In case of ovl_lookup_temp() failure, we currently print `err` which is actually not initialized at all. Instead, properly print PTR_ERR(whiteout) which is where the actual error really is. Address-Coverity-ID: 1647983 ("Uninitialized variables (UNINIT)") Fixes: 8afa0a7367138 ("ovl: narrow locking in ovl_whiteout()") Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/overlayfs/dir.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c index 30619777f0f6..70b8687dc45e 100644 --- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c @@ -117,8 +117,9 @@ static struct dentry *ovl_whiteout(struct ovl_fs *ofs) if (!IS_ERR(whiteout)) return whiteout; if (PTR_ERR(whiteout) != -EMLINK) { - pr_warn("Failed to link whiteout - disabling whiteout inode sharing(nlink=%u, err=%i)\n", - ofs->whiteout->d_inode->i_nlink, err); + pr_warn("Failed to link whiteout - disabling whiteout inode sharing(nlink=%u, err=%lu)\n", + ofs->whiteout->d_inode->i_nlink, + PTR_ERR(whiteout)); ofs->no_shared_whiteout = true; } } -- 2.49.1