From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
To: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libperf tests: Avoid uninitialized variable warning.
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:58:03 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210115185803.GC457607@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210114212304.4018119-1-irogers@google.com>
Em Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 01:23:04PM -0800, Ian Rogers escreveu:
> The variable bf is read (for a write call) without being initialized
> triggering a memory sanitizer warning. Use bf in the read and switch the
> write to reading from a string.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Thanks, applied.
- Arnaldo
> ---
> tools/lib/perf/tests/test-evlist.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/tests/test-evlist.c b/tools/lib/perf/tests/test-evlist.c
> index 6d8ebe0c2504..1b225fe34a72 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/perf/tests/test-evlist.c
> +++ b/tools/lib/perf/tests/test-evlist.c
> @@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ static int test_mmap_thread(void)
> char path[PATH_MAX];
> int id, err, pid, go_pipe[2];
> union perf_event *event;
> - char bf;
> int count = 0;
>
> snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%s/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_prctl/id",
> @@ -229,6 +228,7 @@ static int test_mmap_thread(void)
> pid = fork();
> if (!pid) {
> int i;
> + char bf;
>
> read(go_pipe[0], &bf, 1);
>
> @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static int test_mmap_thread(void)
> perf_evlist__enable(evlist);
>
> /* kick the child and wait for it to finish */
> - write(go_pipe[1], &bf, 1);
> + write(go_pipe[1], "A", 1);
> waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
>
> /*
> --
> 2.30.0.296.g2bfb1c46d8-goog
>
--
- Arnaldo
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-15 18:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-14 21:23 [PATCH] libperf tests: Avoid uninitialized variable warning Ian Rogers
2021-01-15 7:41 ` Namhyung Kim
2021-01-15 8:34 ` Jiri Olsa
2021-01-15 18:58 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
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