Re: [GIT PULL for v7.1] vfs fixes

[Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>]

On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 09:35:59AM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> David Howells (22):
>       netfs: Fix potential for tearing in ->remote_i_size and ->zero_point
...
>  fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c       |  38 ++++--

The changes in this file from that patch breaks the build with clang:

  fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c:1390:29: error: variable 'old_size' is uninitialized when used here [-Werror,-Wuninitialized]
   1390 |                 if (rc == 0 && new_size > old_size) {
        |                                           ^~~~~~~~
  fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c:1307:37: note: initialize the variable 'old_size' to silence this warning
   1307 |         unsigned long long i_size, old_size, new_size, zero_point;
        |                                            ^
        |                                             = 0
  fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c:1375:13: error: variable 'zero_point' is uninitialized when used here [-Werror,-Wuninitialized]
   1375 |         if (fend > zero_point)
        |                    ^~~~~~~~~~
  fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c:1307:59: note: initialize the variable 'zero_point' to silence this warning
   1307 |         unsigned long long i_size, old_size, new_size, zero_point;
        |                                                                  ^
        |                                                                   = 0
  2 errors generated.

There were no -next updates last week, so it seems like the majority of
this pull request saw zero -next testing time. I see two kbuild test
robot build reports but I guess they were ignored.

  https://lore.kernel.org/202605031459.eX5UbO3K-lkp@intel.com/
  https://lore.kernel.org/202605021450.ca5QGqLH-lkp@intel.com/

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Cheers,
Nathan