Re: [PATCH] rtc: fix use of uninit struct in rtc_read_alarm_internal

[Alexandre Belloni]

On 18/03/2025 00:03:43+0530, Bharadwaj Raju wrote:
> The trace call invokes rtc_tm_to_time64 on a
> potentially uninitialized alarm->time. Move the
> trace call to the path where we do successfully
> initialize and read that struct.
> 
> This fixes a KMSAN warning.
> 
> Fixes: 29a1f599c0cc ("rtc: Add tracepoints for RTC system")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bharadwaj Raju <bharadwaj.raju777@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/rtc/interface.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/rtc/interface.c b/drivers/rtc/interface.c
> index aaf76406cd7d..82ba33bf478b 100644
> --- a/drivers/rtc/interface.c
> +++ b/drivers/rtc/interface.c
> @@ -201,11 +201,12 @@ static int rtc_read_alarm_internal(struct rtc_device *rtc,
>  		alarm->time.tm_yday = -1;
>  		alarm->time.tm_isdst = -1;
>  		err = rtc->ops->read_alarm(rtc->dev.parent, alarm);
> +		if (!err)
> +			trace_rtc_read_alarm(rtc_tm_to_time64(&alarm->time), err);
>  	}
>  
>  	mutex_unlock(&rtc->ops_lock);
>  
> -	trace_rtc_read_alarm(rtc_tm_to_time64(&alarm->time), err);

This removes the tracepoint when there is an error, rendering it les
useful.

Also, as discussed about a year ago, alarm-time being uninitialized is
not actually an issue as mktime64 can handle whatever is the input so
this will never cause any problem so this isn't really a fix.

I suggest the following:

---

From: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [PATCH] rtc: interface: silence KMSAN warning

KMSAN complains that alarm->time can be used uninitialized. Pass 0 to
trace_rtc_read_alarm in case it has not been set.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/rtc/interface.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/interface.c b/drivers/rtc/interface.c
index aaf76406cd7d..dc741ba29fa3 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/interface.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static int rtc_read_alarm_internal(struct rtc_device *rtc,
 
 	mutex_unlock(&rtc->ops_lock);
 
-	trace_rtc_read_alarm(rtc_tm_to_time64(&alarm->time), err);
+	trace_rtc_read_alarm(err?0:rtc_tm_to_time64(&alarm->time), err);
 	return err;
 }
 
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