Re: [PATCH 1/1] kvm: Clear variables which may not be used

[Daniel P . Berrangé]

On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 12:27:38PM +0100, Li Zhang wrote:
> The variables msi, route in kvm_irqchip_send_msi may be uninitialised
> values in some cases. It's necessary to clear them.

You say the patch is going to 'clear them' but....

> 
> Signed-off-by: Li Zhang <lizhang@suse.de>
> ---
>  accel/kvm/kvm-all.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
> index eecd8031cf..bd50dc6b80 100644
> --- a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
> +++ b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
> @@ -1913,10 +1913,8 @@ static KVMMSIRoute *kvm_lookup_msi_route(KVMState *s, 
> MSIMessage msg)
>  
>  int kvm_irqchip_send_msi(KVMState *s, MSIMessage msg)
>  {
> -    struct kvm_msi msi;
> -    KVMMSIRoute *route;
> -
>      if (kvm_direct_msi_allowed) {
> +        struct kvm_msi msi;

...but this is still an uninitialized declaration.

>          msi.address_lo = (uint32_t)msg.address;
>          msi.address_hi = msg.address >> 32;
>          msi.data = le32_to_cpu(msg.data);

I guess the bug you were wanting to fix is that this code only
initializes 5 out of 6 struct fields, before calling the
ioctl.

> @@ -1926,6 +1924,7 @@ int kvm_irqchip_send_msi(KVMState *s, MSIMessage msg)
>          return kvm_vm_ioctl(s, KVM_SIGNAL_MSI, &msi);
>      }
>  
> +    KVMMSIRoute *route;

This was initialized correctly before and didn't need moving

>      route = kvm_lookup_msi_route(s, msg);
>      if (!route) {
>          int virq;

Regards,
Daniel
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