linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/9] perf utils: add support for arch standard events

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Date:   Thu, 8 Feb 2018 15:31:24 +0000
From:   John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
To:     Alan Cox <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
CC:     <peterz@...radead.org>, <mingo@...hat.com>, <acme@...nel.org>,
        <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>, <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        <ak@...ux.intel.com>, <wcohen@...hat.com>, <will.deacon@....com>,
        <ganapatrao.kulkarni@...ium.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linuxarm@...wei.com>, <zhangshaokun@...ilicon.com>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/9] perf utils: add support for arch standard events

On 08/02/2018 14:02, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Feb 2018 14:54:23 +0100
> Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Feb 07, 2018 at 01:45:00AM +0800, John Garry wrote:
>>
>> SNIP
>>
>>>  static void print_events_table_suffix(FILE *outfp)
>>>  {
>>>  	fprintf(outfp, "{\n");
>>> @@ -407,6 +469,52 @@ static char *real_event(const char *name, char *event)
>>>  	return event;
>>>  }
>>>
>>> +static void fixup_field(char *from, char **to)
>>> +{
>>> +	*to = malloc(strlen(from));
>>> +
>>> +	strcpy(*to, from);
>>> +}
>>
>> could you just call '*to = strdup(from)' in here?

Right

>
> And check for malloc returning NULL.
>

Right again,

> Alan
>

I should have concentrated on the coding as much as the feature being 
added...

Thanks,
John
> .
>