linux-kernel - [PATCH 31/41] perf machine: Return NULL instead of null-terminating /proc/version array

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Date:   Wed, 29 May 2019 10:35:55 -0300
From:   Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        Donald Yandt <donald.yandt@...il.com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Yanmin Zhang <yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 31/41] perf machine: Return NULL instead of null-terminating /proc/version array

From: Donald Yandt <donald.yandt@...il.com>

Return NULL instead of null-terminating version char array when fgets
fails due to end-of-file or error.

Signed-off-by: Donald Yandt <donald.yandt@...il.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Yanmin Zhang <yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com>
Fixes: 30ba5b0e66c8 ("perf machine: Null-terminate version char array upon fgets(/proc/version) error")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190528134128.30841-1-donald.yandt@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/machine.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index f5569f005cf3..17eec39e775e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -1241,9 +1241,9 @@ static char *get_kernel_version(const char *root_dir)
 		return NULL;
 
 	tmp = fgets(version, sizeof(version), file);
-	if (!tmp)
-		*version = '\0';
 	fclose(file);
+	if (!tmp)
+		return NULL;
 
 	name = strstr(version, prefix);
 	if (!name)
-- 
2.20.1