Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: Fix warning in mte_get_random_tag()

[Andrey Konovalov]

On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 4:22 PM 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 using "=r" for the address in the asm inline.
>
> 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 | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte-kasan.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte-kasan.h
> index 3d58489228c0..7ab500e2ad17 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte-kasan.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/mte-kasan.h
> @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static inline u8 mte_get_random_tag(void)
>         void *addr;
>
>         asm(__MTE_PREAMBLE "irg %0, %0"
> -               : "+r" (addr));
> +               : "=r" (addr));
>
>         return mte_get_ptr_tag(addr);
>  }
> --
> 2.30.0
>

Acked-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx>