linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf bench: Fix 2 memory sanitizer warnings

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Message-Id: <20200912053725.1405857-1-irogers@google.com>
Date:   Fri, 11 Sep 2020 22:37:25 -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>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] perf bench: Fix 2 memory sanitizer warnings

Memory sanitizer warns if a write is performed where the memory
being read for the write is uninitialized. Avoid this warning by
initializing the memory.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
---
 tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c b/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c
index 71d830d7b923..cecce93ccc63 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c
@@ -66,11 +66,10 @@ static void fdpair(int fds[2])
 /* Block until we're ready to go */
 static void ready(int ready_out, int wakefd)
 {
-	char dummy;
 	struct pollfd pollfd = { .fd = wakefd, .events = POLLIN };
 
 	/* Tell them we're ready. */
-	if (write(ready_out, &dummy, 1) != 1)
+	if (write(ready_out, "R", 1) != 1)
 		err(EXIT_FAILURE, "CLIENT: ready write");
 
 	/* Wait for "GO" signal */
@@ -85,6 +84,7 @@ static void *sender(struct sender_context *ctx)
 	unsigned int i, j;
 
 	ready(ctx->ready_out, ctx->wakefd);
+	memset(data, 'S', sizeof(data));
 
 	/* Now pump to every receiver. */
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_loops; i++) {
-- 
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