Re: [PATCH -tip 1/3] [CLEANUP] perf-probe: Expand given path to absolute path

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

(2013/12/23 15:17), Namhyung Kim wrote:
> Hi Masami,
> 
> On Fri, 20 Dec 2013 10:02:57 +0000, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
>> Expand given path to absolute path in option parser,
>> except for a module name. Instead of expanding it later,
>> this get the absolute path in early stage.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
>> ---
>>  tools/perf/builtin-probe.c    |    9 +++++++++
>>  tools/perf/util/probe-event.c |   11 ++---------
>>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
>> index 6ea9e85..b40d064 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
>> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
>> @@ -180,6 +180,15 @@ static int opt_set_target(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
>>  		else
>>  			return ret;
>>  
>> +		/* Expand given path to absolute path, except for modulename */
>> +		if (params.uprobes || strchr(str, '/')) {
>> +			str = realpath(str, NULL);
>> +			if (!str) {
>> +				pr_warning("Failed to find the path of %s.\n",
>> +					   str);
> 
> It won't print the path since the str already was overwritten to NULL.

Oops ...

>> +				return ret;
>> +			}
>> +		}
>>  		params.target = str;
> 
> It now points either a dynamically allocated string or not..

Ah, right. OK, I'll use strdup for such case.

Thank you!

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Masami HIRAMATSU
IT Management Research Dept. Linux Technology Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com