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[bpf-next,1/3] libbpf: fix uninitialized variable in btf_parse_type_sec

Message ID 20200929220604.833631-1-andriin@fb.com
State New
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Series [bpf-next,1/3] libbpf: fix uninitialized variable in btf_parse_type_sec | expand

Commit Message

Andrii Nakryiko Sept. 29, 2020, 10:06 p.m. UTC
Fix obvious unitialized variable use that wasn't reported by compiler. libbpf
Makefile changes to catch such errors are added separately.

Fixes: 3289959b97ca ("libbpf: Support BTF loading and raw data output in both endianness")
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
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 tools/lib/bpf/btf.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Martin KaFai Lau Sept. 30, 2020, 12:01 a.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 03:06:02PM -0700, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> Fix obvious unitialized variable use that wasn't reported by compiler. libbpf
> Makefile changes to catch such errors are added separately.
Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
Martin KaFai Lau Sept. 30, 2020, 12:03 a.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 03:06:03PM -0700, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> For some reason compiler doesn't complain about uninitialized variable, fixed
> in previous patch, if libbpf is compiled without -O2 optimization level. So do
> compile it with -O2 and never let similar issue slip by again. -Wall is added
> unconditionally, so no need to specify it again.
Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
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Patch

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
index e1dbd766c698..398b1f345b3c 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@  static int btf_parse_type_sec(struct btf *btf)
 	struct btf_header *hdr = btf->hdr;
 	void *next_type = btf->types_data;
 	void *end_type = next_type + hdr->type_len;
-	int err, i, type_size;
+	int err, i = 0, type_size;
 
 	/* VOID (type_id == 0) is specially handled by btf__get_type_by_id(),
 	 * so ensure we can never properly use its offset from index by