[PATCH 6/6] perf utils: readlink /proc/self/exe to find the perf binary

From: Tommi Rantala
Date: Wed Mar 22 2017 - 09:09:14 EST


Signed-off-by: Tommi Rantala <tommi.t.rantala@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/header.c | 8 ++------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index ab10e9d..c6243af 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -370,15 +370,11 @@ static int write_cmdline(int fd, struct perf_header *h __maybe_unused,
struct perf_evlist *evlist __maybe_unused)
{
char buf[MAXPATHLEN];
- char proc[32];
u32 n;
int i, ret;

- /*
- * actual atual path to perf binary
- */
- sprintf(proc, "/proc/%d/exe", getpid());
- ret = readlink(proc, buf, sizeof(buf)-1);
+ /* actual path to perf binary */
+ ret = readlink("/proc/self/exe", buf, sizeof(buf)-1);
if (ret <= 0)
return -1;

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2.9.3