[PATCH 1/2] libtracefs: Add random number to keep synthetic variables unique

[Steven Rostedt]

From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

The 'hist' triggers expect that all variables are unique. If two synthetic
events are created, it is possible that they will use the same variable
names, and this can break the logic for synthetic events. Add a random
number to the argument names that will help prevent that from happening.
There's no guarantee that there wont be collisions, but the chances of
that happening is 1 in 65535. If this is a problem, we could possibly look
for variables that are already in use.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 src/tracefs-hist.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/tracefs-hist.c b/src/tracefs-hist.c
index 7f9cf3820611..8783ef4364bd 100644
--- a/src/tracefs-hist.c
+++ b/src/tracefs-hist.c
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <limits.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
 
 #include "tracefs.h"
 #include "tracefs-local.h"
@@ -558,6 +560,7 @@ struct tracefs_synth {
 	unsigned int		end_parens;
 	unsigned int		end_state;
 	int			*start_type;
+	char			arg_name[16];
 	int			arg_cnt;
 };
 
@@ -957,7 +960,15 @@ static char *new_arg(struct tracefs_synth *synth)
 	char *arg;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = asprintf(&arg, "__arg__%d", cnt);
+	/* Create a unique argument name */
+	if (!synth->arg_name[0]) {
+		srand(time(NULL));
+		ret = rand() + gettid();
+		/* Truncate so that ret is at most 65535 (total 13 bytes) */
+		ret &= (1 << 16) - 1;
+		sprintf(synth->arg_name, "__arg_%d_", ret);
+	}
+	ret = asprintf(&arg, "%s%d", synth->arg_name, cnt);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return NULL;
 
-- 
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