linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf: Fix dynamic field detection

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Date:	Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:58:03 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@...il.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] perf: Fix dynamic field detection

From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>

Checking if a tracing field is an array with a dynamic length
requires to check the field type and seek the "__data_loc" string
that prepends the actual type, as can be found in a trace event
format file:

	field:__data_loc char[] name;	offset:16;	size:4;	signed:1;

But we actually use strcmp() to check if the field type fully
matches "__data_loc", which may fail as we trip over the rest of the
type.

To fix this, use strncmp to only check if it starts with "__data_loc".

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@...il.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
index 17d6d66..d6ef414 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ static int field_is_string(struct format_field *field)
 
 static int field_is_dynamic(struct format_field *field)
 {
-	if (!strcmp(field->type, "__data_loc"))
+	if (!strncmp(field->type, "__data_loc", 10))
 		return 1;
 
 	return 0;
-- 
1.6.2.3

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