Re: [PATCH] arm64: Fix warning in mte_get_random_tag()

[Vincenzo Frascino]

On 2/11/21 1:35 PM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Feb 2021 at 13:57, Vincenzo Frascino
> <vincenzo.frascino@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> The simplification of mte_get_random_tag() caused the introduction of the
>> warning below:
>>
>> In file included from arch/arm64/include/asm/kasan.h:9,
>>                  from include/linux/kasan.h:16,
>>                  from mm/kasan/common.c:14:
>> mm/kasan/common.c: In function ‘mte_get_random_tag’:
>> arch/arm64/include/asm/mte-kasan.h:45:9: warning: ‘addr’ is used
>>                                          uninitialized [-Wuninitialized]
>>    45 |         asm(__MTE_PREAMBLE "irg %0, %0"
>>       |
>>
>> Fix the warning initializing the address to NULL.
>>
>> Note: mte_get_random_tag() returns a tag and it never dereferences the address,
>> hence 'addr' can be safely initialized to NULL.
>>
>> Fixes: c8f8de4c0887 ("arm64: kasan: simplify and inline MTE functions")
>> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@xxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> This patch is based on linux-next/akpm
>>
>>  arch/arm64/include/asm/mte-kasan.h | 7 ++++++-
>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte-kasan.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte-kasan.h
>> index 3d58489228c0..b2850b750726 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte-kasan.h
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte-kasan.h
>> @@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ static inline u8 mte_get_mem_tag(void *addr)
>>  /* Generate a random tag. */
>>  static inline u8 mte_get_random_tag(void)
>>  {
>> -       void *addr;
>> +       /*
>> +        * mte_get_random_tag() returns a tag and it
>> +        * never dereferences the address, hence addr
>> +        * can be safely initialized to NULL.
>> +        */
>> +       void *addr = NULL;
>>
>>         asm(__MTE_PREAMBLE "irg %0, %0"
>>                 : "+r" (addr));
>> --
>> 2.30.0
>>
> 
> Might it be better to simply change the asm constraint to "=r" ?
> 

Indeed, did not notice the "+r". I will change it accordingly and post v2.

Thanks!

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Regards,
Vincenzo