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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/target.c b/tools/perf/util/target.c
index 1064d5b148ad..3f59c496e64c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/target.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/target.c
@@ -110,8 +110,17 @@ int perf_target__strerror(struct perf_target *target, int errnum,
int idx;
const char *msg;
+ BUG_ON(buflen > 0);
+
if (errnum >= 0) {
- strerror_r(errnum, buf, buflen);
+ const char *err = strerror_r(errnum, buf, buflen);
+
+ if (err != buf) {
+ size_t len = strlen(err);
+ char *c = mempcpy(buf, err, min(buflen - 1, len));
+ *c = '\0';
+ }
+
return 0;
}