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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-report.c15
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/util.c14
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/util.h2
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 8167ebfe776a..8ae400429870 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -619,14 +619,17 @@ static int report__browse_hists(struct report *rep)
int ret;
struct perf_session *session = rep->session;
struct evlist *evlist = session->evlist;
- const char *help = perf_tip(system_path(TIPDIR));
+ char *help = NULL, *path = NULL;
- if (help == NULL) {
+ path = system_path(TIPDIR);
+ if (perf_tip(&help, path) || help == NULL) {
/* fallback for people who don't install perf ;-) */
- help = perf_tip(DOCDIR);
- if (help == NULL)
- help = "Cannot load tips.txt file, please install perf!";
+ free(path);
+ path = system_path(DOCDIR);
+ if (perf_tip(&help, path) || help == NULL)
+ help = strdup("Cannot load tips.txt file, please install perf!");
}
+ free(path);
switch (use_browser) {
case 1:
@@ -651,7 +654,7 @@ static int report__browse_hists(struct report *rep)
ret = evlist__tty_browse_hists(evlist, rep, help);
break;
}
-
+ free(help);
return ret;
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index 37a9492edb3e..df3c4671be72 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -379,32 +379,32 @@ fetch_kernel_version(unsigned int *puint, char *str,
return 0;
}
-const char *perf_tip(const char *dirpath)
+int perf_tip(char **strp, const char *dirpath)
{
struct strlist *tips;
struct str_node *node;
- char *tip = NULL;
struct strlist_config conf = {
.dirname = dirpath,
.file_only = true,
};
+ int ret = 0;
+ *strp = NULL;
tips = strlist__new("tips.txt", &conf);
if (tips == NULL)
- return errno == ENOENT ? NULL :
- "Tip: check path of tips.txt or get more memory! ;-p";
+ return -errno;
if (strlist__nr_entries(tips) == 0)
goto out;
node = strlist__entry(tips, random() % strlist__nr_entries(tips));
- if (asprintf(&tip, "Tip: %s", node->s) < 0)
- tip = (char *)"Tip: get more memory! ;-)";
+ if (asprintf(strp, "Tip: %s", node->s) < 0)
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
out:
strlist__delete(tips);
- return tip;
+ return ret;
}
char *perf_exe(char *buf, int len)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index ad737052e597..9f0d36ba77f2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ int fetch_kernel_version(unsigned int *puint,
#define KVER_FMT "%d.%d.%d"
#define KVER_PARAM(x) KVER_VERSION(x), KVER_PATCHLEVEL(x), KVER_SUBLEVEL(x)
-const char *perf_tip(const char *dirpath);
+int perf_tip(char **strp, const char *dirpath);
#ifndef HAVE_SCHED_GETCPU_SUPPORT
int sched_getcpu(void);