linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf llvm: don't access out-of-scope array

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Date:   Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:00:18 -0700
From:   Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] perf llvm: don't access out-of-scope array

test_dir is assigned to the release array which is out-of-scope 3 lines
later. Extend the scope of the release array so that an out-of-scope
array isn't accessed.
Bug detected by clang's address sanitizer.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c b/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c
index 8d04e3d070b1..8b14e4a7f1dc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c
@@ -233,14 +233,14 @@ static int detect_kbuild_dir(char **kbuild_dir)
 	const char *prefix_dir = "";
 	const char *suffix_dir = "";
 
+	/* _UTSNAME_LENGTH is 65 */
+	char release[128];
+
 	char *autoconf_path;
 
 	int err;
 
 	if (!test_dir) {
-		/* _UTSNAME_LENGTH is 65 */
-		char release[128];
-
 		err = fetch_kernel_version(NULL, release,
 					   sizeof(release));
 		if (err)
-- 
2.23.0.444.g18eeb5a265-goog