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Chris Phlipot c9f23d2bc2 perf event-parse: Use fixed size string for comms
Some implementations of libc do not support the 'm' width modifier as
part of the scanf string format specifier. This can cause the parsing to
fail.  Since the parser never checks if the scanf parsing was
successesful, this can result in a crash.

Change the comm string to be allocated as a fixed size instead of
dynamically using 'm' scanf width modifier. This can be safely done
since comm size is limited to 16 bytes by TASK_COMM_LEN within the
kernel.

This change prevents perf from crashing when linked against bionic as
well as reduces the total number of heap allocations and frees invoked
while accomplishing the same task.

Signed-off-by: Chris Phlipot <cphlipot0@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180830021950.15563-1-cphlipot0@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2018-08-30 14:51:45 -03:00
arch perf/core improvements ad fixes: 2018-08-18 13:11:51 +02:00
block Partially revert "block: fail op_is_write() requests to read-only partitions" 2018-08-04 18:19:55 -07:00
certs certs/blacklist: fix const confusion 2018-06-26 09:43:03 -07:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2018-07-19 07:32:44 -07:00
Documentation Merge branch 'x86-timers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-08-13 18:28:19 -07:00
drivers Merge branch 'x86-timers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-08-13 18:28:19 -07:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs perf/core improvements ad fixes: 2018-08-18 13:11:51 +02:00
include perf/core improvements ad fixes: 2018-08-18 13:11:51 +02:00
init Merge branch 'x86-timers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-08-13 18:28:19 -07:00
ipc ipc/shm.c add ->pagesize function to shm_vm_ops 2018-08-02 16:03:40 -07:00
kernel perf/hw_breakpoint: Simplify breakpoint enable in perf_event_modify_breakpoint 2018-08-30 14:49:24 -03:00
lib Merge branch 'x86-mm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-08-13 16:29:35 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add Linux-OpenIB license text 2018-04-27 16:41:53 -06:00
mm Merge branch 'x86/pti' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-08-13 17:54:17 -07:00
net Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-08-13 12:23:39 -07:00
samples samples/bpf: xdp_redirect_cpu adjustment to reproduce teardown race easier 2018-08-09 21:50:44 +02:00
scripts lib/ubsan: remove null-pointer checks 2018-08-10 20:19:58 -07:00
security x86/pti: Allow CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION for x86_32 2018-07-20 01:11:48 +02:00
sound ALSA: hda/realtek - Yet another Clevo P950 quirk entry 2018-07-18 12:17:46 +02:00
tools perf event-parse: Use fixed size string for comms 2018-08-30 14:51:45 -03:00
usr kbuild: rename built-in.o to built-in.a 2018-03-26 02:01:19 +09:00
virt Merge branch 'sched/urgent' into sched/core, to pick up fixes 2018-07-25 11:29:58 +02:00
.clang-format clang-format: add configuration file 2018-04-11 10:28:35 -07:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Add hch to .get_maintainer.ignore 2015-08-21 14:30:10 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore Kbuild updates for v4.17 (2nd) 2018-04-15 17:21:30 -07:00
.mailmap Merge branch 'asoc-4.17' into asoc-4.18 for compress dependencies 2018-04-26 12:24:28 +01:00
COPYING COPYING: use the new text with points to the license files 2018-03-23 12:41:45 -06:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS/CREDITS: Drop METAG ARCHITECTURE 2018-03-05 16:34:24 +00:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Kconfig kconfig: add basic helper macros to scripts/Kconfig.include 2018-05-29 03:31:19 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-08-13 12:23:39 -07:00
Makefile Linux 4.18 2018-08-12 13:41:04 -07:00
README Docs: Added a pointer to the formatted docs to README 2018-03-21 09:02:53 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.