linux-kernel - [tip:perf/core] tools lib traceevent: Do not link broken field arg for an old ftrace event

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Date:	Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:58:55 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	acme@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com,
	mingo@...nel.org, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, namhyung.kim@....com,
	namhyung@...nel.org, fweisbec@...il.com, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: [tip:perf/core] tools lib traceevent:
  Do not link broken field arg for an old ftrace event

Commit-ID:  fd34f0b26c9d0f3c3c5c5f83207efa6324cd19f7
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/fd34f0b26c9d0f3c3c5c5f83207efa6324cd19f7
Author:     Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:00:28 +0900
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:02:36 -0300

tools lib traceevent: Do not link broken field arg for an old ftrace event

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.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1345618831-9148-2-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index b7c2c49..33fcd94 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -4754,20 +4754,20 @@ 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;
 	}
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