Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] tracing: Remove usage of list iterator variable after the loop

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Tue Apr 26 2022 - 10:23:26 EST


On Sat, 2 Apr 2022 12:33:39 +0200
Jakob Koschel <jakobkoschel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

This patch crashed in my testing.

> @@ -1734,14 +1734,16 @@ static int subsystem_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
> /* Make sure the system still exists */
> mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
> mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
> - list_for_each_entry(tr, &ftrace_trace_arrays, list) {
> - list_for_each_entry(dir, &tr->systems, list) {
> - if (dir == inode->i_private) {
> + list_for_each_entry(iter_tr, &ftrace_trace_arrays, list) {
> + list_for_each_entry(iter_dir, &iter_tr->systems, list) {
> + if (iter_dir == inode->i_private) {
> /* Don't open systems with no events */
> - if (dir->nr_events) {
> + if (iter_dir->nr_events) {
> __get_system_dir(dir);
> system = dir->subsystem;

system = NULL->subsystem


> }
> + tr = iter_tr;
> + dir = iter_dir;

But do not change that dir, move the setting above it. That is:

tr = iter_tr;
dir = iter_dir;
if (iter_dir->nr_events) {
__get_system_dir(dir);
system = dir->subsystem;
}

-- Steve


> goto exit_loop;
> }
> }