The comparison function cmpworker() violates the C standard's requirements for qsort() comparison functions, which mandate symmetry and transitivity:
Symmetry: If x < y, then y > x. Transitivity: If x < y and y < z, then x < z.
In its current implementation, cmpworker() incorrectly returns 0 when w1->tid < w2->tid, which breaks both symmetry and transitivity. This violation causes undefined behavior, potentially leading to issues such as memory corruption in glibc [1].
Fix the issue by returning -1 when w1->tid < w2->tid, ensuring compliance with the C standard and preventing undefined behavior.
Link: https://www.qualys.com/2024/01/30/qsort.txt [1] Fixes: 121dd9ea0116 ("perf bench: Add epoll parallel epoll_wait benchmark") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu visitorckw@gmail.com --- Changes in v2: - Rewrite commit message
tools/perf/bench/epoll-wait.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/epoll-wait.c b/tools/perf/bench/epoll-wait.c index ef5c4257844d..4868d610e9bf 100644 --- a/tools/perf/bench/epoll-wait.c +++ b/tools/perf/bench/epoll-wait.c @@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static int cmpworker(const void *p1, const void *p2)
struct worker *w1 = (struct worker *) p1; struct worker *w2 = (struct worker *) p2; - return w1->tid > w2->tid; + return w1->tid > w2->tid ? 1 : -1; }
int bench_epoll_wait(int argc, const char **argv)