Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf tools: Decompress kernel module when reading DSO data

[Jiri Olsa]

On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 06:06:04PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:

SNIP

> -	}
> -
> -	unlink(tmpbuf);
> -
> -out:
> -	free(m.ext);
> -	return fd;
> -}
> -
>  bool symsrc__possibly_runtime(struct symsrc *ss)
>  {
>  	return ss->dynsym || ss->opdsec;
> @@ -702,9 +668,13 @@ int symsrc__init(struct symsrc *ss, struct dso *dso, const char *name,
>  	int fd;
>  
>  	if (dso__needs_decompress(dso)) {
> -		fd = decompress_kmodule(dso, name, type);
> +		char buf[32];
> +
> +		fd = dso__decompress_kmodule(dso, name, buf, sizeof(buf));
>  		if (fd < 0)
>  			return -1;
> +
> +		unlink(buf);

I wonder we could make this more clear and add:

  dso__decompress_kmodule_fd
  dso__decompress_kmodule_path

_fd version would remove the file and _path version would close the descriptor

in any case, could you please split the change so the
changes to decompress_kmodule are apparent?

thanks,
jirka