Re: [PATCH v3 07/11] selftests/mm: fix a "possibly uninitialized" warning in pkey-x86.h

From: Muhammad Usama Anjum
Date: Tue Jun 06 2023 - 03:58:44 EST


On 6/6/23 12:16 PM, John Hubbard wrote:
> This fixes a real bug, too, because xstate_size() was assuming that
> the stack variable xstate_size was initialized to zero. That's not
> guaranteed nor even especially likely.
>
> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/mm/pkey-x86.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pkey-x86.h b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pkey-x86.h
> index 72c14cd3ddc7..e32ae8a1cd99 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pkey-x86.h
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pkey-x86.h
> @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ int pkey_reg_xstate_offset(void)
> unsigned int ecx;
> unsigned int edx;
> int xstate_offset;
> - int xstate_size;
> + int xstate_size = 0;
> unsigned long XSTATE_CPUID = 0xd;
> int leaf;
>

--
BR,
Muhammad Usama Anjum