linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf daemon: Avoid msan warnings on send

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Date:   Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:25:58 -0300
From:   Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:     Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf daemon: Avoid msan warnings on send_cmd

Em Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 10:45:45AM -0700, Ian Rogers escreveu:
> On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 10:55 PM Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com> wrote:
> 
> > As a full union is always sent, ensure all bytes of the union are
> > initialized with memset to avoid msan warnings of use of uninitialized
> > memory.
> >
> > An example warning from the daemon test:
> >
> > Uninitialized bytes in __interceptor_write at offset 71 inside
> > [0x7ffd98da6280, 72)
> > ==11602==WARNING: MemorySanitizer: use-of-uninitialized-value
> >     #0 0x5597edccdbe4 in ion tools/lib/perf/lib.c:18:6
> >     #1 0x5597edccdbe4 in writen tools/lib/perf/lib.c:47:9
> >     #2 0x5597ed221d30 in send_cmd tools/perf/builtin-daemon.c:1376:22
> >     #3 0x5597ed21b48c in cmd_daemon tools/perf/builtin-daemon.c
> >     #4 0x5597ed1d6b67 in run_builtin tools/perf/perf.c:313:11
> >     #5 0x5597ed1d6036 in handle_internal_command tools/perf/perf.c:365:8
> >     #6 0x5597ed1d6036 in run_argv tools/perf/perf.c:409:2
> >     #7 0x5597ed1d6036 in main tools/perf/perf.c:539:3
> >
> > SUMMARY: MemorySanitizer: use-of-uninitialized-value
> > tools/lib/perf/lib.c:18:6 in ion
> > Exiting
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
> >
> 
> This one appears to still be outstanding. Ping.

Thanks, applied.

- Arnaldo