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Date:	Fri, 27 Dec 2013 15:14:34 +0900
From:	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
Cc:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	"David A. Long" <dave.long@...aro.org>, systemtap@...rceware.org,
	yrl.pp-manager.tt@...achi.com, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip v2 1/2] [CLEANUP] perf-probe: Expand given path to
 absolute path

(2013/12/26 23:22), Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 09:14:46AM -0500, David Ahern escreveu:
>> On 12/26/13, 12:41 AM, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
>>> @@ -180,7 +181,20 @@ static int opt_set_target(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
>>>  		else
>>>  			return ret;
>>>
>>> -		params.target = str;
>>> +		/* Expand given path to absolute path, except for modulename */
>>> +		if (params.uprobes || strchr(str, '/')) {
>>> +			tmp = realpath(str, NULL);
>>> +			if (!tmp) {
>>> +				pr_warning("Failed to find the path of %s.\n",
>>> +					   str);
>>
>> That error message will be misleading if it is generated. How about:
>>     Failed to get the absolute path of %s: %d\n", str, errno.
> 
> Changed it to:
> 
>  pr_warning("Failed to get the absolute path of %s: %m\n", str);

Thanks, that looks good to me.

>>> +				return ret;
>>> +			}
>>> +		} else {
>>> +			tmp = strdup(str);
>>> +			if (!tmp)
>>> +				return -ENOMEM;
>>> +		}
>>> +		params.target = tmp;
>>
>> When is params.target freed?

Nowhere, since there is no terminal code for user
command interface.

Those memories are released when the program terminated.
I think it is just a waste of the time to free the memory
pieces which are not used(and allocated) repeatedly.
Or, is there any chance to call this part directly from
other command?


Thank you,

-- 
Masami HIRAMATSU
IT Management Research Dept. Linux Technology Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com


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