From: zhong jiang <zhongji...@huawei.com> when compile the kenrel code, I happens to the following warn. fs/reiserfs/ibalance.c:1156:2: warning: ‘new_insert_key’ may be used uninitialized in this function. memcpy(new_insert_key_addr, &new_insert_key, KEY_SIZE);
The patch fix it by check the new_insert_ptr. if new_insert_ptr is not NULL, we ensure that new_insert_key is assigned. therefore, memcpy will saftly exec the operatetion. Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongji...@huawei.com> --- fs/reiserfs/ibalance.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/ibalance.c b/fs/reiserfs/ibalance.c index b751eea..2c46829 100644 --- a/fs/reiserfs/ibalance.c +++ b/fs/reiserfs/ibalance.c @@ -1153,8 +1153,10 @@ int balance_internal(struct tree_balance *tb, insert_ptr); } - memcpy(new_insert_key_addr, &new_insert_key, KEY_SIZE); - insert_ptr[0] = new_insert_ptr; + if (new_insert_ptr) { + memcpy(new_insert_key_addr, &new_insert_key, KEY_SIZE); + insert_ptr[0] = new_insert_ptr; + } return order; } -- 1.8.3.1