[PATCH] perf tools: Fix printable strings in python3 scripts

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Mon Sep 28 2020 - 16:18:07 EST


Hagen reported broken strings in python3 tracepoint scripts:

make PYTHON=python3
./perf record -e sched:sched_switch -a -- sleep 5
./perf script --gen-script py
./perf script -s ./perf-script.py

[..]
sched__sched_switch 7 563231.759525792 0 swapper \
prev_comm=bytearray(b'swapper/7\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'), \
prev_pid=0, prev_prio=120, prev_state=, next_comm=bytearray(b'mutex-thread-co\x00'),

The problem is in is_printable_array function that does not take
zero byte into account and claim such string as not printable,
so the code will create byte array instead of string.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 249de6e07458 ("perf script python: Fix string vs byte array resolving")
Tested-by: Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/print_binary.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/print_binary.c b/tools/perf/util/print_binary.c
index 599a1543871d..13fdc51c61d9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/print_binary.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/print_binary.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ int is_printable_array(char *p, unsigned int len)

len--;

- for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < len && p[i]; i++) {
if (!isprint(p[i]) && !isspace(p[i]))
return 0;
}
--
2.26.2