[PATCH v2] perf/probe: Change MAX_CMDLEN

From: Ravi Bangoria
Date: Tue Feb 07 2017 - 00:46:38 EST


There are many SDT markers in powerpc whose uprobe definition goes
beyond current MAX_CMDLEN, especially when target filename is long
and sdt marker has long list of arguments. For example, definition
of sdt marker

method__compile__end: 8@17 8@9 8@10 -4@8 8@7 -4@6 8@5 -4@4 1@37(28)

from file

/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.91-2.b14.fc22.ppc64/jre/lib/\
ppc64/server/libjvm.so

is

p:sdt_hotspot/method__compile__end /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-\
1.8.0.91-2.b14.fc22.ppc64/jre/lib/ppc64/server/libjvm.so:0x4c4e00\
arg1=%gpr17:u64 arg2=%gpr9:u64 arg3=%gpr10:u64 arg4=%gpr8:s32\
arg5=%gpr7:u64 arg6=%gpr6:s32 arg7=%gpr5:u64 arg8=%gpr4:s32\
arg9=+37(%gpr28):u8

Perf probe fails with seg fault for such markers. As uprobe_events file
accepts definition upto 4094 characters(4096 - 2 (\n\0)), increase value
of MAX_CMDLEN to 4094.

Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Set MAX_CMDLEN to 4094 instead of 512

tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 1 -
tools/perf/util/probe-file.c | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 6a6f44d..e6e3244 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
#include "probe-file.h"
#include "session.h"

-#define MAX_CMDLEN 256
#define PERFPROBE_GROUP "probe"

bool probe_event_dry_run; /* Dry run flag */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c
index 38eca3c..fdabe7e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
#include "session.h"
#include "perf_regs.h"

-#define MAX_CMDLEN 256
+/* 4096 - 2 ('\n' + '\0') */
+#define MAX_CMDLEN 4094

static void print_open_warning(int err, bool uprobe)
{
--
2.9.3