linux-kernel - [PATCH] tools: perf: util: parse-events.c: Cleaning up missing null-terminate after strncpy call

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Message-Id: <1401918378-3842-1-git-send-email-rickard_strandqvist@spectrumdigital.se>
Date:	Wed,  4 Jun 2014 23:46:18 +0200
From:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] tools: perf: util: parse-events.c:  Cleaning up missing null-terminate after strncpy call

Added a guaranteed null-terminate after call to strncpy.

This was partly found using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.

Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
---
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 1e15df1..fad2976 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1216,8 +1216,10 @@ static void print_symbol_events(const char *event_glob, unsigned type,
 
 		if (strlen(syms->alias))
 			snprintf(name, MAX_NAME_LEN, "%s OR %s", syms->symbol, syms->alias);
-		else
+		else {
 			strncpy(name, syms->symbol, MAX_NAME_LEN);
+			name[sizeof(name) - 1] = '\0';
+		}
 
 		printf("  %-50s [%s]\n", name, event_type_descriptors[type]);
 
-- 
1.7.10.4

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