linux-kernel - [PATCH] /bin/dmesg to dmesg 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: <20231001131047.15176-1-april@acab.dev>
Date:   Sun,  1 Oct 2023 15:09:41 +0200
From:   April John <april@...b.dev>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     April John <april@...b.dev>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org (open list:PERFORMANCE EVENTS
        SUBSYSTEM)
Subject: [PATCH] /bin/dmesg to dmesg Path

Dmesg is not in every distro at /bin/dmesg, in NixOS for example, this fails,
but the path should in most cases contain dmesg.
This follows the example of replacing /bin/bash with bash Path in the codebase.

---
tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index a8a5ff87c..aa602aae6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -3053,7 +3053,7 @@ int evsel__open_strerror(struct evsel *evsel, struct target *target,

return scnprintf(msg, size,
"The sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with %d (%s) for event (%s).\n"
- "/bin/dmesg | grep -i perf may provide additional information.\n",
+ "dmesg | grep -i perf may provide additional information.\n",
err, str_error_r(err, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)), evsel__name(evsel));
}

--
2.42.0

Signed-off-by: April John <april@...b.dev>