Re: [PATCH] ext4: mballoc: avoid garbage value from err

[Dan Carpenter]

On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 10:19:02AM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 23, 2023 at 10:46 PM Su Hui <suhui@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > clang warning: fs/ext4/mballoc.c, line 4178, column 6
> > Branch condition evaluates to a garbage value.
> 
> Specifically this is clang's static analysis; not the compiler itself.
> 
> >
> > err is uninitialized and will be judged when it enters the
> > loop first time and the condition "!ext4_sb_block_valid()"
> > is true. Although this can't make problems now, it's better
> > to correct it.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Su Hui <suhui@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Hi Su,
> Thanks for the patch!  I see what the warning is getting at;
> 
> If `len <= 0` then `err` is never initialized, then is used at line
> 4178 (that is UB).
> 
> Would you mind sending a v2 with the commit message updated to reflect
> the above points?  I'd be happy to sign-off on that.

The commit message talks about !ext4_sb_block_valid() on the first
iteration through the loop and not that len <= 0.

But either way, brelse(NULL) is a no-op.

regards,
dan carpenter