Re: [PATCH] perf bpf-loader: Add missing '*' for key_scan_pos

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Wed May 20 2020 - 03:06:02 EST


On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 11:32:16AM +0800, Wang ShaoBo wrote:
> key_scan_pos is a pointer for getting scan position in
> bpf__obj_config_map() for each BPF map configuration term,
> but it's misused when error not happened.
>
> Fixes: 066dacbf2a32 ("perf bpf: Add API to set values to map entries in a bpf object")
> Signed-off-by: Wang ShaoBo <bobo.shaobowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
> index 10c187b8b8ea..460056bc072c 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
> @@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ bpf__obj_config_map(struct bpf_object *obj,
> out:
> free(map_name);
> if (!err)
> - key_scan_pos += strlen(map_opt);
> + *key_scan_pos += strlen(map_opt);

seems good, was there something failing because of this?

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>

thanks,
jirka

> return err;
> }
>
> --
> 2.17.1
>