[PATCH 2/2] app/pdump: improve cmdline argument handling

[Burakov, Anatoly]

On 10/17/2025 1:06 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> Rework the argc/argv handling in pdump a little to improve things.
> Issues with the original implementation:
> * assumed user would never pass proc-type parameter on the commandline
> * did not null-terminate the argv array (generally harmless but not in
>    spec)
> * did not handle case where arg processing in eal_init would reorder
>    non-flag args to the end to be handled by the app.
> 
> Fix these - all-be-it minor issues, by having a separate count value for
> the number of arguments we put in the argp array, rather than assuming
> that its argc + 1 (for proc-type flag). Properly set the last argv entry
> to NULL, and when processing app args, reuse the argp array passed to
> eal_init rather than reverting back to the original argv array.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> ---

<snip>

>   
> -	argp[0] = argv[0];
> -	argp[1] = mp_flag;
> +	argp[n_argp++] = argv[0];
> +	argp[n_argp++] = mp_flag;
>   
> -	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
> -		argp[i + 1] = argv[i];
> -
> -	argc += 1;
> +	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
> +		argp[n_argp] = argv[i];
> +		/* drop any user-provided proc-type to avoid dup flags */
> +		if (strncmp(argv[i], mp_flag, strlen("--proc-type")) != 0)
> +			n_argp++;

Feels a little odd to assign the value and then overwrite it in next 
iteration, but same end result so no biggie

Acked-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>


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Thanks,
Anatoly