Re: [PATCH] trace-cmd: always initialize write_record() len

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>]

On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 08:25:02 -0700
Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com> wrote:

Hi Greg,

> write_record() uses an uninitializedd 'len' when record->size is 0.  I'm
> not sure how likely this case is.

Hmm, yeah, I guess it can be zero, as it's the data size, not the
record true size. If we had a zero size data record, I guess it would
still exist.

> 
> To be safe and silence compiler warning, unconditionally initialize len.

Looks good to me. I'll add it to the queue.

Thanks!

-- Steve

> 
> Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com>
> ---
>  tracecmd/trace-split.c | 10 +++-------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tracecmd/trace-split.c b/tracecmd/trace-split.c
> index d27b3c65badc..6c8a774e13d0 100644
> --- a/tracecmd/trace-split.c
> +++ b/tracecmd/trace-split.c
> @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static int write_record(struct tracecmd_input *handle,
>  	unsigned long long diff;
>  	struct tep_handle *pevent;
>  	void *page;
> -	int len;
> +	int len = 0;
>  	char *ptr;
>  	int index = 0;
>  	int time;
> @@ -106,12 +106,8 @@ static int write_record(struct tracecmd_input *handle,
>  		return 0;
>  	}
>  
> -	if (record->size) {
> -		if (record->size < 28 * 4)
> -			len = record->size / 4;
> -		else
> -			len = 0;
> -	}
> +	if (record->size && (record->size < 28 * 4))
> +		len = record->size / 4;
>  
>  	time = (unsigned)diff;
>  	time = create_type_len(pevent, time, len);