[memcg:attempts/process-share-mm-oom-sanitization 390/393] mm/oom_kill.c:731:7: warning: 'p' is used uninitialized in this function

[memcg:attempts/process-share-mm-oom-sanitization 390/393] mm/oom_kill.c:731:7: warning: 'p' is used uninitialized in this function

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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mhocko/mm.git attempts/process-share-mm-oom-sanitization
head:   15facfb929a0b749a8b1005a21b699c6ec80640c
commit: d688abea97c97609b048b52900e10f38ceae5a49 [390/393] mm, oom: fortify task_will_free_mem
config: i386-allmodconfig (attached as .config)
compiler: gcc-6 (Debian 6.1.1-1) 6.1.1 20160430
reproduce:
        git checkout d688abea97c97609b048b52900e10f38ceae5a49
        # save the attached .config to linux build tree
        make ARCH=i386 

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

   mm/oom_kill.c: In function 'task_will_free_mem':
>> mm/oom_kill.c:731:7: warning: 'p' is used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized]
     if (!__task_will_free_mem(p))
          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

vim +/p +731 mm/oom_kill.c

   715			return true;
   716	
   717		return false;
   718	}
   719	
   720	/*
   721	 * Checks whether the given task is dying or exiting and likely to
   722	 * release its address space. This means that all threads and processes
   723	 * sharing the same mm have to be killed or exiting.
   724	 */
   725	bool task_will_free_mem(struct task_struct *task)
   726	{
   727		struct mm_struct *mm;
   728		struct task_struct *p;
   729		bool ret;
   730	
 > 731		if (!__task_will_free_mem(p))
   732			return false;
   733	
   734		/*
   735		 * If the process has passed exit_mm we have to skip it because
   736		 * we have lost a link to other tasks sharing this mm, we do not
   737		 * have anything to reap and the task might then get stuck waiting
   738		 * for parent as zombie and we do not want it to hold TIF_MEMDIE
   739		 */

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