linux-kernel - [tip:perf/core] tools lib traceevent: Get rid of malloc_or_die() in pevent_filter

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Message-ID: <tip-4f24416331e9a507e953e90d4534e9a9802cbc12@git.kernel.org>
Date:	Wed, 11 Dec 2013 03:05:56 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Namhyung Kim <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	acme@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com,
	mingo@...nel.org, namhyung.kim@....com, namhyung@...nel.org,
	jolsa@...hat.com, fweisbec@...il.com, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: [tip:perf/core] tools lib traceevent: Get rid of malloc_or_die()
  in pevent_filter_alloc()

Commit-ID:  4f24416331e9a507e953e90d4534e9a9802cbc12
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/4f24416331e9a507e953e90d4534e9a9802cbc12
Author:     Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
AuthorDate: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 14:34:00 +0900
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 15:39:35 -0300

tools lib traceevent: Get rid of malloc_or_die() in pevent_filter_alloc()

It returns NULL when allocation fails so the users should check the
return value from now on.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1386567251-22751-4-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
index 2500e75..b3a61d4 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
@@ -182,7 +182,10 @@ struct event_filter *pevent_filter_alloc(struct pevent *pevent)
 {
 	struct event_filter *filter;
 
-	filter = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*filter));
+	filter = malloc(sizeof(*filter));
+	if (filter == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
 	memset(filter, 0, sizeof(*filter));
 	filter->pevent = pevent;
 	pevent_ref(pevent);
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