@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(machine_check_poll);
static int mce_no_way_out(struct mce *m, char **msg, unsigned long *validp,
struct pt_regs *regs)
{
- char *tmp;
+ char *tmp = *msg;
int i;
for (i = 0; i < this_cpu_read(mce_num_banks); i++) {
@@ -1209,8 +1209,8 @@ void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
DECLARE_BITMAP(toclear, MAX_NR_BANKS);
struct mca_config *cfg = &mca_cfg;
int cpu = smp_processor_id();
- char *msg = "Unknown";
struct mce m, *final;
+ char *msg = NULL;
int worst = 0;
/*
The function mce_severity() is not required to update its msg argument. In fact, mce_severity_amd() does not, which makes mce_no_way_out() return uninitialized data, which may be used later for printing. Assuming that implementations of mce_severity() either always or never update the msg argument (which is currently the case), it is sufficient to initialize the temporary variable in mce_no_way_out(). While at it, avoid printing a useless "Unknown". Signed-off-by: Jan H. Schönherr <jschoenh@amazon.de> --- Changes v1->v2: - simplify fix by assuming that mce_severity() either always or never updates the msg argument -- as opposed to mce_severity() having the freedom to decide on a case by case basis (requested by Boris); - stop printing "Unknown" (requested by Boris). --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)