perf lock contention: Avoid variable length arrays
authorNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Fri, 28 Oct 2022 18:01:27 +0000 (11:01 -0700)
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:07:45 +0000 (11:07 -0300)
The msan also warns about the use of VLA for stack_trace variable.
We can dynamically allocate instead.  While at it, simplify the error
handle a bit (and fix bugs).

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221028180128.3311491-4-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
tools/perf/util/bpf_lock_contention.c

index 06466da..0deec11 100644 (file)
@@ -108,28 +108,36 @@ int lock_contention_stop(void)
 
 int lock_contention_read(struct lock_contention *con)
 {
-       int fd, stack;
+       int fd, stack, err = 0;
        s32 prev_key, key;
        struct lock_contention_data data = {};
-       struct lock_stat *st;
+       struct lock_stat *st = NULL;
        struct machine *machine = con->machine;
-       u64 stack_trace[con->max_stack];
+       u64 *stack_trace;
+       size_t stack_size = con->max_stack * sizeof(*stack_trace);
 
        fd = bpf_map__fd(skel->maps.lock_stat);
        stack = bpf_map__fd(skel->maps.stacks);
 
        con->lost = skel->bss->lost;
 
+       stack_trace = zalloc(stack_size);
+       if (stack_trace == NULL)
+               return -1;
+
        prev_key = 0;
        while (!bpf_map_get_next_key(fd, &prev_key, &key)) {
                struct map *kmap;
                struct symbol *sym;
                int idx = 0;
 
+               /* to handle errors in the loop body */
+               err = -1;
+
                bpf_map_lookup_elem(fd, &key, &data);
                st = zalloc(sizeof(*st));
                if (st == NULL)
-                       return -1;
+                       break;
 
                st->nr_contended = data.count;
                st->wait_time_total = data.total_time;
@@ -163,25 +171,32 @@ int lock_contention_read(struct lock_contention *con)
                                st->name = strdup(sym->name);
 
                        if (ret < 0 || st->name == NULL)
-                               return -1;
+                               break;
                } else if (asprintf(&st->name, "%#lx", (unsigned long)st->addr) < 0) {
-                       free(st);
-                       return -1;
+                       break;
                }
 
                if (verbose) {
-                       st->callstack = memdup(stack_trace, sizeof(stack_trace));
-                       if (st->callstack == NULL) {
-                               free(st);
-                               return -1;
-                       }
+                       st->callstack = memdup(stack_trace, stack_size);
+                       if (st->callstack == NULL)
+                               break;
                }
 
                hlist_add_head(&st->hash_entry, con->result);
                prev_key = key;
+
+               /* we're fine now, reset the values */
+               st = NULL;
+               err = 0;
        }
 
-       return 0;
+       free(stack_trace);
+       if (st) {
+               free(st->name);
+               free(st);
+       }
+
+       return err;
 }
 
 int lock_contention_finish(void)