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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>, Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com>,
	pi3orama@163.com, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 12/12] perf tools: Fix find_perf_probe_point_from_map() which incorrectly returns success
Date: Thu,  5 Nov 2015 13:02:22 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1446739342-29279-13-git-send-email-acme@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1446739342-29279-1-git-send-email-acme@kernel.org>

From: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>

It is possible that find_perf_probe_point_from_map() fails to find a
symbol but still returns 0 because of an small error when coding:
find_perf_probe_point_from_map() set 'ret' to error code at first, but
also use it to hold return value of kernel_get_symbol_address_by_name().

This patch resets 'ret' to error even kernel_get_symbol_address_by_name()
success, so if !sym, the whole function returns error correctly.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com>
Cc: pi3orama@163.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1446729565-27592-3-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index b51a8bfb40f9..e659c4faddec 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -1905,6 +1905,9 @@ static int find_perf_probe_point_from_map(struct probe_trace_point *tp,
 			sym = __find_kernel_function(addr, &map);
 		}
 	}
+
+	/* ret may has be overwritten so reset it */
+	ret = -ENOENT;
 	if (!sym)
 		goto out;
 
-- 
2.1.0


      parent reply	other threads:[~2015-11-05 16:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-11-05 16:02 [GIT PULL 00/12] perf/core improvements and fixes Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-11-05 16:02 ` [PATCH 01/12] perf test: Keep test result clean if '-v' not set Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-11-05 16:02 ` [PATCH 02/12] perf bpf: Mute libbpf when " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-11-05 16:02 ` [PATCH 03/12] tools lib bpf: Fix compiler warning on CentOS 6 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-11-05 16:02 ` [PATCH 04/12] perf stat: Move sw clock metrics printout to stat-shadow Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-11-05 16:02 ` [PATCH 05/12] perf stat: Use common printout function to avoid duplicated code Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-11-05 16:02 ` [PATCH 06/12] perf tools: Insert split maps correctly into origin group Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-11-05 16:02 ` [PATCH 07/12] perf tools: Allow shuffling the build tests Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-11-05 16:02 ` [PATCH 08/12] perf llvm: Pass available CPU number to clang compiler Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-11-05 16:02 ` [PATCH 09/12] perf llvm: Pass LINUX_VERSION_CODE to BPF program when compiling Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-11-05 16:02 ` [PATCH 10/12] tools lib bpf: Change FEATURE-DUMP to FEATURE-DUMP.libbpf Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-11-05 16:02 ` [PATCH 11/12] perf trace: Fix documentation for -i Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2015-11-05 16:02 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]

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