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| author | Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com> | 2019-02-05 00:07:24 +0300 | 
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| committer | Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org> | 2019-03-05 16:47:46 +0300 | 
| commit | 9f0bbf3115ca9f91f43b7c74e9ac7d79f47fc6c2 (patch) | |
| tree | bc91b05a3507119c615c73a47b7bcbaedb4b39a0 /tools/perf/scripts/python/failed-syscalls-by-pid.py | |
| parent | ed581aaf99be10883c8364df16bd80a7b8f72efc (diff) | |
| download | linux-9f0bbf3115ca9f91f43b7c74e9ac7d79f47fc6c2.tar.xz | |
tracing: Use strncpy instead of memcpy for string keys in hist triggers
Because there may be random garbage beyond a string's null terminator,
it's not correct to copy the the complete character array for use as a
hist trigger key.  This results in multiple histogram entries for the
'same' string key.
So, in the case of a string key, use strncpy instead of memcpy to
avoid copying in the extra bytes.
Before, using the gdbus entries in the following hist trigger as an
example:
  # echo 'hist:key=comm' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_waking/trigger
  # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_waking/hist
  ...
  { comm: ImgDecoder #4                      } hitcount:        203
  { comm: gmain                              } hitcount:        213
  { comm: gmain                              } hitcount:        216
  { comm: StreamTrans #73                    } hitcount:        221
  { comm: mozStorage #3                      } hitcount:        230
  { comm: gdbus                              } hitcount:        233
  { comm: StyleThread#5                      } hitcount:        253
  { comm: gdbus                              } hitcount:        256
  { comm: gdbus                              } hitcount:        260
  { comm: StyleThread#4                      } hitcount:        271
  ...
  # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_waking/hist | egrep gdbus | wc -l
  51
After:
  # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_waking/hist | egrep gdbus | wc -l
  1
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/50c35ae1267d64eee975b8125e151e600071d4dc.1549309756.git.tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 79e577cbce4c4 ("tracing: Support string type key properly")
Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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