[PATCH 1/2] perf: Fix checking of duplicate probe to give proper hint

From: zhe.he
Date: Tue Feb 25 2020 - 09:44:54 EST


From: He Zhe <zhe.he@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Since commit 72363540c009 ("perf probe: Support multiprobe event") and its
series, if there are multiple probes for one event,
__probe_file__get_namelist would return -EEXIST and cause the following
failure without proper hint, due to adding existing entry to output list.

root@qemuarm64:~# perf probe -x /lib64/libc.so.6 free
Added new events:
probe_libc:free (on free in /lib64/libc-2.31.so)
probe_libc:free (on free in /lib64/libc-2.31.so)

You can now use it in all perf tools, such as:

perf record -e probe_libc:free -aR sleep 1

root@qemuarm64:~# perf probe -l
probe_libc:free (on free@plt in /lib64/libc-2.31.so)
probe_libc:free (on cfree in /lib64/libc-2.31.so)
root@qemuarm64:~# perf probe -x /lib64/libc.so.6 free
Error: Failed to add events.

As we just want to check if there is any probe with the same name, -EEXIST
can be ignored, so we can have the right hint as before.

root@qemuarm64:~# perf probe -x /lib64/libc.so.6 free
Error: event "free" already exists.
Hint: Remove existing event by 'perf probe -d'
or force duplicates by 'perf probe -f'
or set 'force=yes' in BPF source.
Error: Failed to add events.

Signed-off-by: He Zhe <zhe.he@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/probe-file.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c
index 5003ba403345..cf44c05f89c1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c
@@ -201,10 +201,16 @@ static struct strlist *__probe_file__get_namelist(int fd, bool include_group)
if (include_group) {
ret = e_snprintf(buf, 128, "%s:%s", tev.group,
tev.event);
- if (ret >= 0)
+ if (ret >= 0) {
ret = strlist__add(sl, buf);
- } else
+ if (ret == -EEXIST)
+ ret = 0;
+ }
+ } else {
ret = strlist__add(sl, tev.event);
+ if (ret == -EEXIST)
+ ret = 0;
+ }
clear_probe_trace_event(&tev);
if (ret < 0)
break;
--
2.24.1