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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/1] arch/parisc: mm: fix uninitialized variable usage
Hello Johannes,

On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 7:58 PM, Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> wrote:
> Hello Felipe,
>
> On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 03:17:46PM -0300, Felipe Pena wrote:
>> The FAULT_FLAG_WRITE flag has been set based on uninitialized variable
>
> Oops, you are right.
>
>> Signed-off-by: Felipe Pena <felipensp@gmail.com>
>> ---
>> arch/parisc/mm/fault.c | 5 +++--
>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c b/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c
>> index d10d27a..6b38026 100644
>> --- a/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c
>> +++ b/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c
>> @@ -182,8 +182,6 @@ void do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long code,
>>
>> if (user_mode(regs))
>> flags |= FAULT_FLAG_USER;
>> - if (acc_type & VM_WRITE)
>> - flags |= FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
>> retry:
>> down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
>> vma = find_vma_prev(mm, address, &prev_vma);
>> @@ -201,6 +199,9 @@ good_area:
>> if ((vma->vm_flags & acc_type) != acc_type)
>> goto bad_area;
>>
>> + if (acc_type & VM_WRITE)
>> + flags |= FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
>
> Can acc_type actually change between between the first round and a
> retry? Otherwise, it might make sense to pull this up and place it
> next to the flag initialization instead of pulling one flag down.

From what I've analyzed, this make sense. I'll make the suggested
changes and send another patch.

Thanks.

--
Regards,
Felipe Pena


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