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Patch "perf tools: handle spaces in file names obtained from /proc/pid/maps" has been added to the 4.5-stable tree

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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

perf tools: handle spaces in file names obtained from /proc/pid/maps

to the 4.5-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
perf-tools-handle-spaces-in-file-names-obtained-from-proc-pid-maps.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.5 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.

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From: =?UTF-8?q?Marcin=20=C5=9Alusarz?= <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 20:03:03 +0100
Subject: perf tools: handle spaces in file names obtained from /proc/pid/maps
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From: Marcin Ślusarz <[email protected]>

commit 89fee59b504f86925894fcc9ba79d5c933842f93 upstream.

Steam frequently puts game binaries in folders with spaces.

Note: "(deleted)" markers are now treated as part of the file name.

---
 tools/perf/util/event.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
tools/perf/util/event.c +1 -1
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_mmap_events(s
 		strcpy(execname, "");
 
 		/* 00400000-0040c000 r-xp 00000000 fd:01 41038  /bin/cat */
-		n = sscanf(bf, "%"PRIx64"-%"PRIx64" %s %"PRIx64" %x:%x %u %s\n",
+		n = sscanf(bf, "%"PRIx64"-%"PRIx64" %s %"PRIx64" %x:%x %u %[^\n]\n",
 		       &event->mmap2.start, &event->mmap2.len, prot,
 		       &event->mmap2.pgoff, &event->mmap2.maj,
 		       &event->mmap2.min,

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.5/perf-tools-handle-spaces-in-file-names-obtained-from-proc-pid-maps.patch