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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 4 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt index e36ed4dd3868..441324f2615d 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Each probe argument follows below syntax. [NAME=]LOCALVAR|$retval|%REG|@SYMBOL -'NAME' specifies the name of this argument (optional). You can use the name of local variable, local data structure member (e.g. var->field, var.field2), or kprobe-tracer argument format (e.g. $retval, %ax, etc). +'NAME' specifies the name of this argument (optional). You can use the name of local variable, local data structure member (e.g. var->field, var.field2), or kprobe-tracer argument format (e.g. $retval, %ax, etc). Note that the name of this argument will be set as the last member name if you specify a local data structure member (e.g. field2 for 'var->field1.field2'.) LINE SYNTAX ----------- diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c index ab6f53deabad..19de8b77973d 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c @@ -481,6 +481,10 @@ static void parse_perf_probe_arg(const char *str, struct perf_probe_arg *arg) } while (tmp); (*fieldp)->name = xstrdup(str); pr_debug("%s(%d)\n", (*fieldp)->name, (*fieldp)->ref); + + /* If no name is specified, set the last field name */ + if (!arg->name) + arg->name = xstrdup((*fieldp)->name); } /* Parse perf-probe event command */ |
