Re: [PATCH 10/10] perf script python: Fix string vs byte array resolving

[Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 03:48:10PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:27:16 -0300
> Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> > Em Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 09:48:36AM -0400, Steven Rostedt escreveu:
> > > On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:35:52 +0200
> > > Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> wrote:
> > >   
> > > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 09:00:01AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:  
> > > > > On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 14:52:45 +0200
> > > > > Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > >     
> > > > > > hum, so string is not passed to trace buffer with 0 at the end?    
> > > > > 
> > > > > strlen() returns only the length of the string (minus the \0 at the
> > > > > end).    
> > > > 
> > > > yea, is_printable_array is called here on tracepoint
> > > > data that's why I asked.. is 0 part of the string data
> > > > when stored within tracepoint?  
> > > 
> > > Good question. It may or may not (haven't looked at the code), but we
> > > probably want to make sure that the function is robust enough for
> > > either case.  
> > 
> > Ok, applied and tested up to patch 9, waiting for this discussion to
> > come to an end to consider 10.
> > 
> > - Arnaldo
> >  
> >
> 
> > > > Or you can do:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 	if (p[len - 1] == 0)
> > > > > 		len--;
> > > > > 
> > > > > 	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
> > > > > 		if (!isprint(p[i]) && !isspace(p[i]))
> > > > > 			return 0;
> > > > > 	return 1;    
> > > > 
> > > > yep, seems good.. thanks
> > > >   
> > > 
> > > OK, great!
> 
> I think Jiri is going to implement the above.

yep ;-)

jirka