Fix: lttng create default name check

[lttng-tools.git] / src / bin / lttng / commands / create.c

diff --git a/src/bin/lttng/commands/create.c b/src/bin/lttng/commands/create.c
index bf24b6675f3b7e25bfc44300380b6d9e7029919f..6c6566b0185b7384d2ff8297ff1ac17cdc391828 100644 (file)
--- a/src/bin/lttng/commands/create.c
+++ b/src/bin/lttng/commands/create.c
@@ -280,9 +280,16 @@ static int create_session(void)
                        ret = LTTNG_ERR_SESSION_FAIL;
                        goto error;
                }
-               if (strncmp(opt_session_name, DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME,
+               /*
+                * Check if the session name begins with "auto-" or is exactly "auto".
+                * Both are reserved for the default session name. See bug #449 to
+                * understand why we need to check both here.
+                */
+               if ((strncmp(opt_session_name, DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME "-",
+                                       strlen(DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME) + 1) == 0) ||
+                               (strncmp(opt_session_name, DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME,
                                        strlen(DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME)) == 0 &&
-                               strlen(opt_session_name) == strlen(DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME)) {
+                               strlen(opt_session_name) == strlen(DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME))) {
                        ERR("%s is a reserved keyword for default session(s)",
                                        DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME);
                        ret = CMD_ERROR;