With this function, other modules can basically check whether a file is a legal perf data file by checking its first 8 bytes against all possible perf magic numbers.
Change the function name from check_perf_magic to more meaningful is_perf_magic as suggested by acme. Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.t...@intel.com> --- tools/perf/util/header.c | 10 ++++++++++ tools/perf/util/header.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c index 7daad23..87e679e 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/header.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c @@ -2340,6 +2340,16 @@ static int try_all_pipe_abis(uint64_t hdr_sz, struct perf_header *ph) return -1; } +bool is_perf_magic(u64 magic) +{ + if (!memcmp(&magic, __perf_magic1, sizeof(magic)) + || magic == __perf_magic2 + || magic == __perf_magic2_sw) + return true; + + return false; +} + static int check_magic_endian(u64 magic, uint64_t hdr_sz, bool is_pipe, struct perf_header *ph) { diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.h b/tools/perf/util/header.h index 879d215..5f1cd68 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/header.h +++ b/tools/perf/util/header.h @@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_build_id(struct perf_tool *tool, int perf_event__process_build_id(struct perf_tool *tool, union perf_event *event, struct perf_session *session); +bool is_perf_magic(u64 magic); /* * arch specific callback -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/