[PATCH v2 10/16] KVM: PPC: Book3S PR: Remove uninitialized_var() usage

Kees Cook
2020-06-20T03:31:15Z

Using uninitialized_var() is dangerous as it papers over real bugs[1]
(or can in the future), and suppresses unrelated compiler warnings (e.g.
"unused variable"). If the compiler thinks it is uninitialized, either
simply initialize the variable or make compiler changes. As a precursor
to removing[2] this[3] macro[4], just remove this variable since it was
actually unused:

arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c:1832:16: warning: unused variable 'vrsave' [-Wunused-variable]
unsigned long vrsave;
^

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200603174714.192027-1-glider@google.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFw+Vbj0i=1TGqCR5vQkCzWJ0QxK6CernOU6eedsudAixw@mail.gmail.com/
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFwgbgqhbp1fkxvRKEpzyR5J8n1vKT1VZdz9knmPuXhOeg@mail.gmail.com/
[4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFz2500WfbKXAx8s67wrm9=yVJu65TpLgN_ybYNv0VEOKA@mail.gmail.com/

Suggested-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
Fixes: f05ed4d56e9c ("KVM: PPC: Split out code from book3s.c into book3s_pr.c")
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
---
arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c | 3 ---
1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
index ef54f917bdaf..ed12dfbf9bb5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
@@ -1828,9 +1828,6 @@ static int kvmppc_vcpu_run_pr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct kvm_run *run = vcpu->run;
int ret;
-#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
- unsigned long uninitialized_var(vrsave);
-#endif

/* Check if we can run the vcpu at all */
if (!vcpu->arch.sane) {
--
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