linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf: support running perf binaries with a dash in their name

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Date:   Mon, 11 Sep 2017 17:16:11 +0200
From:   Milian Wolff <milian.wolff@...b.com>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>, acme@...nel.org,
        Linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
        Yao Jin <yao.jin@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: support running perf binaries with a dash in their name

On Monday, September 11, 2017 4:33:12 PM CEST Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 07:08:18AM -0700, David Ahern escreveu:
> > On 9/11/17 4:14 AM, Milian Wolff wrote:
> > > Previously the part behind "perf-" was interpreted as an internal
> > > perf command. If the suffix could not be handled, the execution
> 
> <SNIP>
> 
> > > --- a/tools/perf/perf.c
> > > -		fprintf(stderr, "cannot handle %s internally", cmd);
> > > -		goto out;
> > > +		// if the command is handled, the above function does not return
> > > +		// undo changes and fall through in such a case
> > 
> > Those should be /* */ not //
> > 
> > > +		cmd -= 5;
> > > +		argv[0] = cmd;
> > > 
> > >  	}
> > >  	if (strstarts(cmd, "trace")) {
> > >  
> > >  #ifdef HAVE_LIBAUDIT_SUPPORT
> > 
> > other than that LGTM and long over due.
> > 
> > Acked-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> 
> We got those from git, agreed it should go, thanks for the Acked-by,
> always welcome!

Arnaldo, do you want me to fixup the commit, or can you handle it?

Thanks for the review guys

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