On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 11:53:05 +0300 "Yordan Karadzhov (VMware)" <y.karadz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It is particularly important to initialize to zero the "data_size" field > because its value is used when doing operations like scroll or zoom to > check if data has been loaded or not. Not having "data_size" set to zero > can cause segfault (as reported by Steven). > > Reported-By: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204195 > Signed-off-by: Yordan Karadzhov (VMware) <y.karadz@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > kernel-shark/src/libkshark-model.c | 3 +++ > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/kernel-shark/src/libkshark-model.c b/kernel-shark/src/libkshark-model.c > index 18f9c69..fd4d876 100644 > --- a/kernel-shark/src/libkshark-model.c > +++ b/kernel-shark/src/libkshark-model.c > @@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ void ksmodel_init(struct kshark_trace_histo *histo) > * Initialize an empty histo. The histo will have no bins and will > * contain no data. > */ > + histo->data_size = 0; > + histo->data = NULL; > + > histo->bin_size = 0; > histo->min = 0; > histo->max = 0; Are we just trying to set all fields of histo to NULL or zero? If so, why not just do: memset(histo, 0, sizeof(*histo)); ? This will make sure ksmodel_init() zeros all of histo when/if we add new fields. -- Steve
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