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SubjectRe: [PATCH, 2.6.28-rc5] unitialized return value in mm/mlock.c: __mlock_vma_pages_range()


On Mon, 17 Nov 2008, Helge Deller wrote:
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> Fix an unitialized return value when compiling on parisc (with CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU=y):
> mm/mlock.c: In function `__mlock_vma_pages_range':
> mm/mlock.c:165: warning: `ret' might be used uninitialized in this function

Looks valid.

Of course, nobody should ever call this with a range that could possibly
be empty, so an equally valid approach would be to change the "while" loop
to a "do while()", and that would generate better code. But I guess the
simple unnecessary initialization is more defensive programming, in that
if some other buggy caller does set things up with an empty range, it gets
the right result.

Btw, exactly _because_ gcc warnings about uninitialized functions are
sometimes bogus (ie due to gcc simply not being able to follow things like
conditional initializations where the values are only used if they were
initialized), I would ask that people comment on these kinds of issues
when they send in patches.

Linus


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