Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] trace-cmd: Add parse error checking target

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Fri Jul 29 2011 - 10:19:38 EST


On Mon, 2011-07-25 at 11:39 -0700, Vaibhav Nagarnaik wrote:
> Add another target 'check-events' which parses all the event formats and
> returns whether there are any issues with the print format strings.
>
> With an error in the format, the return value is 22 (EINVAL) and for
> success, it is 0.

Could you write up a man page for this too?


> Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Nagarnaik <vnagarnaik@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changelog v2-v1:
> * Pass any parsing failures in pevent structure
>
> parse-events.h | 2 ++
> trace-cmd.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> trace-usage.c | 5 +++++
> trace-util.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
> 4 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/parse-events.h b/parse-events.h
> index c32d715..f5cab15 100644
> --- a/parse-events.h
> +++ b/parse-events.h
> @@ -402,6 +402,8 @@ struct pevent {
> struct event_handler *handlers;
> struct pevent_function_handler *func_handlers;
>
> + int parsing_failures;
> +
> /* cache */
> struct event_format *last_event;
> };
> diff --git a/trace-cmd.c b/trace-cmd.c
> index bff5bbf..5cfd97f 100644
> --- a/trace-cmd.c
> +++ b/trace-cmd.c
> @@ -158,6 +158,31 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
> } else if (strcmp(argv[1], "stack") == 0) {
> trace_stack(argc, argv);
> exit(0);
> + } else if (strcmp(argv[1], "check-events") == 0) {
> + char *tracing;
> + int ret;
> + struct pevent *pevent = NULL;
> +
> + tracing = tracecmd_find_tracing_dir();
> +
> + if (!tracing) {
> + printf("Can not find or mount tracing directory!\n"
> + "Either tracing is not configured for this "
> + "kernel\n"
> + "or you do not have the proper permissions to "
> + "mount the directory");
> + exit(EINVAL);
> + }
> +
> + ret = 0;
> + pevent = tracecmd_local_events(tracing);
> + if (!pevent)
> + exit(EINVAL);
> + if (pevent->parsing_failures)
> + ret = EINVAL;

Hmm, what about doing:

if (!pevent || pevent->parsing_failures)
ret = EINVAL;



> + pevent_free(pevent);

And allow pevent_free() to take a NULL pointer?

Hmm, I'll just apply this patch and then make the update. But could you
still send a man page patch?

Thanks!

-- Steve

> + exit(ret);
> +
> } else if (strcmp(argv[1], "record") == 0 ||
> strcmp(argv[1], "start") == 0 ||
> strcmp(argv[1], "extract") == 0 ||
> diff --git a/trace-usage.c b/trace-usage.c
> index 39c8fc1..58ef167 100644
> --- a/trace-usage.c
> +++ b/trace-usage.c
> @@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ static struct usage_help usage_help[] = {
> " --reset reset the maximum stack found\n"
> },
> {
> + "check-events",
> + "parse trace event formats",
> + " %s check-format\n"
> + },
> + {
> NULL, NULL, NULL
> }
> };
> diff --git a/trace-util.c b/trace-util.c
> index 674f37e..01894f8 100644
> --- a/trace-util.c
> +++ b/trace-util.c
> @@ -621,22 +621,22 @@ static int read_file(const char *file, char **buffer)
> return len;
> }
>
> -static void load_events(struct pevent *pevent, const char *system,
> +static int load_events(struct pevent *pevent, const char *system,
> const char *sys_dir)
> {
> struct dirent *dent;
> struct stat st;
> DIR *dir;
> int len = 0;
> - int ret;
> + int ret = 0, failure = 0;
>
> ret = stat(sys_dir, &st);
> if (ret < 0 || !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
> - return;
> + return EINVAL;
>
> dir = opendir(sys_dir);
> if (!dir)
> - return;
> + return errno;
>
> while ((dent = readdir(dir))) {
> const char *name = dent->d_name;
> @@ -662,15 +662,18 @@ static void load_events(struct pevent *pevent, const char *system,
> if (len < 0)
> goto free_format;
>
> - pevent_parse_event(pevent, buf, len, system);
> + ret = pevent_parse_event(pevent, buf, len, system);
> free(buf);
> free_format:
> free(format);
> free_event:
> free(event);
> + if (ret)
> + failure = ret;
> }
>
> closedir(dir);
> + return failure;
> }
>
> static int read_header(struct pevent *pevent, const char *events_dir)
> @@ -715,7 +718,7 @@ struct pevent *tracecmd_local_events(const char *tracing_dir)
> char *events_dir;
> struct stat st;
> DIR *dir;
> - int ret;
> + int ret, failure = 0;
>
> if (!tracing_dir)
> return NULL;
> @@ -725,21 +728,28 @@ struct pevent *tracecmd_local_events(const char *tracing_dir)
> return NULL;
>
> ret = stat(events_dir, &st);
> - if (ret < 0 || !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
> + if (ret < 0 || !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
> + failure = 1;
> goto out_free;
> + }
>
> dir = opendir(events_dir);
> - if (!dir)
> + if (!dir) {
> + failure = 1;
> goto out_free;
> + }
>
> pevent = pevent_alloc();
> - if (!pevent)
> + if (!pevent) {
> + failure = 1;
> goto out_free;
> + }
>
> ret = read_header(pevent, events_dir);
> if (ret < 0) {
> pevent_free(pevent);
> pevent = NULL;
> + failure = 1;
> goto out_free;
> }
>
> @@ -758,9 +768,12 @@ struct pevent *tracecmd_local_events(const char *tracing_dir)
> continue;
> }
>
> - load_events(pevent, name, sys);
> + ret = load_events(pevent, name, sys);
>
> free(sys);
> +
> + if (ret)
> + failure = 1;
> }
>
> closedir(dir);
> @@ -768,6 +781,9 @@ struct pevent *tracecmd_local_events(const char *tracing_dir)
> out_free:
> free(events_dir);
>
> + if (pevent)
> + pevent->parsing_failures = failure;
> +
> return pevent;
> }
>


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