Re: [PATCH 07/26] perf tools: Add check for existing link in buildid dir

[Jiri Olsa]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 02:54:36PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 6:05 AM Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > When adding new build id link we fail if the link is already
> > there. Adding check for existing link and warn/replace the
> > link with new target.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  tools/perf/util/build-id.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
> > index bdee4e08e60d..ecdc167aa1a0 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
> > @@ -751,8 +751,26 @@ int build_id_cache__add_s(const char *sbuild_id, const char *name,
> >         tmp = dir_name + strlen(buildid_dir) - 5;
> >         memcpy(tmp, "../..", 5);
> >
> > -       if (symlink(tmp, linkname) == 0)
> > +       if (symlink(tmp, linkname) == 0) {
> >                 err = 0;
> > +       } else if (errno == EEXIST) {
> > +               char path[PATH_MAX];
> > +
> > +               if (readlink(linkname, path, sizeof(path)) == -1) {
> > +                       pr_err("Cant read link: %s\n", linkname);
> 
> typo

ok

> 
> > +                       goto out_free;
> > +               }
> > +               if (strcmp(tmp, path)) {
> > +                       pr_err("Inconsistent .debug record, updating [%s]\n",
> > +                               linkname);
> 
> But isn't it ok to copy a binary to another location?
> There can be multiple binaries with the same build-id..

ah true.. perhaps just debug message would be good in here

previou code failed in this case, but I think we do not check on
return value in upper layer

thanks,
jirka