[PATCH RESEND v1] locking/ww_mutex: Prevent read of uninitialized memory

From: Robert Foss
Date: Tue Mar 14 2017 - 15:44:22 EST


On "missed ABBA deadlock" abba.result is read, but not initialized
in all situations.

Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1402035 ("Uninitialized scalar variable")

Signed-off-by: Robert Foss <robert.foss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/locking/test-ww_mutex.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/test-ww_mutex.c b/kernel/locking/test-ww_mutex.c
index 6b7abb334ca6..beb76693ccfa 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/test-ww_mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/test-ww_mutex.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static void test_abba_work(struct work_struct *work)

static int test_abba(bool resolve)
{
- struct test_abba abba;
+ struct test_abba abba = { 0 };
struct ww_acquire_ctx ctx;
int err, ret;

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2.11.0.453.g787f75f05