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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/header.c19
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 666f18972fa3..6d580267d043 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -1144,8 +1144,9 @@ static void print_event_desc(struct perf_header *ph, int fd, FILE *fp)
uint64_t id;
void *buf = NULL;
char *str;
- u32 nre, sz, nr, i, j, msz;
- int ret;
+ u32 nre, sz, nr, i, j;
+ ssize_t ret;
+ size_t msz;
/* number of events */
ret = read(fd, &nre, sizeof(nre));
@@ -1162,25 +1163,23 @@ static void print_event_desc(struct perf_header *ph, int fd, FILE *fp)
if (ph->needs_swap)
sz = bswap_32(sz);
- /*
- * ensure it is at least to our ABI rev
- */
- if (sz < (u32)sizeof(attr))
- goto error;
-
memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));
- /* read entire region to sync up to next field */
+ /* buffer to hold on file attr struct */
buf = malloc(sz);
if (!buf)
goto error;
msz = sizeof(attr);
- if (sz < msz)
+ if (sz < (ssize_t)msz)
msz = sz;
for (i = 0 ; i < nre; i++) {
+ /*
+ * must read entire on-file attr struct to
+ * sync up with layout.
+ */
ret = read(fd, buf, sz);
if (ret != (ssize_t)sz)
goto error;