The following example forces veristat to loop indefinitely: $ cat two-ok file_name,prog_name,verdict,total_states file-a,a,success,12 file-b,b,success,67 $ cat add-failure file_name,prog_name,verdict,total_states file-a,a,success,12 file-b,b,success,67 file-b,c,failure,32 $ veristat -C two-ok add-failure <does not return> The loop is caused by handle_comparison_mode() not checking if `base` variable points to `fallback_stats` prior advancing joined results using `base`. Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@xxxxxxxxx> --- tools/testing/selftests/bpf/veristat.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/veristat.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/veristat.c index 53d7ec168268..e05954e20bba 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/veristat.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/veristat.c @@ -1824,18 +1824,22 @@ static int handle_comparison_mode(void) join->stats_b = comp; i++; j++; - } else if (comp == &fallback_stats || r < 0) { + } else if (base != &fallback_stats && (comp == &fallback_stats || r < 0)) { join->file_name = base->file_name; join->prog_name = base->prog_name; join->stats_a = base; join->stats_b = NULL; i++; - } else { + } else if (comp != &fallback_stats && (base == &fallback_stats || r > 0)) { join->file_name = comp->file_name; join->prog_name = comp->prog_name; join->stats_a = NULL; join->stats_b = comp; j++; + } else { + fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: should never reach here i=%i, j=%i", + __FILE__, __LINE__, i, j); + return -EINVAL; } env.join_stat_cnt += 1; } -- 2.40.0