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* [PATCH] perf probe: Allow of casting an array of char to string
@ 2012-09-20  5:12 Hyeoncheol Lee
  2012-09-20  9:37 ` Masami Hiramatsu
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Hyeoncheol Lee @ 2012-09-20  5:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo; +Cc: LKML, Masami Hiramatsu, Srikar Dronamraju

Before casting a type of a variable to string,
convert_variable_type() confirms that the type is a pointer or
an array. if it is a pointer to char, it is casted to string.
but in case of an array of char, it isn't

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Hyeoncheol Lee <hyc.lee@gmail.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c |   10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
index 1daf5c1..be03293 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
@@ -413,12 +413,12 @@ static int convert_variable_type(Dwarf_Die *vr_die,
 				   dwarf_diename(vr_die), dwarf_diename(&type));
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
+		if (die_get_real_type(&type, &type) == NULL) {
+			pr_warning("Failed to get a type"
+				   " information.\n");
+			return -ENOENT;
+		}
 		if (ret == DW_TAG_pointer_type) {
-			if (die_get_real_type(&type, &type) == NULL) {
-				pr_warning("Failed to get a type"
-					   " information.\n");
-				return -ENOENT;
-			}
 			while (*ref_ptr)
 				ref_ptr = &(*ref_ptr)->next;
 			/* Add new reference with offset +0 */
-- 
1.7.10.4


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* Re: [PATCH] perf probe: Allow of casting an array of char to string
  2012-09-20  5:12 [PATCH] perf probe: Allow of casting an array of char to string Hyeoncheol Lee
@ 2012-09-20  9:37 ` Masami Hiramatsu
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Masami Hiramatsu @ 2012-09-20  9:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Hyeoncheol Lee
  Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, LKML, Srikar Dronamraju,
	yrl.pp-manager.tt

(2012/09/20 14:12), Hyeoncheol Lee wrote:
> Before casting a type of a variable to string,
> convert_variable_type() confirms that the type is a pointer or
> an array. if it is a pointer to char, it is casted to string.
> but in case of an array of char, it isn't

Oops, right! I missed the array case. This must be fixed.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>

Thank you!

> 
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
> Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Hyeoncheol Lee <hyc.lee@gmail.com>
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c |   10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
> index 1daf5c1..be03293 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
> @@ -413,12 +413,12 @@ static int convert_variable_type(Dwarf_Die *vr_die,
>  				   dwarf_diename(vr_die), dwarf_diename(&type));
>  			return -EINVAL;
>  		}
> +		if (die_get_real_type(&type, &type) == NULL) {
> +			pr_warning("Failed to get a type"
> +				   " information.\n");
> +			return -ENOENT;
> +		}
>  		if (ret == DW_TAG_pointer_type) {
> -			if (die_get_real_type(&type, &type) == NULL) {
> -				pr_warning("Failed to get a type"
> -					   " information.\n");
> -				return -ENOENT;
> -			}
>  			while (*ref_ptr)
>  				ref_ptr = &(*ref_ptr)->next;
>  			/* Add new reference with offset +0 */
> 


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



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