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perf probe: Avoid accessing uninitialized 'map' variable

Genuine problem detected with clang, the warnings are spot on:

util/probe-event.c:2079:7: error: variable 'map' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
if (addr) {
^~~~
util/probe-event.c:2094:6: note: uninitialized use occurs here
if (map && !is_kprobe) {
^~~
util/probe-event.c:2079:3: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always true
if (addr) {
^~~~~~~~~~
util/probe-event.c:2075:8: error: variable 'map' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
if (kernel_get_symbol_address_by_name(tp->symbol,
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
util/probe-event.c:2094:6: note: uninitialized use occurs here
if (map && !is_kprobe) {
^~~
util/probe-event.c:2075:4: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always false
if (kernel_get_symbol_address_by_name(tp->symbol,
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
util/probe-event.c:2064:17: note: initialize the variable 'map' to silence this warning
struct map *map;
^
= NULL

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-m3501el55i10hctfbmi2qxzr@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
··· 2061 2061 bool is_kprobe) 2062 2062 { 2063 2063 struct symbol *sym = NULL; 2064 - struct map *map; 2064 + struct map *map = NULL; 2065 2065 u64 addr = tp->address; 2066 2066 int ret = -ENOENT; 2067 2067