[PATCH] printk: avoid -Wsometimes-uninitialized warning

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Mon Sep 27 2021 - 08:50:30 EST


From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

clang notices that the pi_get_entry() function would use
uninitialized data if it was called with a non-NULL module
pointer on a kernel that does not support modules:

kernel/printk/index.c:32:6: error: variable 'nr_entries' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
if (!mod) {
^~~~
kernel/printk/index.c:38:13: note: uninitialized use occurs here
if (pos >= nr_entries)
^~~~~~~~~~
kernel/printk/index.c:32:2: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always true
if (!mod) {

Rework the condition to make it clear to the compiler that we are always
in the second case. Unfortunately the #ifdef is still required as the
definition of 'struct module' is hidden when modules are disabled.

Fixes: 337015573718 ("printk: Userspace format indexing support")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/printk/index.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/printk/index.c b/kernel/printk/index.c
index d3709408debe..b4d90bab6d4d 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/index.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/index.c
@@ -22,14 +22,12 @@ static struct pi_entry *pi_get_entry(const struct module *mod, loff_t pos)
struct pi_entry **entries;
unsigned int nr_entries;

+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MODULES) && mod) {
#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
- if (mod) {
entries = mod->printk_index_start;
nr_entries = mod->printk_index_size;
- }
#endif
-
- if (!mod) {
+ } else {
/* vmlinux, comes from linker symbols */
entries = __start_printk_index;
nr_entries = __stop_printk_index - __start_printk_index;
--
2.29.2