From: Adrian Bunk Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:02:07 +0000 (+0200) Subject: [GFS2] gfs2_dir_read_data(): fix uninitialized variable usage X-Git-Tag: v2.6.19-rc3~43^2 X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b7d8ac3e1779c30ddef0a8f38042076c5007a23d;p=linux-2.6 [GFS2] gfs2_dir_read_data(): fix uninitialized variable usage In the "if (extlen)" case, "bh" was used uninitialized. This patch changes the code to what seems to have been intended. Spotted by the Coverity checker. This patch also removes a pointless "bh = NULL" asignment (the variable is never accessed again after this point). Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse --- diff --git a/fs/gfs2/dir.c b/fs/gfs2/dir.c index ead7df0668..e24af28b1a 100644 --- a/fs/gfs2/dir.c +++ b/fs/gfs2/dir.c @@ -315,8 +315,7 @@ static int gfs2_dir_read_data(struct gfs2_inode *ip, char *buf, u64 offset, if (!ra) extlen = 1; bh = gfs2_meta_ra(ip->i_gl, dblock, extlen); - } - if (!bh) { + } else { error = gfs2_meta_read(ip->i_gl, dblock, DIO_WAIT, &bh); if (error) goto fail; @@ -330,7 +329,6 @@ static int gfs2_dir_read_data(struct gfs2_inode *ip, char *buf, u64 offset, extlen--; memcpy(buf, bh->b_data + o, amount); brelse(bh); - bh = NULL; buf += amount; copied += amount; lblock++;