[PATCH 3/6] perf tests: do not assume that readlink() returns a null terminated string

From: Tommi Rantala
Date: Wed Mar 22 2017 - 09:08:51 EST


Ensure that the string in buf is null terminated.

Signed-off-by: Tommi Rantala <tommi.t.rantala@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/tests/sdt.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/sdt.c b/tools/perf/tests/sdt.c
index f59d210..121949a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/sdt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/sdt.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static char *get_self_path(void)
{
char *buf = calloc(PATH_MAX, sizeof(char));

- if (buf && readlink("/proc/self/exe", buf, PATH_MAX) < 0) {
+ if (buf && readlink("/proc/self/exe", buf, PATH_MAX-1) < 0) {
pr_debug("Failed to get correct path of perf\n");
free(buf);
return NULL;
--
2.9.3