From 231d0aefd88e94129cb8fb84794f9bb788c6366e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Evgeny Kuznetsov <ext-eugeny.kuznetsov@nokia.com> Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 12:47:57 +0400 Subject: [PATCH] wait: using uninitialized member of wait queue The "flags" member of "struct wait_queue_t" is used in several places in the kernel code without beeing initialized by init_wait(). "flags" is used in bitwise operations. If "flags" not initialized then unexpected behaviour may take place. Incorrect flags might used later in code. Added initialization of "wait_queue_t.flags" with zero value into "init_wait". Signed-off-by: Evgeny Kuznetsov <EXT-Eugeny.Kuznetsov@nokia.com> [ The bit we care about does end up being initialized by both prepare_to_wait() and add_to_wait_queue(), so this doesn't seem to cause actual bugs, but is definitely the right thing to do -Linus ] Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> --- include/linux/wait.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/include/linux/wait.h b/include/linux/wait.h index 0836ccc571214..3efc9f3f43a08 100644 --- a/include/linux/wait.h +++ b/include/linux/wait.h @@ -614,6 +614,7 @@ int wake_bit_function(wait_queue_t *wait, unsigned mode, int sync, void *key); (wait)->private = current; \ (wait)->func = autoremove_wake_function; \ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&(wait)->task_list); \ + (wait)->flags = 0; \ } while (0) /** -- GitLab