Re: [PATCH bpf-next] selftests/bpf: fix prog_tests/uprobe_autoattach compilation error

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On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 6:23 AM Artem Savkov <asavkov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I am getting the following compilation error for prog_tests/uprobe_autoattach.c
>
> tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/uprobe_autoattach.c: In function ‘test_uprobe_autoattach’:
> ./test_progs.h:209:26: error: pointer ‘mem’ may be used after ‘free’ [-Werror=use-after-free]
>
> mem variable is now used in one of the asserts so it shouldn't be freed right
> away. Move free(mem) after the assert block.

The memory is not used, we only compare the value of the pointer
itself, we don't dereference. So the compiler is being paranoid here.
But while initial version relied on free() to happen before all the
ASSERTs, now we don't, so moving free after asserts is fine.

>
> Fixes: 1717e248014c ("selftests/bpf: Uprobe tests should verify param/return values")
> Signed-off-by: Artem Savkov <asavkov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/uprobe_autoattach.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/uprobe_autoattach.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/uprobe_autoattach.c
> index d6003dc8cc99..35b87c7ba5be 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/uprobe_autoattach.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/uprobe_autoattach.c
> @@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ void test_uprobe_autoattach(void)
>
>         /* trigger & validate shared library u[ret]probes attached by name */
>         mem = malloc(malloc_sz);
> -       free(mem);
>
>         ASSERT_EQ(skel->bss->uprobe_byname_parm1, trigger_val, "check_uprobe_byname_parm1");
>         ASSERT_EQ(skel->bss->uprobe_byname_ran, 1, "check_uprobe_byname_ran");
> @@ -44,6 +43,8 @@ void test_uprobe_autoattach(void)
>         ASSERT_EQ(skel->bss->uprobe_byname2_ran, 3, "check_uprobe_byname2_ran");
>         ASSERT_EQ(skel->bss->uretprobe_byname2_rc, mem, "check_uretprobe_byname2_rc");
>         ASSERT_EQ(skel->bss->uretprobe_byname2_ran, 4, "check_uretprobe_byname2_ran");
> +
> +       free(mem);
>  cleanup:
>         test_uprobe_autoattach__destroy(skel);
>  }
> --
> 2.35.1
>




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