From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
"Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>,
linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] perf/core: Replace memset(0) + strscpy() with strscpy_pad()
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 20:18:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250811181802.72970-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev> (raw)
Replace memset(0) followed by strscpy() with strscpy_pad() to improve
perf_event_comm_event(). This avoids zeroing the memory before copying
the string and ensures the destination buffer is only written to once,
simplifying the code and improving efficiency.
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
Changes in v2:
- Keep strlen() as we're not checking the return value of strscpy_pad()
for string truncation
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250811091637.4492-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev/
---
kernel/events/core.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 8060c2857bb2..414212b02d54 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -8981,8 +8981,7 @@ static void perf_event_comm_event(struct perf_comm_event *comm_event)
char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];
unsigned int size;
- memset(comm, 0, sizeof(comm));
- strscpy(comm, comm_event->task->comm);
+ strscpy_pad(comm, comm_event->task->comm);
size = ALIGN(strlen(comm)+1, sizeof(u64));
comm_event->comm = comm;
--
2.50.1
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