1 files changed, 20 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index ff134700bf30..e0203b979474 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static PyObject *get_field_numeric_entry(struct event_format *event,
                 struct format_field *field, void *data)
 {
         bool is_array = field->flags & FIELD_IS_ARRAY;
-        PyObject *obj, *list = NULL;
+        PyObject *obj = NULL, *list = NULL;
         unsigned long long val;
         unsigned int item_size, n_items, i;
 
@@ -386,13 +386,12 @@ exit:
         return pylist;
 }
 
-
 static void python_process_tracepoint(struct perf_sample *sample,
                                       struct perf_evsel *evsel,
                                       struct addr_location *al)
 {
         struct event_format *event = evsel->tp_format;
-        PyObject *handler, *context, *t, *obj, *callchain;
+        PyObject *handler, *context, *t, *obj = NULL, *callchain;
         PyObject *dict = NULL;
         static char handler_name[256];
         struct format_field *field;
@@ -457,14 +456,26 @@ static void python_process_tracepoint(struct perf_sample *sample,
                 pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "common_callchain", callchain);
         }
         for (field = event->format.fields; field; field = field->next) {
-                if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_STRING) {
-                        int offset;
+                unsigned int offset, len;
+                unsigned long long val;
+
+                if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_ARRAY) {
+                        offset = field->offset;
+                        len    = field->size;
                         if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_DYNAMIC) {
-                                offset = *(int *)(data + field->offset);
+                                val     = pevent_read_number(scripting_context->pevent,
+                                                             data + offset, len);
+                                offset  = val;
+                                len     = offset >> 16;
                                 offset &= 0xffff;
-                        } else
-                                offset = field->offset;
-                        obj = PyString_FromString((char *)data + offset);
+                        }
+                        if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_STRING &&
+                            is_printable_array(data + offset, len)) {
+                                obj = PyString_FromString((char *) data + offset);
+                        } else {
+                                obj = PyByteArray_FromStringAndSize((const char *) data + offset, len);
+                                field->flags &= ~FIELD_IS_STRING;
+                        }
                 } else { /* FIELD_IS_NUMERIC */
                         obj = get_field_numeric_entry(event, field, data);
                 }