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Re: [PATCH] perf tests: initialize sa.sa_flags

From Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] perf tests: initialize sa.sa_flags
Date 2016-03-02 14:10 +0100
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Em Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 01:59:01PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra escreveu:
> On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 12:55:22PM +0000, Colin King wrote:
> > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
> > 
> > The sa_flags field is not being initialized, so a garbage value is
> > being passed to sigaction.  Initialize it to zero.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
> > ---
> >  tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/rdpmc.c | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/rdpmc.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/rdpmc.c
> > index 7bb0d13..7945462 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/rdpmc.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/rdpmc.c
> > @@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ static int __test__rdpmc(void)
> >  
> >  	sigfillset(&sa.sa_mask);
> >  	sa.sa_sigaction = segfault_handler;
> > +	sa.sa_flags = 0;
> 
> Would not something like:
> 
> 	sa = (struct sigaction){
> 		.sa_sigaction = segfault_handler,
> 	};
> 	sigfillset(&sa.sa_mask);
> 
> Be better?

I thought about that, but isn't that set in stone? This would be a 4
liner, while his is a one' :-)

- Arnaldo

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[PATCH] perf tests: initialize sa.sa_flags Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com> - 2016-03-02 14:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] perf tests: initialize sa.sa_flags Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-03-02 14:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] perf tests: initialize sa.sa_flags Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2016-03-02 14:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] perf tests: initialize sa.sa_flags Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2016-03-02 14:30 +0100
        Q: why didn't GCC warn about this uninitialized variable? (was: Re:  [PATCH] perf tests: initialize sa.sa_flags) Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-03-03 13:20 +0100
          Re: Q: why didn't GCC warn about this uninitialized variable? Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com> - 2016-03-03 13:30 +0100
          Re: Q: why didn't GCC warn about this uninitialized variable? Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com> - 2016-03-03 13:40 +0100
            Re: Q: why didn't GCC warn about this uninitialized variable? Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-03-03 13:50 +0100
            Re: Q: why didn't GCC warn about this uninitialized variable? Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-03-03 13:50 +0100
          Re: Q: why didn't GCC warn about this uninitialized variable? (was:  Re: [PATCH] perf tests: initialize sa.sa_flags) Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com> - 2016-03-03 14:00 +0100
            Re: Q: why didn't GCC warn about this uninitialized variable? (was:  Re: [PATCH] perf tests: initialize sa.sa_flags) Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-03-03 14:30 +0100
              Re: Q: why didn't GCC warn about this uninitialized variable? (was:  Re: [PATCH] perf tests: initialize sa.sa_flags) Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-03-03 14:50 +0100
                Re: Q: why didn't GCC warn about this uninitialized variable? (was:  Re: [PATCH] perf tests: initialize sa.sa_flags) Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com> - 2016-03-03 15:20 +0100
                Re: Q: why didn't GCC warn about this uninitialized variable? (was:  Re: [PATCH] perf tests: initialize sa.sa_flags) Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-03-03 15:50 +0100
                Re: Q: why didn't GCC warn about this uninitialized variable? (was:  Re: [PATCH] perf tests: initialize sa.sa_flags) Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-03-03 16:00 +0100
                Re: Q: why didn't GCC warn about this uninitialized variable? (was:  Re: [PATCH] perf tests: initialize sa.sa_flags) Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-03-03 16:10 +0100
              Re: Q: why didn't GCC warn about this uninitialized variable? (was:  Re: [PATCH] perf tests: initialize sa.sa_flags) Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com> - 2016-03-03 14:50 +0100
                Re: Q: why didn't GCC warn about this uninitialized variable? (was:  Re: [PATCH] perf tests: initialize sa.sa_flags) Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-03-03 15:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] perf tests: initialize sa.sa_flags Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-03-02 14:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] perf tests: initialize sa.sa_flags Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2016-03-02 14:10 +0100

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