Re: [PATCH] [v2] btrfs: zoned: bail out in btrfs_alloc_chunk for bad input

From: David Sterba
Date: Mon Mar 29 2021 - 14:47:23 EST


On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 03:31:19PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> gcc complains that the ctl->max_chunk_size member might be used
> uninitialized when none of the three conditions for initializing it in
> init_alloc_chunk_ctl_policy_zoned() are true:
>
> In function ‘init_alloc_chunk_ctl_policy_zoned’,
> inlined from ‘init_alloc_chunk_ctl’ at fs/btrfs/volumes.c:5023:3,
> inlined from ‘btrfs_alloc_chunk’ at fs/btrfs/volumes.c:5340:2:
> include/linux/compiler-gcc.h:48:45: error: ‘ctl.max_chunk_size’ may be used uninitialized [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
> 4998 | ctl->max_chunk_size = min(limit, ctl->max_chunk_size);
> | ^~~
> fs/btrfs/volumes.c: In function ‘btrfs_alloc_chunk’:
> fs/btrfs/volumes.c:5316:32: note: ‘ctl’ declared here
> 5316 | struct alloc_chunk_ctl ctl;
> | ^~~
>
> If we ever get into this condition, something is seriously
> wrong, so the same logic as in init_alloc_chunk_ctl_policy_regular()
> and a few other places should be applied. This avoids both further
> data corruption, and the compile-time warning.
>
> Fixes: 1cd6121f2a38 ("btrfs: zoned: implement zoned chunk allocator")
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210323132343.GF7604@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Suggested-by: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Added to misc-next, thanks.