Re: [PATCH][ocfs2-next] ocfs2: ensure ret is set to zero before returning

[Joseph Qi]

On 19/8/7 20:42, Colin Ian King wrote:
> On 07/08/2019 13:35, Joseph Qi wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 19/8/7 20:19, Colin King wrote:
>>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> A previous commit introduced a regression where variable ret was
>>> originally being set from the return from a call to function
>>> dlm_create_debugfs_subroot and this set was removed. Currently
>>> ret is now uninitialized if no alloction errors are found which
>>> may end up with a bogus check on ret < 0 on the 'leave:' return
>>> path.  Fix this by setting ret to zero on a successful execution
>>> path.
>>
>> Good catch.
>> Or shall we just initialize 'ret' at first?
> 
> Initialized ret first may not catch subsequent coding errors where error
> returns paths have not initialized ret, so my preference is when it is
> required and not before.
> 
Okay, looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>>
>>>
>>> Addresses-Coverity: ("Uninitialzed scalar variable")
> 
> Can this be fixed up when applied rather sending a V2?
>>
Currently ocfs2 patches are maintained in Andrew's mm tree.
So it depends on Andrew.

Thanks,
Joseph