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([2406:7400:98:ffd0:1e7c:66e7:2459:3ac2]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d2e1a72fcca58-794e2a4cb5asm261881b3a.71.2025.10.08.10.16.22 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 08 Oct 2025 10:16:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Ranganath V N To: tytso@mit.edu, adilger.kernel@dilger.ca Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org, skhan@linuxfoundation.org, david.hunter.linux@gmail.com, khalid@kernel.org, Ranganath V N Subject: [PATCH] fs: ext4: fix uninitialized symbols Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 22:46:13 +0530 Message-ID: <20251008171614.12129-1-vnranganath.20@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.43.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Fix the issue detected by the smatch tool. fs/ext4/inode.c:3583 ext4_map_blocks_atomic_write_slow() error: uninitializ= ed symbol 'next_pblk'. fs/ext4/namei.c:1776 ext4_lookup() error: uninitialized symbol 'de'. fs/ext4/namei.c:1829 ext4_get_parent() error: uninitialized symbol 'de'. fs/ext4/namei.c:3162 ext4_rmdir() error: uninitialized symbol 'de'. fs/ext4/namei.c:3242 __ext4_unlink() error: uninitialized symbol 'de'. fs/ext4/namei.c:3697 ext4_find_delete_entry() error: uninitialized symbol '= de'. Tested with compilation only. These changes enhance code clarity, address static analysis tool errors. Signed-off-by: Ranganath V N --- fs/ext4/inode.c | 2 +- fs/ext4/namei.c | 10 +++++----- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c index 5b7a15db4953..792b88522916 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c @@ -3544,7 +3544,7 @@ static int ext4_map_blocks_atomic_write_slow(handle_t= *handle, ext4_lblk_t m_lblk =3D map->m_lblk; unsigned int m_len =3D map->m_len; unsigned int mapped_len =3D 0, m_flags =3D 0; - ext4_fsblk_t next_pblk; + ext4_fsblk_t next_pblk =3D NULL; bool check_next_pblk =3D false; int ret =3D 0; =20 diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c index 2cd36f59c9e3..045616033515 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c @@ -1762,7 +1762,7 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext4_dx_find_entry(struct= inode *dir, static struct dentry *ext4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry= , unsigned int flags) { struct inode *inode; - struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de; + struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de =3D NULL; struct buffer_head *bh; =20 if (dentry->d_name.len > EXT4_NAME_LEN) @@ -1818,7 +1818,7 @@ static struct dentry *ext4_lookup(struct inode *dir, = struct dentry *dentry, unsi struct dentry *ext4_get_parent(struct dentry *child) { __u32 ino; - struct ext4_dir_entry_2 * de; + struct ext4_dir_entry_2 * de =3D NULL; struct buffer_head *bh; =20 bh =3D ext4_find_entry(d_inode(child), &dotdot_name, &de, NULL); @@ -3133,7 +3133,7 @@ static int ext4_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentr= y *dentry) int retval; struct inode *inode; struct buffer_head *bh; - struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de; + struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de =3D NULL; handle_t *handle =3D NULL; =20 retval =3D ext4_emergency_state(dir->i_sb); @@ -3224,7 +3224,7 @@ int __ext4_unlink(struct inode *dir, const struct qst= r *d_name, { int retval =3D -ENOENT; struct buffer_head *bh; - struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de; + struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de =3D NULL; handle_t *handle; int skip_remove_dentry =3D 0; =20 @@ -3688,7 +3688,7 @@ static int ext4_find_delete_entry(handle_t *handle, s= truct inode *dir, { int retval =3D -ENOENT; struct buffer_head *bh; - struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de; + struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de =3D NULL; =20 bh =3D ext4_find_entry(dir, d_name, &de, NULL); if (IS_ERR(bh)) --=20 2.43.0