[PATCH 1/2] perf sdt: add scanning of sdt probles arguments

[Alexis Berlemont]

During a "perf buildid-cache --add" command, the section
".note.stapsdt" of the "added" binary is scanned in order to list the
available SDT markers available in a binary. The parts containing the
probes arguments were left unscanned.

The whole section is now parsed; the probe arguments are extracted for
later use.

Signed-off-by: Alexis Berlemont <alexis.berlemont@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 tools/perf/util/symbol.h     |  1 +
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index 99400b0..0fbe0b2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -1822,7 +1822,7 @@ void kcore_extract__delete(struct kcore_extract *kce)
 static int populate_sdt_note(Elf **elf, const char *data, size_t len,
 			     struct list_head *sdt_notes)
 {
-	const char *provider, *name;
+	const char *provider, *name, *args;
 	struct sdt_note *tmp = NULL;
 	GElf_Ehdr ehdr;
 	GElf_Addr base_off = 0;
@@ -1881,6 +1881,20 @@ static int populate_sdt_note(Elf **elf, const char *data, size_t len,
 		goto out_free_prov;
 	}
 
+	args = (const char *)memchr(name, '\0', data + len - name);
+
+	/*
+	 * There is no argument if:
+	 * - We reached the end of the note;
+	 * - There is not enough room to hold a potential string;
+	 * - The argument string is empty or just contains ':'.
+	 */
+	if (args == NULL || data + len - args < 2 ||
+		args[1] == ':' || args[1] == '\0')
+		tmp->args = NULL;
+	else
+		tmp->args = strdup(++args);
+
 	if (gelf_getclass(*elf) == ELFCLASS32) {
 		memcpy(&tmp->addr, &buf, 3 * sizeof(Elf32_Addr));
 		tmp->bit32 = true;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index 2d0a905..913be07 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ int arch__choose_best_symbol(struct symbol *syma, struct symbol *symb);
 struct sdt_note {
 	char *name;			/* name of the note*/
 	char *provider;			/* provider name */
+	char *args;
 	bool bit32;			/* whether the location is 32 bits? */
 	union {				/* location, base and semaphore addrs */
 		Elf64_Addr a64[3];
-- 
2.10.2