libperf tests: Avoid uninitialized variable warning

The variable 'bf' is read (for a write call) without being initialized
triggering a memory sanitizer warning. Use 'bf' in the read and switch
the write to reading from a string.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210114212304.4018119-1-irogers@google.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

tools/lib/perf/tests/test-evlist.c

@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ static int test_mmap_thread(void)
 	char path[PATH_MAX];
 	int id, err, pid, go_pipe[2];
 	union perf_event *event;
-	char bf;
 	int count = 0;
 
 	snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%s/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_prctl/id",
@@ -229,6 +228,7 @@ static int test_mmap_thread(void)
 	pid = fork();
 	if (!pid) {
 		int i;
+		char bf;
 
 		read(go_pipe[0], &bf, 1);
 
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static int test_mmap_thread(void)
 	perf_evlist__enable(evlist);
 
 	/* kick the child and wait for it to finish */
-	write(go_pipe[1], &bf, 1);
+	write(go_pipe[1], "A", 1);
 	waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
 
 	/*