(Please keep me on Cc since I'm not subscribed to the XFS lists)
The coverity checker found what looks to me like a valid case of
potentially uninitialized variable use (see below).
CID: 898
Checker: UNINIT (help)
File: base/src/linux-2.6/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.c
Function: xfs_alloc_ag_vextent_small
...
1419 STATIC int /* error */
1420 xfs_alloc_ag_vextent_small(
1421 xfs_alloc_arg_t *args, /* allocation argument structure */
1422 xfs_btree_cur_t *ccur, /* by-size cursor */
1423 xfs_agblock_t *fbnop, /* result block number */
1424 xfs_extlen_t *flenp, /* result length */
1425 int *stat) /* status: 0-freelist, 1-normal/none */
1426 {
1427 int error;
Event var_decl: Declared variable "fbno" without initializer
Also see events: [uninit_use]
1428 xfs_agblock_t fbno;
1429 xfs_extlen_t flen;
1430 #ifdef XFS_ALLOC_TRACE
1431 static char fname[] = "xfs_alloc_ag_vextent_small";
1432 #endif
1433 int i;
1434
At conditional (1): "error = xfs_alloc_decrement != 0" taking false path
1435 if ((error = xfs_alloc_decrement(ccur, 0, &i)))
1436 goto error0;
At conditional (2): "i != 0" taking false path
1437 if (i) {
1438 if ((error = xfs_alloc_get_rec(ccur, &fbno, &flen, &i)))
1439 goto error0;
1440 XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_GOTO(i == 1, error0);
1441 }
1442 /*
1443 * Nothing in the btree, try the freelist. Make sure
1444 * to respect minleft even when pulling from the
1445 * freelist.
1446 */
At conditional (3): "(args)->minlen == 1" taking true path
At conditional (4): "(args)->alignment == 1" taking true path
At conditional (5): "(args)->isfl == 0" taking true path
At conditional (6): "0" taking false path
At conditional (7): "((0) ? <expr:stmt_expr> : (__fswab32)) > (args)->minleft" taking false path
1447 else if (args->minlen == 1 && args->alignment == 1 && !args->isfl &&
1448 (be32_to_cpu(XFS_BUF_TO_AGF(args->agbp)->agf_flcount)
1449 > args->minleft)) {
1450 if ((error = xfs_alloc_get_freelist(args->tp, args->agbp, &fbno)))
1451 goto error0;
1452 if (fbno != NULLAGBLOCK) {
1453 if (args->userdata) {
1454 xfs_buf_t *bp;
1455
1456 bp = xfs_btree_get_bufs(args->mp, args->tp,
1457 args->agno, fbno, 0);
1458 xfs_trans_binval(args->tp, bp);
1459 }
1460 args->len = 1;
1461 args->agbno = fbno;
1462 XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_GOTO(
1463 args->agbno + args->len <=
1464 be32_to_cpu(XFS_BUF_TO_AGF(args->agbp)->agf_length),
1465 error0);
1466 args->wasfromfl = 1;
1467 TRACE_ALLOC("freelist", args);
1468 *stat = 0;
1469 return 0;
1470 }
1471 /*
1472 * Nothing in the freelist.
1473 */
1474 else
1475 flen = 0;
1476 }
1477 /*
1478 * Can't allocate from the freelist for some reason.
1479 */
1480 else
1481 flen = 0;
1482 /*
1483 * Can't do the allocation, give up.
1484 */
At conditional (8): "flen < (args)->minlen" taking true path
1485 if (flen < args->minlen) {
1486 args->agbno = NULLAGBLOCK;
1487 TRACE_ALLOC("notenough", args);
1488 flen = 0;
1489 }
Event uninit_use: Using uninitialized value "fbno"
Also see events: [var_decl]
1490 *fbnop = fbno;
1491 *flenp = flen;
1492 *stat = 1;
1493 TRACE_ALLOC("normal", args);
1494 return 0;
1495
1496 error0:
1497 TRACE_ALLOC("error", args);
1498 return error;
1499 }
...
Or, with less noise :
if (i) {
if ((error = xfs_alloc_get_rec(ccur, &fbno, &flen, &i)))
...
}
...
else if (args->minlen == 1 && args->alignment == 1 && !args->isfl &&
(be32_to_cpu(XFS_BUF_TO_AGF(args->agbp)->agf_flcount)
> args->minleft)) {
if ((error = xfs_alloc_get_freelist(args->tp, args->agbp, &fbno)))
...
}
...
else
flen = 0;
...
*fbnop = fbno;
So basically, if we hit the 'else' branch, then 'fbno' has not been
initialized and line 1490 will then use that uninitialized variable.
What would prevent that from happening at some time??
--
Jesper Juhl <[email protected]>
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