linux-kernel - [PATCH] tools/perf: allow overriding sysfs and proc finding with env var

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Date:	Fri,  4 Apr 2014 12:59:25 -0700
From:	Cody P Schafer <cody@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Cody P Schafer <cody@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: [PATCH] tools/perf: allow overriding sysfs and proc finding with env var

SYSFS_PATH and PROC_PATH environment variables now let the user override
the detection of sysfs and proc locations for testing purposes.

Signed-off-by: Cody P Schafer <cody@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/fs.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/fs.c b/tools/perf/util/fs.c
index f5be1f2..dccbd26 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/fs.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/fs.c
@@ -91,8 +91,44 @@ static bool fs__check_mounts(struct fs *fs)
 	return false;
 }
 
+static void mem_toupper(char *f, size_t len)
+{
+	while (len) {
+		*f = toupper(*f);
+		f++;
+		len--;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check for "NAME_PATH" environment variable to override fs location (for
+ * testing). This matches the recommendation in Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt
+ * for SYSFS_PATH.
+ */
+static bool fs__env_override(struct fs *fs)
+{
+	char *override_path;
+	size_t name_len = strlen(fs->name);
+	/* name + "_PATH" + '\0' */
+	char upper_name[name_len + 5 + 1];
+	memcpy(upper_name, fs->name, name_len);
+	mem_toupper(upper_name, name_len);
+	strcpy(&upper_name[name_len], "_PATH");
+
+	override_path = getenv(upper_name);
+	if (!override_path)
+		return false;
+
+	fs->found = true;
+	strcpy(fs->path, override_path);
+	return true;
+}
+
 static const char *fs__get_mountpoint(struct fs *fs)
 {
+	if (fs__env_override(fs))
+		return fs->path;
+
 	if (fs__check_mounts(fs))
 		return fs->path;
 
-- 
1.9.1

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