[PATCH 1/2] [BUGFIX] perf probe: Fix to copy the type for raw parameters

[Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>]

Copy type field if it is for raw parameters.
Without this fix, perf probe drops the type if user passes it
for raw parameters (e.g. %ax:u32 will be converted to %ax).

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
---

 tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c |    8 ++++++--
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
index 840f1aa..b69d194 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
@@ -706,8 +706,12 @@ static int find_variable(Dwarf_Die *sp_die, struct probe_finder *pf)
 		pf->tvar->value = strdup(pf->pvar->var);
 		if (pf->tvar->value == NULL)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		else
-			return 0;
+		if (pf->pvar->type) {
+			pf->tvar->type = strdup(pf->pvar->type);
+			if (pf->tvar->type == NULL)
+				return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+		return 0;
 	}

 	pr_debug("Searching '%s' variable in context.\n",


-- 
Masami HIRAMATSU
2nd Research Dept.
Hitachi, Ltd., Systems Development Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com