On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 07:14:26PM +0900, Takuya Yoshikawa wrote: > On Mon, 30 May 2011 11:46:04 +0200 > Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I get the following > > > > In file included from arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c:2856: > > arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h: In function ‘paging32_walk_addr_generic’: > > arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h:124: warning: ‘ptep_user’ may be used > > uninitialized in this function > > In file included from arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c:2852: > > arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h: In function ‘paging64_walk_addr_generic’: > > arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h:124: warning: ‘ptep_user’ may be used > > uninitialized in this function > > > > when building -rc1. It looks like it is caused by > > 6e2ca7d1802bf8ed9908435e34daa116662e7790 and sticking uninitialized_var() > > around > > the ptep_user declaration looks like the easiest solution. But the code > > should > > still be audited by someone who's familiar with it whether shutting up the > > compiler doesn't cause an actual bug. > > Sorry, it is my commit. > > I think the logic guarantees that ptep_user won't be used until it is > assigned some value. > > It seems to be safe, IIUC.
Ok, thanks for confirming. I'll send a fix soon if no one beats me to it. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
