[PATCH] initialize all fields

From: Julia Lawall
Date: Mon Jan 30 2012 - 06:06:05 EST


This patch fixes a case where a structure field is not initialized before
the structureis copied to user level.

The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/). It uses other references to the same
structure in the current file to find the set of fields that should be
initialized.

@a disable decl_init@
identifier x,x1;
type T,T1;
expression e,sz;
@@

T x;
... when any
copy_to_user(e,&x,sz)

@r@
a.T y;
identifier f,f1,f2;
@@

(
y.f1[...]
|
y.f1.f2
|
y.f
)

@b@
identifier a.x,r.f;
type a.T;
expression e,e1,sz;
position p,p0;
@@

T x@p0;
... when != x.f = e1
when != &x
when != &(x.f)
when != get_user(x.f,...)
when != __get_user(x.f,...)
when != x = e1
copy_to_user@p(e,&x,sz)

@script:ocaml@
t << a.T;
x << a.x;
f << r.f;
p << b.p;
@@

Printf.printf "%s:%d: %s %s missing %s\n" (List.hd p).file (List.hd p).line
t x f

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