linux-kernel - [PATCH V2 1/6] perf script: Fix documented const'ness of perf_dlfilter

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Date:   Wed, 11 Aug 2021 13:10:31 +0300
From:   Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH V2 1/6] perf script: Fix documented const'ness of perf_dlfilter_fns

perf_dlfilter_fns must not be const, because it is not. Declaring it
const can result in it being mapped read-only, causing a segfaullt when
it is written. Update documentation accordingly.

Fixes: 8defa7147d5572 ("perf script: Add API for filtering via dynamically loaded shared object")
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-dlfilter.txt | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-dlfilter.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-dlfilter.txt
index 02842cb4cf90..ece07509d1f7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-dlfilter.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-dlfilter.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ The API for filtering consists of the following:
 ----
 #include <perf/perf_dlfilter.h>
 
-const struct perf_dlfilter_fns perf_dlfilter_fns;
+struct perf_dlfilter_fns perf_dlfilter_fns;
 
 int start(void **data, void *ctx);
 int stop(void *data, void *ctx);
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ Filter out everything except branches from "foo" to "bar":
 #include <perf/perf_dlfilter.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-const struct perf_dlfilter_fns perf_dlfilter_fns;
+struct perf_dlfilter_fns perf_dlfilter_fns;
 
 int filter_event(void *data, const struct perf_dlfilter_sample *sample, void *ctx)
 {
-- 
2.17.1