/202508120250.Eooq2ydr-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: clang version 20.1.8 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 87f0227cb60147a26a1eeb4fb06e3b505e9c7261)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250812/202508120250.Eooq2ydr-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202508120250.Eooq2ydr-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

In file included from lib/iov_iter.c:14:
>> include/linux/iov_iter.h:171:7: warning: variable 'remain' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
171 | if (skip >= fsize)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/iov_iter.h:190:7: note: uninitialized use occurs here
190 | if (remain)
| ^~~~~~
include/linux/iov_iter.h:171:3: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always false
171 | if (skip >= fsize)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
172 | goto next;
| ~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/iov_iter.h:163:22: note: initialize the variable 'remain' to silence this warning
163 | size_t part, remain, consumed;
| ^
| = 0
1 warning generated.


vim +171 include/linux/iov_iter.h

143
144 /*
145 * Handle ITER_FOLIOQ.
146 */
147 static __always_inline
148 size_t iterate_folioq(struct iov_iter *iter, size_t len, void *priv, void *priv2,
149 iov_step_f step)
150 {
151 const struct folio_queue *folioq = iter->folioq;
152 unsigned int slot = iter->folioq_slot;
153 size_t progress = 0, skip = iter->iov_offset;
154
155 if (slot == folioq_nr_slots(folioq)) {
156 /* The iterator may have been extended. */
157 folioq = folioq->next;
158 slot = 0;
159 }
160
161 do {
162 struct folio *folio = folioq_folio(folioq, slot);
163 size_t part, remain, consumed;
164 size_t fsize;
165 void *base;
166
167 if (!folio)
168 break;
169
170 fsize = folioq_folio_size(folioq, slot);
> 171 if (skip >= fsize)
172 goto next;
173 base = kmap_local_folio(folio, skip);
174 part = umin(len, PAGE_SIZE - skip % PAGE_SIZE);
175 remain = step(base, progress, part, priv, priv2);
176 kunmap_local(base);
177 consumed = part - remain;
178 len -= consumed;
179 progress += consumed;
180 skip += consumed;
181 if (skip >= fsize) {
182 next:
183 skip = 0;
184 slot++;
185 if (slot == folioq_nr_slots(folioq) && folioq->next) {
186 folioq = folioq->next;
187 slot = 0;
188 }
189 }
190 if (remain)
191 break;
192 } while (len);
193
194 iter->folioq_slot = slot;
195 iter->folioq = folioq;
196 iter->iov_offset = skip;
197 iter->count -= progress;
198 return progress;
199 }
200

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