On Tue, 7 Jan 2025 18:29:20 +0530
Dheeraj Reddy Jonnalagadda <dheeraj.linux...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Fix an issue in the tracing_set_tracer() where the variable ret could
> be used uninitialized under certain conditions. Specifically, when
> t->use_max_tr is true but tr->cond_snapshot is false, the code would
> check the value of ret without first initializing it.
>
> Fixes: a35873a0993b ("tracing: Add conditional snapshot")
> Closes:
> https://scan7.scan.coverity.com/#/project-view/52337/11354?selectedIssue=1602786
> Signed-off-by: Dheeraj Reddy Jonnalagadda <dheeraj.linux...@gmail.com>
> ---
> kernel/trace/trace.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> index a04348ab7ccc..28f111c5b3a5 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> @@ -6079,7 +6079,7 @@ int tracing_set_tracer(struct trace_array *tr, const
> char *buf)
> #ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE
> bool had_max_tr;
> #endif
> - int ret;
> + int ret = 0;
>
> guard(mutex)(&trace_types_lock);
>
Incorrect fix. The actual fix is pending:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250106111143.2f90f...@gandalf.local.home/
-- Steve
