[RFC PATCH 02/12] tools/rv: Fix substring match when listing container monitors

Gabriele Monaco
2026-04-27T15:12:03Z

When listing monitors within a specific container (rv list <container>),
the tool incorrectly matched monitors if the requested container name
was only a prefix of the actual container (e.g., 'rv list sche' would
incorrectly list monitors from 'sched:').

Fix this by ensuring the container name is an exact match and is
immediately followed by the ':' separator.

Signed-off-by: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@redhat.com>
---
tools/verification/rv/src/in_kernel.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/verification/rv/src/in_kernel.c b/tools/verification/rv/src/in_kernel.c
index a200b63f4509..95adae321c11 100644
--- a/tools/verification/rv/src/in_kernel.c
+++ b/tools/verification/rv/src/in_kernel.c
@@ -193,8 +193,12 @@ static int ikm_fill_monitor_definition(char *name, struct monitor *ikm, char *co
nested_name = strstr(name, ":");
if (nested_name) {
/* it belongs in container if it starts with "container:" */
- if (container && strstr(name, container) != name)
- return 1;
+ if (container) {
+ int len = strlen(container);
+
+ if (strncmp(name, container, len) || name[len] != ':')
+ return 1;
+ }
*nested_name = '/';
++nested_name;
ikm->nested = 1;
--
2.53.0