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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/probe-event.c15
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 2ca62154f79..29465d44004 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -62,6 +62,18 @@ static int e_snprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, ...)
return ret;
}
+/* Check the name is good for event/group */
+static bool check_event_name(const char *name)
+{
+ if (!isalpha(*name) && *name != '_')
+ return false;
+ while (*++name != '\0') {
+ if (!isalpha(*name) && !isdigit(*name) && *name != '_')
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
/* Parse probepoint definition. */
static void parse_perf_probe_probepoint(char *arg, struct probe_point *pp)
{
@@ -82,6 +94,9 @@ static void parse_perf_probe_probepoint(char *arg, struct probe_point *pp)
ptr = strchr(arg, ':');
if (ptr) /* Group name is not supported yet. */
semantic_error("Group name is not supported yet.");
+ if (!check_event_name(arg))
+ semantic_error("%s is bad for event name -it must "
+ "follow C symbol-naming rule.", arg);
pp->event = strdup(arg);
arg = tmp;
}