Subject: Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the tip tree

From: Thomas Gleixner <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 00:39:55 +0200

Stephen,

Stephen Rothwell <[email-masked]> writes:
> On Wed, 01 Apr 2020 12:25:25 +0200 Thomas Gleixner <[email-masked]> wrote:
>> Me neither. Which compiler version?
>
> arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc (Debian 9.2.1-21) 9.2.1 20191130
>
>> I'm using arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc (Debian 8.3.0-2) 8.3.0 which does not
>> show that oddity.
>
> I assume it is because of the change to arch_futex_atomic_op_inuser()
> for arm and the compiler is not clever enough to work out that the early
> return from arch_futex_atomic_op_inuser() means that oldval is not
> referenced in its caller.

Actually no. It's the ASM part which causes this. With the following
hack applied it compiles:

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h
index e133da303a98..2c6b40f71009 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic(u32 *uval, u32 __user *uaddr,
 static inline int
 arch_futex_atomic_op_inuser(int op, int oparg, int *oval, u32 __user *uaddr)
 {
-	int oldval = 0, ret, tmp;
+	int oldval = 0, ret;
 
 	if (!access_ok(uaddr, sizeof(u32)))
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ arch_futex_atomic_op_inuser(int op, int oparg, int *oval, u32 __user *uaddr)
 #endif
 
 	switch (op) {
+#if 0
 	case FUTEX_OP_SET:
 		__futex_atomic_op("mov	%0, %4", ret, oldval, tmp, uaddr, oparg);
 		break;
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ arch_futex_atomic_op_inuser(int op, int oparg, int *oval, u32 __user *uaddr)
 	case FUTEX_OP_XOR:
 		__futex_atomic_op("eor	%0, %1, %4", ret, oldval, tmp, uaddr, oparg);
 		break;
+#endif
 	default:
 		ret = -ENOSYS;
 	}

but with this is emits the warning:

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h
index e133da303a98..5191d7b61b83 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ arch_futex_atomic_op_inuser(int op, int oparg, int *oval, u32 __user *uaddr)
 	case FUTEX_OP_SET:
 		__futex_atomic_op("mov	%0, %4", ret, oldval, tmp, uaddr, oparg);
 		break;
+#if 0
 	case FUTEX_OP_ADD:
 		__futex_atomic_op("add	%0, %1, %4", ret, oldval, tmp, uaddr, oparg);
 		break;
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ arch_futex_atomic_op_inuser(int op, int oparg, int *oval, u32 __user *uaddr)
 	case FUTEX_OP_XOR:
 		__futex_atomic_op("eor	%0, %1, %4", ret, oldval, tmp, uaddr, oparg);
 		break;
+#endif
 	default:
 		ret = -ENOSYS;
 	}

and the below proves it:

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h
index e133da303a98..a9151884bc85 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h
@@ -165,8 +165,13 @@ arch_futex_atomic_op_inuser(int op, int oparg, int *oval, u32 __user *uaddr)
 	preempt_enable();
 #endif
 
-	if (!ret)
-		*oval = oldval;
+	/*
+	 * Store unconditionally. If ret != 0 the extra store is the least
+	 * of the worries but GCC cannot figure out that __futex_atomic_op()
+	 * is either setting ret to -EFAULT or storing the old value in
+	 * oldval which results in a uninitialized warning at the call site.
+	 */
+	*oval = oldval;
 
 	return ret;
 }

I think that's the right thing to do anyway. The conditional is pointless.

Thanks,

        tglx