From: Tom Rix <t...@redhat.com>

clang static analysis reports this problem

rnbd-clt.c:1212:11: warning: Branch condition evaluates to a
  garbage value
        else if (!first)
                 ^~~~~~

This is triggered in the find_and_get_or_create_sess() call
because the variable first is not initialized and the
earlier check is specifically for

        if (sess == ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM))

This is false positive.

But the if-check can be reduced by initializing first to
false and then returning if the call to find_or_creat_sess()
does not set it to true.  When it remains false, either
sess will be valid or not.  The not case is caught by
find_and_get_or_create_sess()'s caller rnbd_clt_map_device()

        sess = find_and_get_or_create_sess(...);
        if (IS_ERR(sess))
                return ERR_CAST(sess);

Since find_and_get_or_create_sess() initializes first to false
setting it in find_or_create_sess() is not needed.

Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <t...@redhat.com>
---
 drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c | 10 ++++------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c
index 96e3f9fe8241..251f747cf10d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c
@@ -919,6 +919,7 @@ static struct rnbd_clt_session *__find_and_get_sess(const 
char *sessname)
        return NULL;
 }
 
+/* caller is responsible for initializing 'first' to false */
 static struct
 rnbd_clt_session *find_or_create_sess(const char *sessname, bool *first)
 {
@@ -934,8 +935,7 @@ rnbd_clt_session *find_or_create_sess(const char *sessname, 
bool *first)
                }
                list_add(&sess->list, &sess_list);
                *first = true;
-       } else
-               *first = false;
+       }
        mutex_unlock(&sess_lock);
 
        return sess;
@@ -1203,13 +1203,11 @@ find_and_get_or_create_sess(const char *sessname,
        struct rnbd_clt_session *sess;
        struct rtrs_attrs attrs;
        int err;
-       bool first;
+       bool first = false;
        struct rtrs_clt_ops rtrs_ops;
 
        sess = find_or_create_sess(sessname, &first);
-       if (sess == ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM))
-               return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-       else if (!first)
+       if (!first)
                return sess;
 
        if (!path_cnt) {
-- 
2.27.0

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