linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 8/9] perf hists browser: Add option for runtime switching perf data file

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Date:	Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:17:03 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
To:	Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>
Cc:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, mingo@...e.hu,
	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, andi@...stfloor.org, dsahern@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 8/9] perf hists browser: Add option for runtime
 switching perf data file

Em Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 04:20:53PM +0800, Feng Tang escreveu:
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:11:21 +0900
> Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org> wrote:
> > Ditto.  Plus it might leak previous input_name.
> 
> Nice catch, will check the return value of "strdup". 
> 
> For input_name mem leak, in some cases the input_name can't be called
>  with free(), like those got from parse "-i" option. In case the old
> input_name is got from malloc through strdup, I think it's not a big
> issue given that buffer will be freed any way when the application exit.

I think this is a matter of discipline, leaking is bad, kernel or
userspace, why special case it?

- Arnaldo
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