Merge pull request iovisor#449 from goldshtn/tp-str-fix

Fixed bug around local assignment from char array
weibang6liu · Mar 28, 2016 · af66546 · af66546
2 parents c256e94 + 67a644b
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diff --git a/src/python/bcc/tracepoint.py b/src/python/bcc/tracepoint.py
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ def generate_struct(self):
  def _generate_struct_locals(self):
  text = ""
  for field_type, field_name in self.struct_fields:
+ if field_type == "char" and field_name.endswith(']'):
+ # Special case for 'char whatever[N]', should
+ # be assigned to a 'char *'
+ field_type = "char *"
+ field_name = re.sub(r'\[\d+\]$', '', field_name)
  text += " %s %s = tp.%s;\n" % (
  field_type, field_name, field_name)
  return text