linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH v8 41/49] perf probe: Reset tev->args and tev->nargs when failure

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Message-ID: <1435149113-51142-42-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com>
Date:	Wed, 24 Jun 2015 12:31:45 +0000
From:	Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
To:	<acme@...nel.org>, <ast@...mgrid.com>, <brendan.d.gregg@...il.com>,
	<daniel@...earbox.net>, <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	<masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>, <paulus@...ba.org>,
	<a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>, <mingo@...hat.com>, <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	<dsahern@...il.com>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <lizefan@...wei.com>,
	<hekuang@...wei.com>, <xiakaixu@...wei.com>, <pi3orama@....com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v8 41/49] perf probe: Reset tev->args and tev->nargs when failure

When failure occures in add_probe_trace_event(), tev->args is
incomplete. Since information in tev may be used in further, this patch
frees the allocated memory and set it to NULL to avoid dangling
pointer.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
index 2da65a7..f533d19 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
@@ -1243,6 +1243,10 @@ static int add_probe_trace_event(Dwarf_Die *sc_die, struct probe_finder *pf)
 
 end:
 	free(args);
+	if (ret) {
+		tev->nargs = 0;
+		zfree(&tev->args);
+	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
1.8.3.4

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