On 10/01/2025 02:31, Ihor Solodrai wrote: > BPF CI caught a segfault on aarch64 and s390x [1] after recent merges > into the master branch. > > The segfault happened at free(func_state->annots) in > btf_encoder__delete_saved_funcs(). > > func_state->annots arrived there uninitialized because after patch [2] > in some cases func_state may be allocated with a realloc, but was not > zeroed out. > > Fix this bug by always memset-ing a func_state to zero in > btf_encoder__alloc_func_state(). > > [1] https://github.com/kernel-patches/bpf/actions/runs/12700574327 > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/dwarves/20250109185950.653110-11-ihor.solodrai@xxxxx/ Thanks for the quick fix! Reproduced this on an aarch64 system: BTF [M] kernel/resource_kunit.ko /bin/sh: line 1: 630875 Segmentation fault (core dumped) LLVM_OBJCOPY="objcopy" pahole -J -j --btf_features=encode_force,var,float,enum64,decl_tag,type_tag,optimized_func,consistent_func,decl_tag_kfuncs --lang_exclude=rust --btf_base ./vmlinux kernel/kcsan/kcsan_test.ko make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.modfinal:57: kernel/kcsan/kcsan_test.ko] Error 139 make[2]: *** Deleting file 'kernel/kcsan/kcsan_test.ko' make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... /bin/sh: line 1: 630907 Segmentation fault (core dumped) LLVM_OBJCOPY="objcopy" pahole -J -j --btf_features=encode_force,var,float,enum64,decl_tag,type_tag,optimized_func,consistent_func,decl_tag_kfuncs --lang_exclude=rust --btf_base ./vmlinux kernel/torture.ko make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.modfinal:56: kernel/torture.ko] Error 139 make[2]: *** Deleting file 'kernel/torture.ko' ...and verified that with the fix all works well. Nit: missing Signed-off-by Tested-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > btf_encoder.c | 7 +++++-- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/btf_encoder.c b/btf_encoder.c > index 78efd70..511c1ea 100644 > --- a/btf_encoder.c > +++ b/btf_encoder.c > @@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ static bool funcs__match(struct btf_encoder_func_state *s1, > > static struct btf_encoder_func_state *btf_encoder__alloc_func_state(struct btf_encoder *encoder) > { > - struct btf_encoder_func_state *tmp; > + struct btf_encoder_func_state *state, *tmp; > > if (encoder->func_states.cnt >= encoder->func_states.cap) { > > @@ -1100,7 +1100,10 @@ static struct btf_encoder_func_state *btf_encoder__alloc_func_state(struct btf_e > encoder->func_states.array = tmp; > } > > - return &encoder->func_states.array[encoder->func_states.cnt++]; > + state = &encoder->func_states.array[encoder->func_states.cnt++]; > + memset(state, 0, sizeof(*state)); > + > + return state; > } > > static int32_t btf_encoder__save_func(struct btf_encoder *encoder, struct function *fn, struct elf_function *func)
