From: Andrew Morton Subject: fs-proc-kcorec-remove-check-of-list-iterator-against-head-past-the-loop-body-fix reduce scope of `iter' Cc: "Bos, H.J." Cc: "Brian Johannesmeyer" Cc: Cristiano Giuffrida Cc: David Hildenbrand Cc: Jakob Koschel Cc: Mike Rapoport Cc: Oscar Salvador Cc: Alexey Dobriyan Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- fs/proc/kcore.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/proc/kcore.c~fs-proc-kcorec-remove-check-of-list-iterator-against-head-past-the-loop-body-fix +++ a/fs/proc/kcore.c @@ -316,7 +316,6 @@ read_kcore(struct file *file, char __use size_t page_offline_frozen = 1; size_t phdrs_len, notes_len; struct kcore_list *m; - struct kcore_list *iter; size_t tsz; int nphdr; unsigned long start; @@ -480,6 +479,8 @@ read_kcore(struct file *file, char __use * the previous entry, search for a matching entry. */ if (!m || start < m->addr || start >= m->addr + m->size) { + struct kcore_list *iter; + m = NULL; list_for_each_entry(iter, &kclist_head, list) { if (start >= iter->addr && _