Re: [PATCH] fs: buffer: Modify alloc_page_buffers.

From: kbuild test robot
Date: Mon Jun 19 2017 - 14:21:08 EST


Hi Sean,

[auto build test WARNING on linus/master]
[also build test WARNING on v4.12-rc6 next-20170619]
[if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system]

url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Sean-Fu/fs-buffer-Modify-alloc_page_buffers/20170620-012328
config: x86_64-randconfig-x015-201725 (attached as .config)
compiler: gcc-6 (Debian 6.2.0-3) 6.2.0 20160901
reproduce:
# save the attached .config to linux build tree
make ARCH=x86_64

Note: it may well be a FALSE warning. FWIW you are at least aware of it now.
http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Better_Uninitialized_Warnings

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

fs/buffer.c: In function 'alloc_page_buffers':
>> fs/buffer.c:895:21: warning: 'tail' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
tail->b_this_page = head;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~

vim +/tail +895 fs/buffer.c

879
880 bh->b_this_page = head;
881 bh->b_blocknr = -1;
882
883 if (head == NULL)
884 tail = bh;
885
886 head = bh;
887 bh->b_state = b_state;
888 bh->b_size = size;
889
890 /* Link the buffer to its page */
891 set_bh_page(bh, page, offset);
892 }
893
894 if (circular)
> 895 tail->b_this_page = head;
896
897 return head;
898 /*
899 * In case anything failed, we just free everything we got.
900 */
901 no_grow:
902 if (head) {
903 do {

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