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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/config.c13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.c b/tools/perf/util/config.c
index 953512ed72ba..57ff826f150b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.c
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ static int perf_parse_file(config_fn_t fn, void *data)
const unsigned char *bomptr = utf8_bom;
for (;;) {
- int c = get_next_char();
+ int line, c = get_next_char();
+
if (bomptr && *bomptr) {
/* We are at the file beginning; skip UTF8-encoded BOM
* if present. Sane editors won't put this in on their
@@ -261,8 +262,16 @@ static int perf_parse_file(config_fn_t fn, void *data)
if (!isalpha(c))
break;
var[baselen] = tolower(c);
- if (get_value(fn, data, var, baselen+1) < 0)
+
+ /*
+ * The get_value function might or might not reach the '\n',
+ * so saving the current line number for error reporting.
+ */
+ line = config_linenr;
+ if (get_value(fn, data, var, baselen+1) < 0) {
+ config_linenr = line;
break;
+ }
}
die("bad config file line %d in %s", config_linenr, config_file_name);
}