Re: [PATCH] perf bpf-loader: Add missing '*' for key_scan_pos

From: Wangshaobo (bobo)
Date: Wed May 20 2020 - 06:22:24 EST



å 2020/5/20 15:05, Jiri Olsa åé:
On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 11:32:16AM +0800, Wang ShaoBo wrote:
key_scan_pos is a pointer for getting scan position in
bpf__obj_config_map() for each BPF map configuration term,
but it's misused when error not happened.

Fixes: 066dacbf2a32 ("perf bpf: Add API to set values to map entries in a bpf object")
Signed-off-by: Wang ShaoBo <bobo.shaobowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
index 10c187b8b8ea..460056bc072c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ bpf__obj_config_map(struct bpf_object *obj,
out:
free(map_name);
if (!err)
- key_scan_pos += strlen(map_opt);
+ *key_scan_pos += strlen(map_opt);
seems good, was there something failing because of this?

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>

thanks,
jirka

 I found this problem when i checked this code, I think it is

 an implicit question, but if we delete the two line, the problem

 also no longer exists.

 thanks,

 Wang ShaoBo