linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] perf/util: initialize is_test value in expr__ctx

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Message-ID: <CAP-5=fUSE9Pt+=T73wTUn+y_7iMZ6=bNNNgP0z_a1ty_KwV1Lw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 08:57:08 -0800
From: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
To: James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>
Cc: Levi Yun <yeoreum.yun@....com>, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nd@....com, namhyung@...nel.org, 
	mark.rutland@....com, james.clark2@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] perf/util: initialize is_test value in expr__ctx_new()

On Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 8:13 AM James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 08/11/2024 2:34 pm, Levi Yun wrote:
> > when expr_parse_ctx is allocated by expr_ctx_new(),
> > expr_scanner_ctx->is_test isn't initialize, so it has garbage value.
> > this can affects the result of expr__parse() return when it parses
> > non-exist event literal according to garbage value.
> >
> > use calloc instead of malloc in expr_ctx_new() to fix this.
> >
> > Fixes: 3340a08354ac ("perf pmu-events: Fix testing with JEVENTS_ARCH=all")
> > Signed-off-by: Levi Yun <yeoreum.yun@....com>
> > ---
> >   tools/perf/util/expr.c | 5 +----
> >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/expr.c b/tools/perf/util/expr.c
> > index 5e3732bc2fa5..bc119501f091 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/expr.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/expr.c
> > @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ struct expr_parse_ctx *expr__ctx_new(void)
> >   {
> >       struct expr_parse_ctx *ctx;
> >
> > -     ctx = malloc(sizeof(struct expr_parse_ctx));
> > +     ctx = calloc(1, sizeof(struct expr_parse_ctx));
> >       if (!ctx)
> >               return NULL;
> >
> > @@ -294,9 +294,6 @@ struct expr_parse_ctx *expr__ctx_new(void)
> >               free(ctx);
> >               return NULL;
> >       }
> > -     ctx->sctx.user_requested_cpu_list = NULL;
> > -     ctx->sctx.runtime = 0;
> > -     ctx->sctx.system_wide = false;
> >
> >       return ctx;
> >   }
> > --
> > LEVI:{C3F47F37-75D8-414A-A8BA-3980EC8A46D7}
> >
> >
>
> Reviewed-by: James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>

Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>

Thanks,
Ian