linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/9] perf sort: Fix a memory leak on srcline

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Message-Id: <1375325744-26613-2-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org>
Date:	Thu,  1 Aug 2013 11:55:36 +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>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/9] perf sort: Fix a memory leak on srcline

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

In the hist_entry__srcline_snprintf(), path and self->srcline are
pointing the same memory region, but they are doubly allocated.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
---
 tools/perf/util/sort.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index 5f118a089519..5ba29fc679c5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -269,10 +269,7 @@ static int hist_entry__srcline_snprintf(struct hist_entry *self, char *bf,
 	if (!fp)
 		goto out_ip;
 
-	if (getline(&path, &line_len, fp) < 0 || !line_len)
-		goto out_ip;
-	self->srcline = strdup(path);
-	if (self->srcline == NULL)
+	if (getline(&self->srcline, &line_len, fp) < 0 || !line_len)
 		goto out_ip;
 
 	nl = strchr(self->srcline, '\n');
-- 
1.7.11.7

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