Re: [PATCH] [v3] x86: kvm: avoid -Wsometimes-uninitized warning

[Roman Kagan]

On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 04:13:09PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Clang notices a code path in which some variables are never
> initialized, but fails to figure out that this can never happen
> on i386 because is_64_bit_mode() always returns false.
> 
> arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c:1610:6: error: variable 'ingpa' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
>         if (!longmode) {
>             ^~~~~~~~~
> arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c:1632:55: note: uninitialized use occurs here
>         trace_kvm_hv_hypercall(code, fast, rep_cnt, rep_idx, ingpa, outgpa);
>                                                              ^~~~~
> arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c:1610:2: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always true
>         if (!longmode) {
>         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c:1595:18: note: initialize the variable 'ingpa' to silence this warning
>         u64 param, ingpa, outgpa, ret = HV_STATUS_SUCCESS;
>                         ^
>                          = 0
> arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c:1610:6: error: variable 'outgpa' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
> arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c:1610:6: error: variable 'param' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
> 
> Flip the condition around to avoid the conditional execution on i386.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v3: reword commit log, simplify patch again
> v2: make the change inside of is_64_bit_mode().
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c | 20 +++++++++-----------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Roman Kagan <rkagan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>