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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/header.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c index 666f18972fa..6d580267d04 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/header.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c @@ -1144,8 +1144,9 @@ static void print_event_desc(struct perf_header *ph, int fd, FILE *fp) uint64_t id; void *buf = NULL; char *str; - u32 nre, sz, nr, i, j, msz; - int ret; + u32 nre, sz, nr, i, j; + ssize_t ret; + size_t msz; /* number of events */ ret = read(fd, &nre, sizeof(nre)); @@ -1162,25 +1163,23 @@ static void print_event_desc(struct perf_header *ph, int fd, FILE *fp) if (ph->needs_swap) sz = bswap_32(sz); - /* - * ensure it is at least to our ABI rev - */ - if (sz < (u32)sizeof(attr)) - goto error; - memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr)); - /* read entire region to sync up to next field */ + /* buffer to hold on file attr struct */ buf = malloc(sz); if (!buf) goto error; msz = sizeof(attr); - if (sz < msz) + if (sz < (ssize_t)msz) msz = sz; for (i = 0 ; i < nre; i++) { + /* + * must read entire on-file attr struct to + * sync up with layout. + */ ret = read(fd, buf, sz); if (ret != (ssize_t)sz) goto error; |