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From: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com>
To: peterz@infradead.org, mingo@redhat.com, acme@kernel.org,
	namhyung@kernel.org
Cc: mark.rutland@arm.com, alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com,
	jolsa@kernel.org, irogers@google.com, adrian.hunter@intel.com,
	kan.liang@linux.intel.com, jserv@ccns.ncku.edu.tw,
	chuang@cs.nycu.edu.tw, dave@stgolabs.net,
	linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] perf bench: Fix undefined behavior in cmpworker()
Date: Mon,  9 Dec 2024 22:57:28 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241209145728.1975311-1-visitorckw@gmail.com> (raw)

The comparison function cmpworker() does not comply with the C
standard's requirements for qsort() comparison functions. Specifically,
it returns 0 when w1->tid < w2->tid, which is incorrect. According to
the standard, the function must return a negative value in such cases
to preserve proper ordering.

This violation causes undefined behavior, potentially leading to issues
such as memory corruption in certain versions of glibc [1].

Fix the issue by returning -1 when w1->tid < w2->tid, ensuring
compliance with the C standard and preventing undefined behavior.

Link: https://www.qualys.com/2024/01/30/qsort.txt [1]
Fixes: 121dd9ea0116 ("perf bench: Add epoll parallel epoll_wait benchmark")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com>
---
 tools/perf/bench/epoll-wait.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/epoll-wait.c b/tools/perf/bench/epoll-wait.c
index ef5c4257844d..4868d610e9bf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/epoll-wait.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/epoll-wait.c
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static int cmpworker(const void *p1, const void *p2)
 
 	struct worker *w1 = (struct worker *) p1;
 	struct worker *w2 = (struct worker *) p2;
-	return w1->tid > w2->tid;
+	return w1->tid > w2->tid ? 1 : -1;
 }
 
 int bench_epoll_wait(int argc, const char **argv)
-- 
2.34.1


             reply	other threads:[~2024-12-09 14:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-12-09 14:57 Kuan-Wei Chiu [this message]
2024-12-09 23:24 ` [PATCH] perf bench: Fix undefined behavior in cmpworker() Kuan-Wei Chiu

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