Hi Sean,

[auto build test WARNING on linus/master]
[also build test WARNING on v4.12-rc6 next-20170619]
[if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help 
improve the system]

url:    
https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Sean-Fu/fs-buffer-Modify-alloc_page_buffers/20170620-012328
config: x86_64-randconfig-x015-201725 (attached as .config)
compiler: gcc-6 (Debian 6.2.0-3) 6.2.0 20160901
reproduce:
        # save the attached .config to linux build tree
        make ARCH=x86_64 

Note: it may well be a FALSE warning. FWIW you are at least aware of it now.
http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Better_Uninitialized_Warnings

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

   fs/buffer.c: In function 'alloc_page_buffers':
>> fs/buffer.c:895:21: warning: 'tail' may be used uninitialized in this 
>> function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
      tail->b_this_page = head;
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~

vim +/tail +895 fs/buffer.c

   879  
   880                  bh->b_this_page = head;
   881                  bh->b_blocknr = -1;
   882  
   883                  if (head == NULL)
   884                          tail = bh;
   885  
   886                  head = bh;
   887                  bh->b_state = b_state;
   888                  bh->b_size = size;
   889  
   890                  /* Link the buffer to its page */
   891                  set_bh_page(bh, page, offset);
   892          }
   893  
   894          if (circular)
 > 895                  tail->b_this_page = head;
   896  
   897          return head;
   898  /*
   899   * In case anything failed, we just free everything we got.
   900   */
   901  no_grow:
   902          if (head) {
   903                  do {

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