From: Tim Gardner Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 17:26:03 +0000 (-0600) Subject: fs: namespace: suppress 'may be used uninitialized' warnings X-Git-Tag: fixes-against-v3.18-rc2~105^2~19 X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b8850d1fa8e2f6653e57daf6d08e58c5f5eb2c85;p=pandora-kernel.git fs: namespace: suppress 'may be used uninitialized' warnings The gcc version 4.9.1 compiler complains Even though it isn't possible for these variables to not get initialized before they are used. fs/namespace.c: In function ‘SyS_mount’: fs/namespace.c:2720:8: warning: ‘kernel_dev’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized] ret = do_mount(kernel_dev, kernel_dir->name, kernel_type, flags, ^ fs/namespace.c:2699:8: note: ‘kernel_dev’ was declared here char *kernel_dev; ^ fs/namespace.c:2720:8: warning: ‘kernel_type’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized] ret = do_mount(kernel_dev, kernel_dir->name, kernel_type, flags, ^ fs/namespace.c:2697:8: note: ‘kernel_type’ was declared here char *kernel_type; ^ Fix the warnings by simplifying copy_mount_string() as suggested by Al Viro. Cc: Alexander Viro Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c index 66d3d3c6b4b2..6205c247a6e3 100644 --- a/fs/compat.c +++ b/fs/compat.c @@ -797,8 +797,9 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(mount, const char __user *, dev_name, struct filename *dir; int retval; - retval = copy_mount_string(type, &kernel_type); - if (retval < 0) + kernel_type = copy_mount_string(type); + retval = PTR_ERR(kernel_type); + if (IS_ERR(kernel_type)) goto out; dir = getname(dir_name); @@ -806,8 +807,9 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(mount, const char __user *, dev_name, if (IS_ERR(dir)) goto out1; - retval = copy_mount_string(dev_name, &kernel_dev); - if (retval < 0) + kernel_dev = copy_mount_string(dev_name); + retval = PTR_ERR(kernel_dev); + if (IS_ERR(kernel_dev)) goto out2; retval = copy_mount_options(data, &data_page); Reading git-diff-tree failed