Remove a trailing newline when reading sysfs file contents such as /sys/devices/cpum_cf/events/TX_NC_TEND. This show when verbose option -v is used.
Output before: tx_nc_tend -> 'cpum_cf'/'event=0x008d '/ Output after: tx_nc_tend -> 'cpum_cf'/'event=0x8d'/ Signed-off-by: Thomas Richter <tmri...@linux.ibm.com> --- tools/perf/util/pmu.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c index 7878934ebb23..26c79a9c4142 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static int __perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name, static int perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name, FILE *file) { - char buf[256]; + char *cp, buf[256]; int ret; ret = fread(buf, 1, sizeof(buf), file); @@ -303,6 +303,11 @@ static int perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name, FI buf[ret] = 0; + /* Remove trailing newline from sysfs file */ + cp = strrchr(buf, '\n'); + if (cp) + *cp = '\0'; + return __perf_pmu__new_alias(list, dir, name, NULL, buf, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL); } -- 2.14.3