[tip:perf/core] perf machine: Return NULL instead of null-terminating /proc/version array

From: tip-bot for Donald Yandt
Date: Thu May 30 2019 - 04:18:42 EST


Commit-ID: 34b65affe18daad31fed83e50d1f3b817786a2b7
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/34b65affe18daad31fed83e50d1f3b817786a2b7
Author: Donald Yandt <donald.yandt@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 28 May 2019 09:41:28 -0400
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue, 28 May 2019 18:37:44 -0300

perf machine: Return NULL instead of null-terminating /proc/version array

Return NULL instead of null-terminating version char array when fgets
fails due to end-of-file or error.

Signed-off-by: Donald Yandt <donald.yandt@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yanmin Zhang <yanmin_zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 30ba5b0e66c8 ("perf machine: Null-terminate version char array upon fgets(/proc/version) error")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190528134128.30841-1-donald.yandt@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/machine.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index f5569f005cf3..17eec39e775e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -1241,9 +1241,9 @@ static char *get_kernel_version(const char *root_dir)
return NULL;

tmp = fgets(version, sizeof(version), file);
- if (!tmp)
- *version = '\0';
fclose(file);
+ if (!tmp)
+ return NULL;

name = strstr(version, prefix);
if (!name)