[PATCH] arm64: futex: Restore oldval initialization to work around buggy compilers

From: Nathan Chancellor
Date: Wed Apr 17 2019 - 03:22:11 EST


Commit 045afc24124d ("arm64: futex: Fix FUTEX_WAKE_OP atomic ops with
non-zero result value") removed oldval's zero initialization in
arch_futex_atomic_op_inuser because it is not necessary. Unfortunately,
Android's arm64 GCC 4.9.4 [1] does not agree:

../kernel/futex.c: In function 'do_futex':
../kernel/futex.c:1658:17: warning: 'oldval' may be used uninitialized
in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
return oldval == cmparg;
^
In file included from ../kernel/futex.c:73:0:
../arch/arm64/include/asm/futex.h:53:6: note: 'oldval' was declared here
int oldval, ret, tmp;
^

GCC fails to follow that when ret is non-zero, futex_atomic_op_inuser
returns right away, avoiding the uninitialized use that it claims.
Restoring the zero initialization works around this issue.

[1]: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/prebuilts/gcc/linux-x86/aarch64/aarch64-linux-android-4.9/

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 045afc24124d ("arm64: futex: Fix FUTEX_WAKE_OP atomic ops with non-zero result value")
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/futex.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/futex.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/futex.h
index e1d95f08f8e1..c7e1a7837706 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/futex.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/futex.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ do { \
static inline int
arch_futex_atomic_op_inuser(int op, int oparg, int *oval, u32 __user *_uaddr)
{
- int oldval, ret, tmp;
+ int oldval = 0, ret, tmp;
u32 __user *uaddr = __uaccess_mask_ptr(_uaddr);

pagefault_disable();
--
2.21.0