linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] tools lib traceevent: Do not link broken field arg for an old ftrace event

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Message-Id: <1339486959-25241-2-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org>
Date:	Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:42:37 +0900
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] tools lib traceevent: Do not link broken field arg for an old ftrace event

From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>

Defer linking a newly allocated arg to print_fmt.args until
all of its field is setup so that later access to ->field.name
cannot be NULL.

Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
---
 tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index a6b5bcdc5580..7fcfdf9e2716 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -4665,20 +4665,20 @@ int pevent_parse_event(struct pevent *pevent,
 		struct print_arg *arg, **list;
 
 		/* old ftrace had no args */
-
 		list = &event->print_fmt.args;
 		for (field = event->format.fields; field; field = field->next) {
 			arg = alloc_arg();
-			*list = arg;
-			list = &arg->next;
 			arg->type = PRINT_FIELD;
 			arg->field.name = strdup(field->name);
 			if (!arg->field.name) {
 				do_warning("failed to allocate field name");
 				event->flags |= EVENT_FL_FAILED;
+				free_arg(arg);
 				return -1;
 			}
 			arg->field.field = field;
+			*list = arg;
+			list = &arg->next;
 		}
 		return 0;
 	}
-- 
1.7.10.2

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