linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] perf header: Fix bogus group name

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Message-Id: <1384741244-7271-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org>
Date:	Mon, 18 Nov 2013 11:20:43 +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 1/2] perf header: Fix bogus group name

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

When processing event group descriptor in perf file header, we reuse
an allocated group name but forgot to prevent it from freeing.

Reported-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
---
 tools/perf/util/header.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 369c03648f88..559c516f1cec 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -2078,8 +2078,10 @@ static int process_group_desc(struct perf_file_section *section __maybe_unused,
 		if (evsel->idx == (int) desc[i].leader_idx) {
 			evsel->leader = evsel;
 			/* {anon_group} is a dummy name */
-			if (strcmp(desc[i].name, "{anon_group}"))
+			if (strcmp(desc[i].name, "{anon_group}")) {
 				evsel->group_name = desc[i].name;
+				desc[i].name = NULL;
+			}
 			evsel->nr_members = desc[i].nr_members;
 
 			if (i >= nr_groups || nr > 0) {
-- 
1.7.11.7

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