[PATCH 01/19] perf tools: Use asprintf() for simple string formatting/allocation

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Fri Feb 26 2016 - 18:23:23 EST


From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

No need to use strbuf there, its just a simple alloc+formatting, which
asprintf does just fine.

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-6q6cxfhk8c8ypg3tfpo0i2iy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/perf.c | 14 ++++++++------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index 144047c396f0..f6321194937f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -454,11 +454,12 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)

static void execv_dashed_external(const char **argv)
{
- struct strbuf cmd = STRBUF_INIT;
+ char *cmd;
const char *tmp;
int status;

- strbuf_addf(&cmd, "perf-%s", argv[0]);
+ if (asprintf(&cmd, "perf-%s", argv[0]) < 0)
+ goto do_die;

/*
* argv[0] must be the perf command, but the argv array
@@ -467,7 +468,7 @@ static void execv_dashed_external(const char **argv)
* restore it on error.
*/
tmp = argv[0];
- argv[0] = cmd.buf;
+ argv[0] = cmd;

/*
* if we fail because the command is not found, it is
@@ -475,15 +476,16 @@ static void execv_dashed_external(const char **argv)
*/
status = run_command_v_opt(argv, 0);
if (status != -ERR_RUN_COMMAND_EXEC) {
- if (IS_RUN_COMMAND_ERR(status))
+ if (IS_RUN_COMMAND_ERR(status)) {
+do_die:
die("unable to run '%s'", argv[0]);
+ }
exit(-status);
}
errno = ENOENT; /* as if we called execvp */

argv[0] = tmp;
-
- strbuf_release(&cmd);
+ zfree(&cmd);
}

static int run_argv(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
--
2.5.0