Em Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 06:35:09AM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu escreveu:
> (2013/12/21 3:00), Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > Em Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 10:02:57AM +0000, Masami Hiramatsu escreveu:
> >> Expand given path to absolute path in option parser,
> >> except for a module name. Instead of expanding it later,
> >> this get the absolute path in early stage.
> > 
> > What is the problem this solves?
> > 
> > Can you provide some output showing the problem, i.e. before you apply
> > this patch?
> 
> No, this is just a code cleanup, for the later enhancements.

Ok, this is just a cleanup, but what does this cleanup achieves? Why is
it better to "getting the absolute path in early stage"?

I.e. you're describing what the patch does, and I can see it from
reading code, but why is it good to do it in an early stage?

> Should I put it into the next patch?

No need for that, just, please, clarify why it is needed.
 
> Thank you,
> 
> > 
> > Then can you provide the output after the patch is applied?
> > 
> > - Arnaldo
> >  
> >> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]>
> >> ---
> >>  tools/perf/builtin-probe.c    |    9 +++++++++
> >>  tools/perf/util/probe-event.c |   11 ++---------
> >>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
> >> index 6ea9e85..b40d064 100644
> >> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
> >> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
> >> @@ -180,6 +180,15 @@ static int opt_set_target(const struct option *opt, 
> >> const char *str,
> >>            else
> >>                    return ret;
> >>  
> >> +          /* Expand given path to absolute path, except for modulename */
> >> +          if (params.uprobes || strchr(str, '/')) {
> >> +                  str = realpath(str, NULL);
> >> +                  if (!str) {
> >> +                          pr_warning("Failed to find the path of %s.\n",
> >> +                                     str);
> >> +                          return ret;
> >> +                  }
> >> +          }
> >>            params.target = str;
> >>            ret = 0;
> >>    }
> >> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> >> index d7cff57..05be5de 100644
> >> --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> >> +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> >> @@ -2281,7 +2281,7 @@ static int convert_name_to_addr(struct 
> >> perf_probe_event *pev, const char *exec)
> >>    struct perf_probe_point *pp = &pev->point;
> >>    struct symbol *sym;
> >>    struct map *map = NULL;
> >> -  char *function = NULL, *name = NULL;
> >> +  char *function = NULL;
> >>    int ret = -EINVAL;
> >>    unsigned long long vaddr = 0;
> >>  
> >> @@ -2297,12 +2297,7 @@ static int convert_name_to_addr(struct 
> >> perf_probe_event *pev, const char *exec)
> >>            goto out;
> >>    }
> >>  
> >> -  name = realpath(exec, NULL);
> >> -  if (!name) {
> >> -          pr_warning("Cannot find realpath for %s.\n", exec);
> >> -          goto out;
> >> -  }
> >> -  map = dso__new_map(name);
> >> +  map = dso__new_map(exec);
> >>    if (!map) {
> >>            pr_warning("Cannot find appropriate DSO for %s.\n", exec);
> >>            goto out;
> >> @@ -2367,7 +2362,5 @@ out:
> >>    }
> >>    if (function)
> >>            free(function);
> >> -  if (name)
> >> -          free(name);
> >>    return ret;
> >>  }
> >>
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Masami HIRAMATSU
> IT Management Research Dept. Linux Technology Center
> Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
> E-mail: [email protected]
> 
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