From: Tom Rix Subject: lib: remove back_str initialization Clang static analysis reports this false positive glob.c:48:32: warning: Assigned value is garbage or undefined char const *back_pat = NULL, *back_str = back_str; ^~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ back_str is set after back_pat and it's use is protected by the !back_pat check. It is not necessary to initialize back_str, so remove the initialization. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220402131546.3383578-1-trix@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Tom Rix Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers Cc: Nathan Chancellor Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- lib/glob.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/lib/glob.c~lib-remove-back_str-initialization +++ a/lib/glob.c @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ bool __pure glob_match(char const *pat, * (no exception for /), it can be easily proved that there's * never a need to backtrack multiple levels. */ - char const *back_pat = NULL, *back_str = back_str; + char const *back_pat = NULL, *back_str; /* * Loop over each token (character or class) in pat, matching _