linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 01/11] perf debug: Avoid stack overflow in recursive error message

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Message-Id: <20250109075108.7651-2-irogers@google.com>
Date: Wed,  8 Jan 2025 23:50:58 -0800
From: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, 
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, 
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, 
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, 
	Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>, 
	Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>, Yicong Yang <yangyicong@...ilicon.com>, 
	James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>, Howard Chu <howardchu95@...il.com>, 
	"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>, Levi Yun <yeoreum.yun@....com>, Ze Gao <zegao2021@...il.com>, 
	Weilin Wang <weilin.wang@...el.com>, Xu Yang <xu.yang_2@....com>, 
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v1 01/11] perf debug: Avoid stack overflow in recursive error message

In debug_file, pr_warning_once is called on error. As that function
calls debug_file the function will yield a stack overflow. Switch the
location of the call so the recursion is avoided.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/debug.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.c b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
index 995f6bb05b5f..f9ef7d045c92 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ int debug_type_profile;
 FILE *debug_file(void)
 {
 	if (!_debug_file) {
-		pr_warning_once("debug_file not set");
 		debug_set_file(stderr);
+		pr_warning_once("debug_file not set");
 	}
 	return _debug_file;
 }
-- 
2.47.1.613.gc27f4b7a9f-goog