[PATCH][next] mm/vmalloc: fix read of uninitialized pointer area

From: Colin Ian King There is a corner case where the sanity check of variable size fails and branches to label fail and shift can be less than PAGE_SHIFT causing area to never be assigned. This was picked up by static analysis as follows: 1. var_decl: Declaring variable area without initial

Re: [PATCH][next] mm/vmalloc: fix read of uninitialized pointer area

Excerpts from Colin King's message of March 19, 2021 1:59 am: > From: Colin Ian King > > There is a corner case where the sanity check of variable size fails > and branches to label fail and shift can be less than PAGE_SHIFT > causing area to never be assigned. This was picked up by static > anal