linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] perf sdt: add scanning of sdt probles arguments

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Date:   Mon, 6 Mar 2017 14:39:15 +0100
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Alexis Berlemont <alexis.berlemont@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org,
        mingo@...hat.com, acme@...nel.org,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] perf sdt: add scanning of sdt probles arguments

On Wed, 14 Dec 2016 01:07:31 +0100
Alexis Berlemont <alexis.berlemont@...il.com> wrote:

> During a "perf buildid-cache --add" command, the section
> ".note.stapsdt" of the "added" binary is scanned in order to list the
> available SDT markers available in a binary. The parts containing the
> probes arguments were left unscanned.
> 
> The whole section is now parsed; the probe arguments are extracted for
> later use.
> 

Looks good to me.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>

Thanks!

> Signed-off-by: Alexis Berlemont <alexis.berlemont@...il.com>
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  tools/perf/util/symbol.h     |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
> index 99400b0..7725c3f 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
> @@ -1822,7 +1822,7 @@ void kcore_extract__delete(struct kcore_extract *kce)
>  static int populate_sdt_note(Elf **elf, const char *data, size_t len,
>  			     struct list_head *sdt_notes)
>  {
> -	const char *provider, *name;
> +	const char *provider, *name, *args;
>  	struct sdt_note *tmp = NULL;
>  	GElf_Ehdr ehdr;
>  	GElf_Addr base_off = 0;
> @@ -1881,6 +1881,25 @@ static int populate_sdt_note(Elf **elf, const char *data, size_t len,
>  		goto out_free_prov;
>  	}
>  
> +	args = memchr(name, '\0', data + len - name);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * There is no argument if:
> +	 * - We reached the end of the note;
> +	 * - There is not enough room to hold a potential string;
> +	 * - The argument string is empty or just contains ':'.
> +	 */
> +	if (args == NULL || data + len - args < 2 ||
> +		args[1] == ':' || args[1] == '\0')
> +		tmp->args = NULL;
> +	else {
> +		tmp->args = strdup(++args);
> +		if (!tmp->args) {
> +			ret = -ENOMEM;
> +			goto out_free_name;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
>  	if (gelf_getclass(*elf) == ELFCLASS32) {
>  		memcpy(&tmp->addr, &buf, 3 * sizeof(Elf32_Addr));
>  		tmp->bit32 = true;
> @@ -1892,7 +1911,7 @@ static int populate_sdt_note(Elf **elf, const char *data, size_t len,
>  	if (!gelf_getehdr(*elf, &ehdr)) {
>  		pr_debug("%s : cannot get elf header.\n", __func__);
>  		ret = -EBADF;
> -		goto out_free_name;
> +		goto out_free_args;
>  	}
>  
>  	/* Adjust the prelink effect :
> @@ -1917,6 +1936,8 @@ static int populate_sdt_note(Elf **elf, const char *data, size_t len,
>  	list_add_tail(&tmp->note_list, sdt_notes);
>  	return 0;
>  
> +out_free_args:
> +	free(tmp->args);
>  out_free_name:
>  	free(tmp->name);
>  out_free_prov:
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
> index 6c358b7..9222c7e 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
> @@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ int arch__choose_best_symbol(struct symbol *syma, struct symbol *symb);
>  struct sdt_note {
>  	char *name;			/* name of the note*/
>  	char *provider;			/* provider name */
> +	char *args;
>  	bool bit32;			/* whether the location is 32 bits? */
>  	union {				/* location, base and semaphore addrs */
>  		Elf64_Addr a64[3];
> -- 
> 2.10.2
> 


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>