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From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
To: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>, Hyunchul Lee <hyc.lee@gmail.com>
Cc: Zhan Xusheng <zhanxusheng@xiaomi.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,  llvm@lists.linux.dev,
	patches@lists.linux.dev,  Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] ntfs: Use return instead of goto in ntfs_mapping_pairs_decompress()
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:21:38 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260428-ntfs-fix-sometimes-uninit-rl-v1-1-31e0c8025430@kernel.org> (raw)

Clang warns (or errors with CONFIG_WERROR=y / W=e):

  fs/ntfs/runlist.c:755:6: error: variable 'rl' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
    755 |         if (overflows_type(lowest_vcn, vcn)) {
        |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  ...
  fs/ntfs/runlist.c:971:9: note: uninitialized use occurs here
    971 |         kvfree(rl);
        |                ^~
  ...

rl has not been allocated at this point so the 'goto err_out' should
really just be a return of the error pointer -EIO.

Fixes: cad7c6f0a514 ("ntfs: fix VCN overflow in ntfs_mapping_pairs_decompress()")
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
---
 fs/ntfs/runlist.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ntfs/runlist.c b/fs/ntfs/runlist.c
index be6ca3d374bb..da21dbeaaf66 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/runlist.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/runlist.c
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ struct runlist_element *ntfs_mapping_pairs_decompress(const struct ntfs_volume *
 	/* Validate lowest_vcn from on-disk metadata to ensure it is sane. */
 	if (overflows_type(lowest_vcn, vcn)) {
 		ntfs_error(vol->sb, "Invalid lowest_vcn in mapping pairs.");
-		goto err_out;
+		return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 	}
 	/* Start at vcn = lowest_vcn and lcn 0. */
 	vcn = lowest_vcn;

---
base-commit: d986ba0329dcca102e227995371135c9bbcefb6b
change-id: 20260428-ntfs-fix-sometimes-uninit-rl-cfe3c6a9c34e

Best regards,
--  
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>


             reply	other threads:[~2026-04-28 19:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-28 19:21 Nathan Chancellor [this message]
2026-04-28 23:25 ` [PATCH] ntfs: Use return instead of goto in ntfs_mapping_pairs_decompress() Hyunchul Lee
2026-04-29 22:07 ` Namjae Jeon

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