linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] perf parse-events: Avoid an uninitialized read.

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Message-Id: <20200826042910.1902374-2-irogers@google.com>
Date:   Tue, 25 Aug 2020 21:29:10 -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>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Kajol Jain <kjain@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jin Yao <yao.jin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] perf parse-events: Avoid an uninitialized read.

With a fake_pmu the pmu_info isn't populated by perf_pmu__check_alias.
In this case, don't try to copy the uninitialized values to the evsel.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 9f7260e69113..3d7a48b488ed 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1533,19 +1533,23 @@ int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 	evsel = __add_event(list, &parse_state->idx, &attr, true,
 			    get_config_name(head_config), pmu,
 			    &config_terms, auto_merge_stats, NULL);
-	if (evsel) {
-		evsel->unit = info.unit;
-		evsel->scale = info.scale;
-		evsel->per_pkg = info.per_pkg;
-		evsel->snapshot = info.snapshot;
-		evsel->metric_expr = info.metric_expr;
-		evsel->metric_name = info.metric_name;
-		evsel->pmu_name = name ? strdup(name) : NULL;
-		evsel->use_uncore_alias = use_uncore_alias;
-		evsel->percore = config_term_percore(&evsel->config_terms);
-	}
-
-	return evsel ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+	if (!evsel)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	evsel->pmu_name = name ? strdup(name) : NULL;
+	evsel->use_uncore_alias = use_uncore_alias;
+	evsel->percore = config_term_percore(&evsel->config_terms);
+
+	if (parse_state->fake_pmu)
+		return 0;
+
+	evsel->unit = info.unit;
+	evsel->scale = info.scale;
+	evsel->per_pkg = info.per_pkg;
+	evsel->snapshot = info.snapshot;
+	evsel->metric_expr = info.metric_expr;
+	evsel->metric_name = info.metric_name;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int parse_events_multi_pmu_add(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
-- 
2.28.0.297.g1956fa8f8d-goog