linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] tools lib traceevent: Report better error message on bad function args

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Date:	Mon, 18 Nov 2013 21:38:20 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] tools lib traceevent: Report better error message on bad
 function args

When Jiri Olsa was writing a function callback for
scsi_trace_parse_cdb(), he thought that the traceevent library had a
bug in it because he was getting this error:

  Error: expected ')' but read ','
  Error: expected ')' but read ','
  Error: expected ')' but read ','
  Error: expected ')' but read ','

But in truth, he didn't have the write number of arguments for the
function callback, and the error was the library detecting the
discrepancy. A better error message would have prevented the confusion:

  Error: function 'scsi_trace_parse_cdb()' only expects 2 arguments but event scsi_dispatch_cmd_timeout has more
  Error: function 'scsi_trace_parse_cdb()' only expects 2 arguments but event scsi_dispatch_cmd_start has more
  Error: function 'scsi_trace_parse_cdb()' only expects 2 arguments but event scsi_dispatch_cmd_error has more
  Error: function 'scsi_trace_parse_cdb()' only expects 2 arguments but event scsi_dispatch_cmd_done has more

Or

  Error: function 'scsi_trace_parse_cdb()' expects 4 arguments but event scsi_dispatch_cmd_timeout only uses 3
  Error: function 'scsi_trace_parse_cdb()' expects 4 arguments but event scsi_dispatch_cmd_start only uses 3
  Error: function 'scsi_trace_parse_cdb()' expects 4 arguments but event scsi_dispatch_cmd_error only uses 3
  Error: function 'scsi_trace_parse_cdb()' expects 4 arguments but event scsi_dispatch_cmd_done only uses 3

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---

V2:
   Added '[PATCH.*]' in subject. Don't know how I missed that the first time.

   Free token and farg. Thanks to Namhyung Kim for pointing that out.


diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index 0362d57..87dda60 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -2691,7 +2691,6 @@ process_func_handler(struct event_format *event, struct pevent_function_handler
 	struct print_arg *farg;
 	enum event_type type;
 	char *token;
-	const char *test;
 	int i;
 
 	arg->type = PRINT_FUNC;
@@ -2708,15 +2707,19 @@ process_func_handler(struct event_format *event, struct pevent_function_handler
 		}
 
 		type = process_arg(event, farg, &token);
-		if (i < (func->nr_args - 1))
-			test = ",";
-		else
-			test = ")";
-
-		if (test_type_token(type, token, EVENT_DELIM, test)) {
-			free_arg(farg);
-			free_token(token);
-			return EVENT_ERROR;
+		if (i < (func->nr_args - 1)) {
+			if (type != EVENT_DELIM || strcmp(token, ",") != 0) {
+				warning("Error: function '%s()' expects %d arguments but event %s only uses %d",
+					func->name, func->nr_args,
+					event->name, i + 1);
+				goto err;
+			}
+		} else {
+			if (type != EVENT_DELIM || strcmp(token, ")") != 0) {
+				warning("Error: function '%s()' only expects %d arguments but event %s has more",
+					func->name, func->nr_args, event->name);
+				goto err;
+			}
 		}
 
 		*next_arg = farg;
@@ -2728,6 +2731,11 @@ process_func_handler(struct event_format *event, struct pevent_function_handler
 	*tok = token;
 
 	return type;
+
+err:
+	free_arg(farg);
+	free_token(token);
+	return EVENT_ERROR;
 }
 
 static enum event_type
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