linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf tools: Fix tracing_path

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20181016114818.3595-1-jolsa@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:48:18 +0200
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
        Michael Petlan <mpetlan@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] perf tools: Fix tracing_path_mount proper path

If there's no tracefs (RHEL7) support the tracing_path_mount
returns debugfs path which results in following fail:

  # perf probe sys_write
  kprobe_events file does not exist - please rebuild kernel with CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENTS.
  Error: Failed to add events.

In tracing_path_debugfs_mount function we need to return the
'tracing' path instead of just the mount to make it work:

  # perf probe sys_write
  Added new event:
    probe:sys_write      (on sys_write)

  You can now use it in all perf tools, such as:

          perf record -e probe:sys_write -aR sleep 1

Adding the 'return tracing_path;' also to tracing_path_tracefs_mount
function just for consistency with tracing_path_debugfs_mount.

Upstream keeps working, because it has the tracefs support.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-yiwkzexq9fk1ey1xg3gnjlw4@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
---
 tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
index 120037496f77..5afb11b30fca 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static const char *tracing_path_tracefs_mount(void)
 
 	__tracing_path_set("", mnt);
 
-	return mnt;
+	return tracing_path;
 }
 
 static const char *tracing_path_debugfs_mount(void)
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static const char *tracing_path_debugfs_mount(void)
 
 	__tracing_path_set("tracing/", mnt);
 
-	return mnt;
+	return tracing_path;
 }
 
 const char *tracing_path_mount(void)
-- 
2.17.2