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Re: [PATCH] xfs: Fix uninitialized return value in xfs_alloc_fix_freelis

To: Brian Foster <bfoster@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs: Fix uninitialized return value in xfs_alloc_fix_freelist()
From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 12:40:17 -0500
Cc: xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Delivered-to: xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20150715111649.GA60463@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
References: <1436948168-25051-1-git-send-email-jack@xxxxxxxx> <20150715111649.GA60463@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On 7/15/15 6:16 AM, Brian Foster wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 10:16:08AM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
>> xfs_alloc_fix_freelist() can sometimes jump to out_agbp_relse without
>> ever setting value of 'error' variable which is then returned. This can
>> happen e.g. when pag->pagf_init is set but AG is for metadata and we
>> want to allocate user data.
>>
>> Fix the problem by initializing 'error' to 0, which is the desired
>> return value when we decide to skip this group.
>>
>> CC: xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> Coverity-id: 1309714
>> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
>> ---
> 
> Reviewed-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@xxxxxxxxxx>

Dave, ping on this one?  I don't see it in your latest update, looks important.
(xfsprogs has the same problem, FWIW)

-Eric

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