Re: [PATCH 3/3] perf ui/browser: Fix stale output of sorted result

[Namhyung Kim]

Hi Arnaldo,

It seems it's not merged into your tree as I still can see this issue.
Would you consider applying?

Thanks,
Namhyung


On Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:35:29 +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@xxxxxxx>
>
> The hist_entry__sort_snprintf() can return 0 if all of the sort keys
> are elided.  In this case a buffer which used for the function would
> contain old message or a garbage and printed like below:
>
>   $ perf record -g -e cycles:u abc
>   $ perf --report -s comm -c abc
>   (...)
>   + 100.00%100.00%
>
> Fix it by checking return value.
>
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
> index a21f40bebbac..75b3898ca651 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
> @@ -664,8 +664,8 @@ static int hist_browser__show_entry(struct hist_browser *browser,
>  		if (!browser->b.navkeypressed)
>  			width += 1;
>  
> -		hist_entry__sort_snprintf(entry, s, sizeof(s), browser->hists);
> -		slsmg_write_nstring(s, width);
> +		if (hist_entry__sort_snprintf(entry, s, sizeof(s), browser->hists))
> +			slsmg_write_nstring(s, width);
>  		++row;
>  		++printed;
>  	} else
> @@ -981,7 +981,6 @@ static int hist_browser__fprintf_entry(struct hist_browser *browser,
>  	if (symbol_conf.use_callchain)
>  		folded_sign = hist_entry__folded(he);
>  
> -	hist_entry__sort_snprintf(he, s, sizeof(s), browser->hists);
>  	percent = (he->period * 100.0) / browser->hists->stats.total_period;
>  
>  	if (symbol_conf.use_callchain)
> @@ -995,7 +994,8 @@ static int hist_browser__fprintf_entry(struct hist_browser *browser,
>  	if (symbol_conf.show_total_period)
>  		printed += fprintf(fp, " %12" PRIu64, he->period);
>  
> -	printed += fprintf(fp, "%s\n", rtrim(s));
> +	if (hist_entry__sort_snprintf(he, s, sizeof(s), browser->hists))
> +		printed += fprintf(fp, "%s\n", rtrim(s));
>  
>  	if (folded_sign == '-')
>  		printed += hist_browser__fprintf_callchain(browser, &he->sorted_chain, 1, fp);
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