[PATCH v1 2/3] perf probe: Check group string length

[Leo Yan]

In the kernel, the probe group string length is limited up to
MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN (including the NULL terminator).

Check for this limitation and report an error if it is exceeded.

Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index cad11d95af4f..71acea07cb46 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -2872,6 +2872,13 @@ static int probe_trace_event__set_name(struct probe_trace_event *tev,
 	else
 		group = PERFPROBE_GROUP;
 
+	if (strlen(group) >= MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN) {
+		pr_err("Probe group string='%s' is too long (>= %d bytes)\n",
+			group, MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN);
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	/* Get an unused new event name */
 	ret = get_new_event_name(buf, MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN, event, namelist,
 				 tev->point.retprobe, allow_suffix);
-- 
2.34.1