build failure of next-20221005 due to a3a956c78efa ("fs/ntfs3: Add option "nocase"")

Hi All,

The builds of x86_84 allmodconfig with clang have failed to build next-20221005 with the error:

fs/ntfs3/namei.c:445:7: error: variable 'uni1' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]

                if (toupper(c1) != toupper(c2)) {
                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/ctype.h:64:20: note: expanded from macro 'toupper'
#define toupper(c) __toupper(c)
                   ^
fs/ntfs3/namei.c:487:12: note: uninitialized use occurs here
        __putname(uni1);
                  ^~~~
./include/linux/fs.h:2803:65: note: expanded from macro '__putname'
#define __putname(name)         kmem_cache_free(names_cachep, (void *)(name))
                                                                       ^~~~
fs/ntfs3/namei.c:445:3: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always false
                if (toupper(c1) != toupper(c2)) {
                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
fs/ntfs3/namei.c:434:7: error: variable 'uni1' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
                if (!lm--) {
                    ^~~~~
fs/ntfs3/namei.c:487:12: note: uninitialized use occurs here
        __putname(uni1);
                  ^~~~
./include/linux/fs.h:2803:65: note: expanded from macro '__putname'
#define __putname(name)         kmem_cache_free(names_cachep, (void *)(name))
                                                                       ^~~~
fs/ntfs3/namei.c:434:3: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always false
                if (!lm--) {
                ^~~~~~~~~~~~
fs/ntfs3/namei.c:430:22: note: initialize the variable 'uni1' to silence this warning
        struct cpu_str *uni1, *uni2;
                            ^
                             = NULL

2 errors generated.

git bisect pointed to a3a956c78efa ("fs/ntfs3: Add option "nocase"").

I will be happy to test any patch or provide any extra log if needed.

Regards
Sudip

Hi Sudip,
Thanks for the report. Please help review+test:
https://lore.kernel.org/llvm/[email protected]/.

For future reports, please take the time to review:
1. Our issue tracker. Nathan had a bug filed about this yesterday.
https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1729
2. The mailing list archives on lore: https://lore.kernel.org/llvm/ If you search for -Wsometimes-uninitialized you'll see Nathan's report/patch as well as reports from KernelCI.

I'll take more reports over no reports, but if we already have an open report, please take the time to participate in the existing threads rather than create new ones. That way, if an issue needs a discussion to resolve, it happens in one thread and not across multiple.

Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers