linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/23] perf annotate-data: Maintain variable type info

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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 15:12:28 -0300
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
	linux-toolchains@...r.kernel.org, linux-trace-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/23] perf annotate-data: Maintain variable type info

On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 10:44:31AM -0700, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 7:07 AM Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org> wrote:
> > > +void exit_type_state(struct type_state *state)
> > > +{
> > > +     struct type_state_stack *stack, *tmp;
> > > +
> > > +     list_for_each_entry_safe(stack, tmp, &state->stack_vars, list) {
> > > +             list_del(&stack->list);

> > list_del_init()?
 
> Maybe.. but I'm not sure how much value it'd have as we free it right after.

Usually the value is in catching use after free more quickly, i.e.
someone may have a pointer to a freed list and then it would be able to
traverse the list of freed elements.

- Arnaldo