[PATCH blktrace v2 12/22] blkiomon: read 'magic' first

From: Johannes Thumshirn
Date: Thu Sep 25 2025 - 11:16:47 EST


Similar to blkparse, read the 'magic' portion of 'struct blk_io_trace'
first when reading the trace.

This is a preparation of supporting multiple trace protocol versions.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@xxxxxxx>
---
blkiomon.c | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/blkiomon.c b/blkiomon.c
index f8b0c9d..05f2d00 100644
--- a/blkiomon.c
+++ b/blkiomon.c
@@ -460,19 +460,28 @@ static int blkiomon_do_fifo(void)
bit = &t->bit;

while (up) {
+ __u32 magic;
+
+ if (fread(&magic, sizeof(magic), 1, ifp) != 1) {
+ if (!feof(ifp))
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "blkiomon: could not read trace");
+ break;
+ }
if (fread(bit, sizeof(*bit), 1, ifp) != 1) {
if (!feof(ifp))
fprintf(stderr,
"blkiomon: could not read trace");
break;
}
+ bit->magic = magic;
if (ferror(ifp)) {
clearerr(ifp);
fprintf(stderr, "blkiomon: error while reading trace");
break;
}

- if (data_is_native == -1 && check_data_endianness(bit->magic)) {
+ if (data_is_native == -1 && check_data_endianness(magic)) {
fprintf(stderr, "blkiomon: endianess problem\n");
break;
}
--
2.51.0