If we disable the compiler's auto-initialization feature (-fplugin-arg-structleak_plugin-byref or -ftrivial-auto-var-init=pattern) is disabled, arch_hw_breakpoint may be used before initialization after the change 9a4903dde2c86. (perf/hw_breakpoint: Split attribute parse and commit)
On our arm platform, the struct step_ctrl in arch_hw_breakpoint, which used to be zero-initialized by kzalloc, may be used in arch_install_hw_breakpoint without initialization. Signed-off-by: Mark-PK Tsai <[email protected]> Cc: YJ Chiang <[email protected]> Cc: Alix Wu <[email protected]> --- kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c b/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c index c5cd852fe86b..8fb842394924 100644 --- a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c +++ b/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c @@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static int hw_breakpoint_parse(struct perf_event *bp, int register_perf_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event *bp) { - struct arch_hw_breakpoint hw; + struct arch_hw_breakpoint hw = {0}; int err; err = reserve_bp_slot(bp); @@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ int modify_user_hw_breakpoint_check(struct perf_event *bp, struct perf_event_attr *attr, bool check) { - struct arch_hw_breakpoint hw; + struct arch_hw_breakpoint hw = {0}; int err; err = hw_breakpoint_parse(bp, attr, &hw); -- 2.18.0
