[PATCH] [v2] printk: avoid -Wsometimes-uninitialized warning

Arnd Bergmann
2021-09-28T09:35:04Z

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

clang notices that the pi_get_entry() function would use
uninitialized data if it was called with a non-NULL module
pointer on a kernel that does not support modules:

kernel/printk/index.c:32:6: error: variable 'nr_entries' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
if (!mod) {
^~~~
kernel/printk/index.c:38:13: note: uninitialized use occurs here
if (pos >= nr_entries)
^~~~~~~~~~
kernel/printk/index.c:32:2: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always true
if (!mod) {

Rework the condition to make it clear to the compiler that we are always
in the second case. Unfortunately the #ifdef is still required as the
definition of 'struct module' is hidden when modules are disabled.

Fixes: 337015573718 ("printk: Userspace format indexing support")
Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
--
v2: use a simpler trick of having an 'else' in the #ifdef
block, as Steven suggested.
---
kernel/printk/index.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/printk/index.c b/kernel/printk/index.c
index d3709408debe..43b45a916ff6 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/index.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/index.c
@@ -26,10 +26,9 @@ static struct pi_entry *pi_get_entry(const struct module *mod, loff_t pos)
if (mod) {
entries = mod->printk_index_start;
nr_entries = mod->printk_index_size;
- }
+ } else
#endif
-
- if (!mod) {
+ {
/* vmlinux, comes from linker symbols */
entries = __start_printk_index;
nr_entries = __stop_printk_index - __start_printk_index;
--
2.29.2