The "reason" variable is uninitialized on this error path. It's supposed to explain why the function failed. Fixes: e4e2806b639c ("mm,memory_hotplug: implement numa node notifier") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: I misunderstood the reason why the function was failing. Use the correct reason. mm/memory_hotplug.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c index 4d864b4fb891..e4009a44f883 100644 --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c @@ -1977,8 +1977,10 @@ int offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, node_arg.nid = node; ret = node_notify(NODE_REMOVING_LAST_MEMORY, &node_arg); ret = notifier_to_errno(ret); - if (ret) + if (ret) { + reason = "node notifier failure"; goto failed_removal_isolated; + } } ret = memory_notify(MEM_GOING_OFFLINE, &mem_arg); -- 2.47.2