* Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This patch changes './kvm list' to retrieve process name from
> '/proc/<pid>/stat' instead of '/proc/<pid>/comm' as it appears the latter
> does not exist by default on several systems.
>
> Reported-by: pradeep <psuriset@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/kvm/builtin-list.c | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
> 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/kvm/builtin-list.c b/tools/kvm/builtin-list.c
> index 2d37ecb..89a0465 100644
> --- a/tools/kvm/builtin-list.c
> +++ b/tools/kvm/builtin-list.c
> @@ -13,25 +13,32 @@
> static void print_guest(const char *name, int pid)
> {
> char proc_name[PATH_MAX];
> - char comm[sizeof(PROCESS_NAME)];
> - int fd;
> + char *comm = NULL;
> + FILE *fd;
>
> - sprintf(proc_name, "/proc/%d/comm", pid);
> - fd = open(proc_name, O_RDONLY);
> - if (fd <= 0)
> + sprintf(proc_name, "/proc/%d/stat", pid);
> + fd = fopen(proc_name, "r");
> + if (fd == NULL)
> goto cleanup;
No, instead we should fall back to 'stat' if the 'comm' access fails.
The 'stat' field contains a lot more data and is thus slower - while
'comm' only outputs the comm.
Thanks,
Ingo
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
