[PATCH 09/14] perf probe: Avoid accessing uninitialized 'map' variable

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Wed Feb 15 2017 - 14:07:04 EST


From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

Genuine problem detected with clang, the warnings are spot on:

util/probe-event.c:2079:7: error: variable 'map' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
if (addr) {
^~~~
util/probe-event.c:2094:6: note: uninitialized use occurs here
if (map && !is_kprobe) {
^~~
util/probe-event.c:2079:3: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always true
if (addr) {
^~~~~~~~~~
util/probe-event.c:2075:8: error: variable 'map' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
if (kernel_get_symbol_address_by_name(tp->symbol,
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
util/probe-event.c:2094:6: note: uninitialized use occurs here
if (map && !is_kprobe) {
^~~
util/probe-event.c:2075:4: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always false
if (kernel_get_symbol_address_by_name(tp->symbol,
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
util/probe-event.c:2064:17: note: initialize the variable 'map' to silence this warning
struct map *map;
^
= NULL

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-m3501el55i10hctfbmi2qxzr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 2c1bca240597..35f5b7b7715c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -2061,7 +2061,7 @@ static int find_perf_probe_point_from_map(struct probe_trace_point *tp,
bool is_kprobe)
{
struct symbol *sym = NULL;
- struct map *map;
+ struct map *map = NULL;
u64 addr = tp->address;
int ret = -ENOENT;

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2.9.3