Re: uprobe_events can't accept paths that contain spaces
From: Google
Date: Mon Nov 25 2024 - 01:44:25 EST
On Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:42:51 +0000
Yuxuan Shui <yshuiv7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I hit this problem accidentally when one of the shared libraries I was
> looking at is located in a directory with spaces in its name. `perf
> probe` reported "Failed to write event: Invalid argument".
Oops, yes, it is limited by implementation.
>
> If I understand the code correctly, strings written into uprobe_events
> are strictly splitted at whitespaces (by `argv_split`).
Right!
> This seems
> like an unfortunate restriction. If I submit a patch to introduce
> support for either quotes (") or escapes (\), will that be considered?
Yeah, that enhancement is welcome! You can add such function in
trace_probe.c and use it instead of argv_split.
>
> (For context I am running something that expects its libraries to be
> located at fixed paths, so moving them to a different path would be
> awkward at best.)
Thanks,
>
> Thanks.
>
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>
> Regards
> Yuxuan Shui
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