fix tracepoint wildcards

src/bpftrace.cpp

@@ -87,10 +87,7 @@ int BPFtrace::add_probe(ast::Probe &p)
     }
 
     std::vector<std::string> attach_funcs;
-    if (attach_point->need_expansion && (
-          attach_point->func.find("*") != std::string::npos ||
-          attach_point->func.find("[") != std::string::npos &&
-          attach_point->func.find("]") != std::string::npos))
+    if (attach_point->need_expansion && has_wildcard(attach_point->func))
     {
       std::set<std::string> matches;
       switch (probetype(attach_point->provider))

src/tracepoint_format_parser.cpp

@@ -29,20 +29,24 @@ bool TracepointFormatParser::parse(ast::Program *program)
       {
         std::string &category = ap->target;
         std::string &event_name = ap->func;
+        if (has_wildcard(event_name))
+        {
+          // args not supported with wildcards yet: #132
+          return true;
+        }
+
         std::string format_file_path = "/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/" + category + "/" + event_name + "/format";
         std::ifstream format_file(format_file_path.c_str());
 
         if (format_file.fail())
         {
-          std::cerr << "ERROR: tracepoint not found: " << ap->target << ":" << ap->func << std::endl;
+          std::cerr << "ERROR: tracepoint not found: " << category << ":" << event_name << std::endl;
           // helper message:
-          if (ap->target == "syscall")
-            std::cerr << "Did you mean syscalls:" << ap->func << "?" << std::endl;
+          if (category == "syscall")
+            std::cerr << "Did you mean syscalls:" << event_name << "?" << std::endl;
           if (bt_verbose) {
-            if (format_file_path.find('*') == std::string::npos)
               std::cerr << strerror(errno) << ": " << format_file_path << std::endl;
           }
-
           return false;
         }
 

src/utils.cpp

@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ std::vector<int> read_cpu_range(std::string path)
 
 namespace bpftrace {
 
+bool has_wildcard(const std::string &str)
+{
+  if (str.find("*") != std::string::npos ||
+      str.find("[") != std::string::npos &&
+      str.find("]") != std::string::npos)
+     return true;
+  else
+     return false;
+}
+
 std::vector<int> get_online_cpus()
 {
   return read_cpu_range("/sys/devices/system/cpu/online");

src/utils.h

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 namespace bpftrace {
 
 inline std::string GetProviderFromPath(std::string path);
+bool has_wildcard(const std::string &str);
 std::vector<int> get_online_cpus();
 std::vector<int> get_possible_cpus();
 std::vector<std::string> get_kernel_cflags(