Re: [PATCHv9 2.6.35-rc4-tip 10/13] perf: Re-Add make_absolute_path

[Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

* Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org> [2010-07-12 11:00:23]:

> Em Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 04:04:12PM +0530, Srikar Dronamraju escreveu:
> > perf: Re-Add make_absolute_path
> > 
> > perf probe for uprobes would use make_absolute_path.
> > make_absolute_path can be used to convert a file name to a dso name.
> > 
> > so if user specifies the function to be traced as malloc@/lib/libc.so.6
> > it needs to be converted to malloc@libc-2.5.so
> 
> Isn't this the other way around? I.e. "if the user specifies
> malloc@libc-2.5.so it needs to be converted to malloc@/lib/libc.so.6"?
> 

Actually we dont need to convert malloc@libc-2.5.so to a
malloc@/lib/libc.so.6. Because we can match the shortname of the dso. 

Problem will occur when users specifies a full path of the file.
Since the file can refer to a symbolic link and the dso will have just
the short name or the target file name. Here I am using
make_absolute_path to resolve to the target file.
Now we can then either check on dso full names or short names.
I have chosen to use the short name.


> Also please remove the xstrdup and die calls from this function, we're
> trying to get rid of all such 'panic' like functions so that we can
> librarize as much code as possible.

Okay, Can I do that in subsequent versions of the patchset?

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Thanks and Regards
Srikar