Kuan-Wei Chiu 8da6b450a1 perf bench: Fix undefined behavior in cmpworker()
commit 62892e77b8a64b9dc0e1da75980aa145347b6820 upstream.

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: 121dd9ea01 ("perf bench: Add epoll parallel epoll_wait benchmark")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250116110842.4087530-1-visitorckw@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2025-02-17 09:40:20 +01:00
2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
2025-02-11 09:37:33 +01:00

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