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From: eugene.loh@oracle.com
To: dtrace@lists.linux.dev, dtrace-devel@oss.oracle.com
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] Possible uninitialized 'last' variable in usdt_copyin_data()
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:02:23 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260331010224.16165-5-eugene.loh@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260331010224.16165-1-eugene.loh@oracle.com>

From: Eugene Loh <eugene.loh@oracle.com>

Some compilers warn:

libcommon/usdt_parser.c: In function ‘usdt_copyin_data’:
libcommon/usdt_parser.c:191:15: warning:
   ‘last’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
    last->next = blk;
    ~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~

Change the "if" check to make it easier for compilers to recognize
that "last" will be initialized (and non-NULL even!).

Signed-off-by: Eugene Loh <eugene.loh@oracle.com>
---
 libcommon/usdt_parser.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libcommon/usdt_parser.c b/libcommon/usdt_parser.c
index 864198098..d8cb9b7ba 100644
--- a/libcommon/usdt_parser.c
+++ b/libcommon/usdt_parser.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ usdt_destroy_data(usdt_data_t *data)
 usdt_data_t *
 usdt_copyin_data(int in, int out, int *ok)
 {
-	usdt_data_t *first = NULL, *last;
+	usdt_data_t *first = NULL, *last = NULL;
 	size_t cnt;
 
 	*ok = 1;
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ usdt_copyin_data(int in, int out, int *ok)
 		if ((blk = usdt_copyin_block(in, out, ok)) == NULL)
 			goto err;
 
-		if (first == NULL)
+		if (last == NULL)
 			first = last = blk;
 		else {
 			last->next = blk;
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-31  1:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-31  1:02 [PATCH 1/6] test: Skip tst.depth.sh eugene.loh
2026-03-31  1:02 ` [PATCH 2/6] Simple typo in comment eugene.loh
2026-03-31  1:02 ` [PATCH 3/6] Check if the BPF PROG_LOAD is either -1 or else non-negative eugene.loh
2026-03-31  1:02 ` [PATCH 4/6] test: Remove unnecessary "destructive" pragma eugene.loh
2026-03-31  1:02 ` eugene.loh [this message]
2026-03-31  1:02 ` [PATCH 6/6] test: Check declaration (without init) inside a probe eugene.loh

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