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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0000593 | file | General | public | 2024-12-19 15:03 | 2024-12-19 15:03 |
| Reporter | jamesodhunt | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | feature | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | new | Resolution | open | ||
| Product Version | 5.45 | ||||
| Summary | 0000593: Recognise perf(1) perf.data | ||||
| Description | File doesn't currently recognise the data file format created by the perf(1) Linux performance analysis tool (https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/tools/perf). The minimal attached patch adds basic support. | ||||
| Steps To Reproduce | ```bash $ file /tmp/perf.data /tmp/perf.data: data ``` With the patch applied: ```bash $ file /tmp/perf.data /tmp/perf.data: perf(1) data ``` | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
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0001-Add-perf-1-magic-detection.patch (1,481 bytes)
From fa30244911274bb9f191883fa0e989f6dd608a9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "James O. D. Hunt" <jamesodhunt@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 14:54:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add perf(1) magic detection Add detection for `perf(1)` (Performance analysis tools for Linux). Signed-off-by: James O. D. Hunt <jamesodhunt@gmail.com> --- magic/Magdir/perf | 10 ++++++++++ magic/Makefile.am | 1 + 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+) create mode 100644 magic/Magdir/perf diff --git a/magic/Magdir/perf b/magic/Magdir/perf new file mode 100644 index 00000000..be897008 --- /dev/null +++ b/magic/Magdir/perf @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +#------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +# perf: file(1) magic for perf(1) (Performance analysis tools) command +# +# For file format details, see: +# +# https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt + +# The file is normally called 'perf.data' but can take any name, +# so only check the eye catcher value. +0 string PERFILE2 perf(1) data diff --git a/magic/Makefile.am b/magic/Makefile.am index e0f90343..2020a82c 100644 --- a/magic/Makefile.am +++ b/magic/Makefile.am @@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ $(MAGIC_FRAGMENT_DIR)/pci_ids \ $(MAGIC_FRAGMENT_DIR)/pcjr \ $(MAGIC_FRAGMENT_DIR)/pdf \ $(MAGIC_FRAGMENT_DIR)/pdp \ +$(MAGIC_FRAGMENT_DIR)/perf \ $(MAGIC_FRAGMENT_DIR)/perl \ $(MAGIC_FRAGMENT_DIR)/pgf \ $(MAGIC_FRAGMENT_DIR)/pgp \ -- 2.47.1 |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2024-12-19 15:03 | jamesodhunt | New Issue | |
| 2024-12-19 15:03 | jamesodhunt | File Added: 0001-Add-perf-1-magic-detection.patch |
