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md: dm-table: ensure dev_t is initialized

Message ID 20230131111552.24349-1-tomas.melin@vaisala.com (mailing list archive)
State Rejected, archived
Delegated to: Mike Snitzer
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Series md: dm-table: ensure dev_t is initialized | expand

Commit Message

Tomas Melin Jan. 31, 2023, 11:15 a.m. UTC
Avoid returning uninitialized value in case
lookup fails.

Signed-off-by: Tomas Melin <tomas.melin@vaisala.com>
---
 drivers/md/dm-table.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Mike Snitzer Feb. 1, 2023, 4:20 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, Jan 31 2023 at  6:15P -0500,
Tomas Melin <tomas.melin@vaisala.com> wrote:

> Avoid returning uninitialized value in case
> lookup fails.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tomas Melin <tomas.melin@vaisala.com>
> ---
>  drivers/md/dm-table.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
> index 8fc44c9f746a..71c59455bf3b 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
> @@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static int upgrade_mode(struct dm_dev_internal *dd, fmode_t new_mode,
>   */
>  dev_t dm_get_dev_t(const char *path)
>  {
> -	dev_t dev;
> +	dev_t dev = 0;
>  
>  	if (lookup_bdev(path, &dev))
>  		dev = name_to_dev_t(path);

dev_t dm_get_dev_t(const char *path)
{
        dev_t dev;

        if (lookup_bdev(path, &dev))
                dev = name_to_dev_t(path);
        return dev;
}

If lookup fails then:
                dev = name_to_dev_t(path);

name_to_dev_t() will initialize dev no matter what.

Nacked-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>

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diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index 8fc44c9f746a..71c59455bf3b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@  static int upgrade_mode(struct dm_dev_internal *dd, fmode_t new_mode,
  */
 dev_t dm_get_dev_t(const char *path)
 {
-	dev_t dev;
+	dev_t dev = 0;
 
 	if (lookup_bdev(path, &dev))
 		dev = name_to_dev_t(path);