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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7] hugetlbfs: Extend the definition of hugepages
 parameter to support node allocation
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On Wed, 29 Sep 2021 15:27:18 -0700 Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> wrote:

> > mm/hugetlb.c:2957:33: error: variable 'm' is used uninitialized whenever '&&' condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
> >         for_each_node_mask_to_alloc(h, nr_nodes, node, &node_states[N_MEMORY]) {
> >         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > mm/hugetlb.c:1254:3: note: expanded from macro 'for_each_node_mask_to_alloc'
> >                 nr_nodes > 0 &&                                         \
> >                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~
> > mm/hugetlb.c:2974:18: note: uninitialized use occurs here
> >         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&m->list);
> >                         ^
> > mm/hugetlb.c:2957:33: note: remove the '&&' if its condition is always true
> >         for_each_node_mask_to_alloc(h, nr_nodes, node, &node_states[N_MEMORY]) {
> >                                        ^
> > mm/hugetlb.c:2942:29: note: initialize the variable 'm' to silence this warning
> >         struct huge_bootmem_page *m;
> >                                    ^
> >                                     = NULL
> > 1 error generated.
> > 
> > I am not sure if it is possible for nr_nodes to be 0 right out of the
> > gate so might be a false positive?
> 
> With nr_nodes == 0 there will be no memory in the system :)

Let's keep clang happy?

--- a/mm/hugetlb.c~hugetlbfs-extend-the-definition-of-hugepages-parameter-to-support-node-allocation-fix
+++ a/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2939,7 +2939,7 @@ int alloc_bootmem_huge_page(struct hstat
 	__attribute__ ((weak, alias("__alloc_bootmem_huge_page")));
 int __alloc_bootmem_huge_page(struct hstate *h, int nid)
 {
-	struct huge_bootmem_page *m;
+	struct huge_bootmem_page *m = NULL;	/* initialize for clang */
 	int nr_nodes, node;
 
 	if (nid >= nr_online_nodes)
_