Re: [PATCH] libbpf: Avoid allocating reg_name with sscanf in parse_usdt_arg()

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On 10/18, Xu Kuohai wrote:
From: Xu Kuohai <xukuohai@xxxxxxxxxx>

The reg_name in parse_usdt_arg() is used to hold register name, which
is short enough to be held in a 16-byte array, so we could define
reg_name as char reg_name[16] to avoid dynamically allocating reg_name
with sscanf.

Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Xu Kuohai <xukuohai@xxxxxxxxxx>

Addresses Andrii's suggestion from the following:

https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/86c88c01-22eb-b7f8-9c65-0faf97b4096b@xxxxxxxxxx/

Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
  tools/lib/bpf/usdt.c | 16 ++++++----------
  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/usdt.c b/tools/lib/bpf/usdt.c
index 49f3c3b7f609..28fa1b2283de 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/usdt.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/usdt.c
@@ -1225,26 +1225,24 @@ static int calc_pt_regs_off(const char *reg_name)

static int parse_usdt_arg(const char *arg_str, int arg_num, struct usdt_arg_spec *arg)
  {
-	char *reg_name = NULL;
+	char reg_name[16];
  	int arg_sz, len, reg_off;
  	long off;

- if (sscanf(arg_str, " %d @ %ld ( %%%m[^)] ) %n", &arg_sz, &off, &reg_name, &len) == 3) { + if (sscanf(arg_str, " %d @ %ld ( %%%15[^)] ) %n", &arg_sz, &off, reg_name, &len) == 3) {
  		/* Memory dereference case, e.g., -4@-20(%rbp) */
  		arg->arg_type = USDT_ARG_REG_DEREF;
  		arg->val_off = off;
  		reg_off = calc_pt_regs_off(reg_name);
-		free(reg_name);
  		if (reg_off < 0)
  			return reg_off;
  		arg->reg_off = reg_off;
- } else if (sscanf(arg_str, " %d @ %%%ms %n", &arg_sz, &reg_name, &len) == 2) { + } else if (sscanf(arg_str, " %d @ %%%15s %n", &arg_sz, reg_name, &len) == 2) {
  		/* Register read case, e.g., -4@%eax */
  		arg->arg_type = USDT_ARG_REG;
  		arg->val_off = 0;

  		reg_off = calc_pt_regs_off(reg_name);
-		free(reg_name);
  		if (reg_off < 0)
  			return reg_off;
  		arg->reg_off = reg_off;
@@ -1456,16 +1454,15 @@ static int calc_pt_regs_off(const char *reg_name)

static int parse_usdt_arg(const char *arg_str, int arg_num, struct usdt_arg_spec *arg)
  {
-	char *reg_name = NULL;
+	char reg_name[16];
  	int arg_sz, len, reg_off;
  	long off;

- if (sscanf(arg_str, " %d @ %ld ( %m[a-z0-9] ) %n", &arg_sz, &off, &reg_name, &len) == 3) { + if (sscanf(arg_str, " %d @ %ld ( %15[a-z0-9] ) %n", &arg_sz, &off, reg_name, &len) == 3) {
  		/* Memory dereference case, e.g., -8@-88(s0) */
  		arg->arg_type = USDT_ARG_REG_DEREF;
  		arg->val_off = off;
  		reg_off = calc_pt_regs_off(reg_name);
-		free(reg_name);
  		if (reg_off < 0)
  			return reg_off;
  		arg->reg_off = reg_off;
@@ -1474,12 +1471,11 @@ static int parse_usdt_arg(const char *arg_str, int arg_num, struct usdt_arg_spec
  		arg->arg_type = USDT_ARG_CONST;
  		arg->val_off = off;
  		arg->reg_off = 0;
- } else if (sscanf(arg_str, " %d @ %m[a-z0-9] %n", &arg_sz, &reg_name, &len) == 2) { + } else if (sscanf(arg_str, " %d @ %15[a-z0-9] %n", &arg_sz, reg_name, &len) == 2) {
  		/* Register read case, e.g., -8@a1 */
  		arg->arg_type = USDT_ARG_REG;
  		arg->val_off = 0;
  		reg_off = calc_pt_regs_off(reg_name);
-		free(reg_name);
  		if (reg_off < 0)
  			return reg_off;
  		arg->reg_off = reg_off;
--
2.30.2




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