tools: Remove unnecessary bpf_probe_read

Dereferences of structure members pointing to external addresses are now correctly recognized and replaced by bpf_probe_read calls by the rewriter.
tkuburic · May 6, 2018 · 0cdf296 · 0cdf296
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diff --git a/tools/btrfsslower.py b/tools/btrfsslower.py
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@
  // workaround (rewriter should handle file to d_name in one step):
  struct dentry *de = NULL;
  struct qstr qs = {};
- bpf_probe_read(&de, sizeof(de), &valp->fp->f_path.dentry);
- bpf_probe_read(&qs, sizeof(qs), (void *)&de->d_name);
+ de = valp->fp->f_path.dentry;
+ qs = de->d_name;
  if (qs.len == 0)
  return 0;
  bpf_probe_read(&data.file, sizeof(data.file), (void *)qs.name);

diff --git a/tools/ext4slower.py b/tools/ext4slower.py
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@
  // workaround (rewriter should handle file to d_name in one step):
  struct dentry *de = NULL;
  struct qstr qs = {};
- bpf_probe_read(&de, sizeof(de), &valp->fp->f_path.dentry);
- bpf_probe_read(&qs, sizeof(qs), (void *)&de->d_name);
+ de = valp->fp->f_path.dentry;
+ qs = de->d_name;
  if (qs.len == 0)
  return 0;
  bpf_probe_read(&data.file, sizeof(data.file), (void *)qs.name);