[PATCH] fs: namespace: fix uninitialized variable use
From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Wed Feb 26 2025 - 03:14:30 EST
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
clang correctly notices that the 'uflags' variable initialization
only happens in some cases:
fs/namespace.c:4622:6: error: variable 'uflags' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
4622 | if (flags & MOVE_MOUNT_F_EMPTY_PATH) uflags = AT_EMPTY_PATH;
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
fs/namespace.c:4623:48: note: uninitialized use occurs here
4623 | from_name = getname_maybe_null(from_pathname, uflags);
| ^~~~~~
fs/namespace.c:4622:2: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always true
4622 | if (flags & MOVE_MOUNT_F_EMPTY_PATH) uflags = AT_EMPTY_PATH;
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fixes: b1e9423d65e3 ("fs: support getname_maybe_null() in move_mount()")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
---
fs/namespace.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 663bacefddfa..7a531e03cb3c 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -4619,6 +4619,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(move_mount,
lflags = 0;
if (flags & MOVE_MOUNT_F_SYMLINKS) lflags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
if (flags & MOVE_MOUNT_F_AUTOMOUNTS) lflags |= LOOKUP_AUTOMOUNT;
+ uflags = 0;
if (flags & MOVE_MOUNT_F_EMPTY_PATH) uflags = AT_EMPTY_PATH;
from_name = getname_maybe_null(from_pathname, uflags);
if (IS_ERR(from_name))
@@ -4627,6 +4628,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(move_mount,
lflags = 0;
if (flags & MOVE_MOUNT_T_SYMLINKS) lflags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
if (flags & MOVE_MOUNT_T_AUTOMOUNTS) lflags |= LOOKUP_AUTOMOUNT;
+ uflags = 0;
if (flags & MOVE_MOUNT_T_EMPTY_PATH) uflags = AT_EMPTY_PATH;
to_name = getname_maybe_null(to_pathname, uflags);
if (IS_ERR(to_name))
--
2.39.5