[tip:perf/urgent] perf probe: Check new event name

[tip-bot for Masami Hiramatsu]

Commit-ID:  b7702a2136b5f8e0e186e22cae91aaecf98b418c
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/b7702a2136b5f8e0e186e22cae91aaecf98b418c
Author:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:24:15 -0500
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:42:44 +0100

perf probe: Check new event name

Check new event name is same syntax as a C symbol in perf command.
In other words, checking the name is as like as other tracepoint
events.

This can prevent user to create an event with useless name (e.g.
foo|bar, foo*bar).

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: K.Prasad <prasad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: systemtap <systemtap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: DLE <dle-develop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
LKML-Reference: <20091216222415.14459.71383.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[ v2: minor cleanups ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/util/probe-event.c |   15 +++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 2ca6215..29465d4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -62,6 +62,18 @@ static int e_snprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, ...)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/* Check the name is good for event/group */
+static bool check_event_name(const char *name)
+{
+	if (!isalpha(*name) && *name != '_')
+		return false;
+	while (*++name != '\0') {
+		if (!isalpha(*name) && !isdigit(*name) && *name != '_')
+			return false;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
 /* Parse probepoint definition. */
 static void parse_perf_probe_probepoint(char *arg, struct probe_point *pp)
 {
@@ -82,6 +94,9 @@ static void parse_perf_probe_probepoint(char *arg, struct probe_point *pp)
 		ptr = strchr(arg, ':');
 		if (ptr)	/* Group name is not supported yet. */
 			semantic_error("Group name is not supported yet.");
+		if (!check_event_name(arg))
+			semantic_error("%s is bad for event name -it must "
+				       "follow C symbol-naming rule.", arg);
 		pp->event = strdup(arg);
 		arg = tmp;
 	}
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