* [PATCH] perf kvm: fix segfault by initializing file_name to NULL
@ 2013-02-28 3:29 David Ahern
2013-02-28 4:31 ` Xiao Guangrong
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: David Ahern @ 2013-02-28 3:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: acme, linux-kernel; +Cc: David Ahern, Xiao Guangrong, Dongsoo Nathaniel Kim
Dongsoo reported that perf-kvm was segfaulting. The bug was introduced by
commit 3786063 which moved file_name from struct perf_kvm which was
initialized on the stack to an uninitialized stack variable. Fix by
initializing.
Needs to be applied to 3.7 and 3.8 as well.
Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Dongsoo Nathaniel Kim <dongsoo.kim@gmail.com>
---
tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index ca3f80e..e55701d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ __cmd_buildid_list(const char *file_name, int argc, const char **argv)
int cmd_kvm(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
{
- const char *file_name;
+ const char *file_name = NULL;
const struct option kvm_options[] = {
OPT_STRING('i', "input", &file_name, "file",
--
1.7.10.1
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* Re: [PATCH] perf kvm: fix segfault by initializing file_name to NULL
2013-02-28 3:29 [PATCH] perf kvm: fix segfault by initializing file_name to NULL David Ahern
@ 2013-02-28 4:31 ` Xiao Guangrong
2013-02-28 4:43 ` David Ahern
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Xiao Guangrong @ 2013-02-28 4:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Ahern; +Cc: acme, linux-kernel, Dongsoo Nathaniel Kim
On 02/28/2013 11:29 AM, David Ahern wrote:
> Dongsoo reported that perf-kvm was segfaulting. The bug was introduced by
> commit 3786063 which moved file_name from struct perf_kvm which was
> initialized on the stack to an uninitialized stack variable. Fix by
> initializing.
>
> Needs to be applied to 3.7 and 3.8 as well.
David, The bug has already been fixed by by Arnaldo, see:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/kvm.git;a=commit;h=20914ce5b9e1ef4a35f1f09a2c9c8fb8eb1c4d86
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* Re: [PATCH] perf kvm: fix segfault by initializing file_name to NULL
2013-02-28 4:31 ` Xiao Guangrong
@ 2013-02-28 4:43 ` David Ahern
2013-02-28 14:24 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: David Ahern @ 2013-02-28 4:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Xiao Guangrong; +Cc: acme, linux-kernel, Dongsoo Nathaniel Kim
On 2/27/13 9:31 PM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>
> On 02/28/2013 11:29 AM, David Ahern wrote:
>> Dongsoo reported that perf-kvm was segfaulting. The bug was introduced by
>> commit 3786063 which moved file_name from struct perf_kvm which was
>> initialized on the stack to an uninitialized stack variable. Fix by
>> initializing.
>>
>> Needs to be applied to 3.7 and 3.8 as well.
>
> David, The bug has already been fixed by by Arnaldo, see:
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/kvm.git;a=commit;h=20914ce5b9e1ef4a35f1f09a2c9c8fb8eb1c4d86
>
very odd. Arnaldo's latest perf/urgent has the problem -- and no
initialized variable. Seems to have been dropped somewhere.
David
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* Re: [PATCH] perf kvm: fix segfault by initializing file_name to NULL
2013-02-28 4:43 ` David Ahern
@ 2013-02-28 14:24 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2013-02-28 15:19 ` David Ahern
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo @ 2013-02-28 14:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Ahern; +Cc: Xiao Guangrong, linux-kernel, Dongsoo Nathaniel Kim
Em Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 09:43:31PM -0700, David Ahern escreveu:
> On 2/27/13 9:31 PM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
> >On 02/28/2013 11:29 AM, David Ahern wrote:
> >>Dongsoo reported that perf-kvm was segfaulting. The bug was introduced by
> >>commit 3786063 which moved file_name from struct perf_kvm which was
> >>initialized on the stack to an uninitialized stack variable. Fix by
> >>initializing.
> >>Needs to be applied to 3.7 and 3.8 as well.
> >David, The bug has already been fixed by by Arnaldo, see:
> >http://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/kvm.git;a=commit;h=20914ce5b9e1ef4a35f1f09a2c9c8fb8eb1c4d86
> very odd. Arnaldo's latest perf/urgent has the problem -- and no
> initialized variable. Seems to have been dropped somewhere.
Just fast forwarded my perf/urgent to tip/perf/urgent, checked and the
fix is there as pointed out by Xiao.
- Arnaldo
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* Re: [PATCH] perf kvm: fix segfault by initializing file_name to NULL
2013-02-28 14:24 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
@ 2013-02-28 15:19 ` David Ahern
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: David Ahern @ 2013-02-28 15:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Cc: Xiao Guangrong, linux-kernel, Dongsoo Nathaniel Kim
On 2/28/13 7:24 AM, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Just fast forwarded my perf/urgent to tip/perf/urgent, checked and the
> fix is there as pointed out by Xiao.
hmm.... hanging out in your perf/core branch rather than perf/urgent.
David
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