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perf probe: Allow of casting an array of char to string

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Before casting a type of a variable to string, convert_variable_type()
confirms that the type is a pointer or an array. then if it is a pointer
to char, it is casted to string.  but in case of an array of char, it
isn't

Signed-off-by: H.C. Lee <hyc.lee@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CANFS6bb75e8a_UtyAD9yF73hfXDy0N8tSjDz=a+Vna=Y8ORMHg@mail.gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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Hyeoncheol Lee 2012-09-11 16:57:28 +09:00 committed by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
parent b878e7fb22
commit 7ce28b5b5b
1 changed files with 5 additions and 5 deletions
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tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
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@ -413,12 +413,12 @@ static int convert_variable_type(Dwarf_Die *vr_die,
dwarf_diename(vr_die), dwarf_diename(&type));
return -EINVAL;
}
if (die_get_real_type(&type, &type) == NULL) {
pr_warning("Failed to get a type"
" information.\n");
return -ENOENT;
}
if (ret == DW_TAG_pointer_type) {
if (die_get_real_type(&type, &type) == NULL) {
pr_warning("Failed to get a type"
" information.\n");
return -ENOENT;
}
while (*ref_ptr)
ref_ptr = &(*ref_ptr)->next;
/* Add new reference with offset +0 */