[PATCH] perf: symbols: dso__load(): remove check of file on uninitialized memory

[Marc Kleine-Budde]

In commit "403567217d3f perf symbols: Do not read symbols/data from
device files" a check to uninitialzied memory was added. This leads to
the following valgrind output:

==24515== Syscall param stat(file_name) points to uninitialised byte(s)
==24515==    at 0x75B26D5: _xstat (in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.22.so)
==24515==    by 0x4E548D: stat (stat.h:454)
==24515==    by 0x4E548D: is_regular_file (util.c:687)
==24515==    by 0x4A5BEE: dso__load (symbol.c:1435)
==24515==    by 0x4BB1AE: map__load (map.c:289)
==24515==    by 0x4BB1AE: map__find_symbol (map.c:333)
==24515==    by 0x4835B3: thread__find_addr_location (event.c:1300)
==24515==    by 0x4B5342: add_callchain_ip (machine.c:1652)
==24515==    by 0x4B5342: thread__resolve_callchain_sample (machine.c:1906)
==24515==    by 0x4B9E7D: thread__resolve_callchain (machine.c:1958)
==24515==    by 0x441B3E: process_event (builtin-script.c:795)
==24515==    by 0x441B3E: process_sample_event (builtin-script.c:920)
==24515==    by 0x4BEE29: perf_evlist__deliver_sample (session.c:1192)
==24515==    by 0x4BEE29: machines__deliver_event (session.c:1229)
==24515==    by 0x4BF770: perf_session__deliver_event (session.c:1286)
==24515==    by 0x4BF770: ordered_events__deliver_event (session.c:114)
==24515==    by 0x4C1D17: __ordered_events__flush (ordered-events.c:207)
==24515==    by 0x4C1D17: ordered_events__flush.part.3 (ordered-events.c:274)
==24515==    by 0x4BF44C: perf_session__process_user_event (session.c:1325)
==24515==    by 0x4BF44C: perf_session__process_event (session.c:1451)
==24515==  Address 0x807c6a0 is 0 bytes inside a block of size 4,096 alloc'd
==24515==    at 0x4C29C0F: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==24515==    by 0x4A5BCB: dso__load (symbol.c:1421)
==24515==    by 0x4BB1AE: map__load (map.c:289)
==24515==    by 0x4BB1AE: map__find_symbol (map.c:333)
==24515==    by 0x4835B3: thread__find_addr_location (event.c:1300)
==24515==    by 0x4B5342: add_callchain_ip (machine.c:1652)
==24515==    by 0x4B5342: thread__resolve_callchain_sample (machine.c:1906)
==24515==    by 0x4B9E7D: thread__resolve_callchain (machine.c:1958)
==24515==    by 0x441B3E: process_event (builtin-script.c:795)
==24515==    by 0x441B3E: process_sample_event (builtin-script.c:920)
==24515==    by 0x4BEE29: perf_evlist__deliver_sample (session.c:1192)
==24515==    by 0x4BEE29: machines__deliver_event (session.c:1229)
==24515==    by 0x4BF770: perf_session__deliver_event (session.c:1286)
==24515==    by 0x4BF770: ordered_events__deliver_event (session.c:114)
==24515==    by 0x4C1D17: __ordered_events__flush (ordered-events.c:207)
==24515==    by 0x4C1D17: ordered_events__flush.part.3 (ordered-events.c:274)
==24515==    by 0x4BF44C: perf_session__process_user_event (session.c:1325)
==24515==    by 0x4BF44C: perf_session__process_event (session.c:1451)
==24515==    by 0x4C0EAC: __perf_session__process_events (session.c:1804)
==24515==    by 0x4C0EAC: perf_session__process_events (session.c:1858)

This patch fixes the problem by removing the check.

Fixes: 403567217d3f perf symbols: Do not read symbols/data from device files
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 8a747dc6cf86..b4070daeb17f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1432,8 +1432,7 @@ int dso__load(struct dso *dso, struct map *map, symbol_filter_t filter)
 	 * Read the build id if possible. This is required for
 	 * DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BUILDID_DEBUGINFO to work
 	 */
-	if (is_regular_file(name) &&
-	    filename__read_build_id(dso->long_name, build_id, BUILD_ID_SIZE) > 0)
+	if (filename__read_build_id(dso->long_name, build_id, BUILD_ID_SIZE) > 0)
 		dso__set_build_id(dso, build_id);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.8.1