Re: [PATCH -tip v2 1/2] [CLEANUP] perf-probe: Expand given path toabsolute path

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Thu Dec 26 2013 - 09:23:05 EST


Em Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 09:14:46AM -0500, David Ahern escreveu:
> On 12/26/13, 12:41 AM, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> >@@ -180,7 +181,20 @@ static int opt_set_target(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
> > else
> > return ret;
> >
> >- params.target = str;
> >+ /* Expand given path to absolute path, except for modulename */
> >+ if (params.uprobes || strchr(str, '/')) {
> >+ tmp = realpath(str, NULL);
> >+ if (!tmp) {
> >+ pr_warning("Failed to find the path of %s.\n",
> >+ str);
>
> That error message will be misleading if it is generated. How about:
> Failed to get the absolute path of %s: %d\n", str, errno.

Changed it to:

pr_warning("Failed to get the absolute path of %s: %m\n", str);


> >+ return ret;
> >+ }
> >+ } else {
> >+ tmp = strdup(str);
> >+ if (!tmp)
> >+ return -ENOMEM;
> >+ }
> >+ params.target = tmp;
>
> When is params.target freed?

> David
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