perf evsel: Fix uninitialized memory access to struct perf_sample
Memory in struct perf_sample is not fully initialized during parsing.
Depending on sampling data some parts may left unchanged. Zero out
struct perf_sample first to avoid access to uninitialized memory.
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1323966762-8574-2-git-send-email-robert.richter@amd.com
Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 60ad028..667f3b7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@
u32 val32[2];
} u;
-
+ memset(data, 0, sizeof(*data));
data->cpu = data->pid = data->tid = -1;
data->stream_id = data->id = data->time = -1ULL;