From 4ee218a2d262943e362e3e25414852cf8e982dcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Denys Vlasenko Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:39:47 +0200 Subject: pgrep/pkill: fix -x to also match comm field When running `pgrep -x example` against a process `/bin/example --arg`, BusyBox fails to match, while GNU pgrep succeeds. The reason is that the comparison is done only against the full argv[0] rather than comm. This patch changes pgrep -x to also try /proc/[pid]/comm for exact matching. function old new delta pgrep_main 681 670 -11 Signed-off-by: Paulius Zaleckas Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko --- procps/pgrep.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/procps/pgrep.c b/procps/pgrep.c index 04ae92a67..299e2dac7 100644 --- a/procps/pgrep.c +++ b/procps/pgrep.c @@ -215,16 +215,16 @@ int pgrep_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv) if (!match) { again: match = (regexec(&re_buffer, cmd, 1, re_match, 0) == 0); + if (match && OPT_ANCHOR) { + /* -x requires full string match */ + match = (re_match[0].rm_so == 0 && cmd[re_match[0].rm_eo] == '\0'); + } if (!match && cmd != proc->comm) { /* if argv[] did not match, try comm */ cmdlen = -1; cmd = proc->comm; goto again; } - if (match && OPT_ANCHOR) { - /* -x requires full string match */ - match = (re_match[0].rm_so == 0 && cmd[re_match[0].rm_eo] == '\0'); - } } /* NB: OPT_INVERT is always 0 or 1 */ -- cgit v1.2.3