Re: [PATCH perf/core v7 02/21] perf buildid: Fix to set correct dso name for kallsyms

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Wed, May 11, 2016 at 10:51:37PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu escreveu:
> Fix to set correct dso name ("[kernel.kallsyms]") for
> kallsyms, as for vdso does.

Can you rewrite the above comment and also break this down in two
patches, probably decribing what is the problem that it fixes?

- Arnaldo
 
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/build-id.c |   12 ++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
> index b6ecf87..234d8a1 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
> @@ -343,21 +343,25 @@ void disable_buildid_cache(void)
>  static char *build_id_cache__dirname_from_path(const char *name,
>  					       bool is_kallsyms, bool is_vdso)
>  {
> -	char *realname = (char *)name, *filename;
> +	const char *realname = name;
> +	char *filename;
>  	bool slash = is_kallsyms || is_vdso;
>  
>  	if (!slash) {
>  		realname = realpath(name, NULL);
>  		if (!realname)
>  			return NULL;
> -	}
> +	} else if (is_vdso)
> +		realname = DSO__NAME_VDSO;
> +	else
> +		realname = "[kernel.kallsyms]";
>  
>  	if (asprintf(&filename, "%s%s%s", buildid_dir, slash ? "/" : "",
> -		     is_vdso ? DSO__NAME_VDSO : realname) < 0)
> +		     realname) < 0)
>  		filename = NULL;
>  
>  	if (!slash)
> -		free(realname);
> +		free((char *)realname);
>  
>  	return filename;
>  }