linux-kernel - [tip:perf/core] perf script: Fix double free on command

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Date:	Sat, 5 Mar 2016 00:18:42 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Colin Ian King <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	peterz@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, rostedt@...dmis.org, acme@...hat.com,
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Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf script: Fix double free on command_line

Commit-ID:  979ac257b00c53aacec3eacf86142e8c00bee889
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/979ac257b00c53aacec3eacf86142e8c00bee889
Author:     Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 23:46:20 +0000
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Thu, 3 Mar 2016 11:10:37 -0300

perf script: Fix double free on command_line

The 'command_line' variable is free'd twice if db_export__branch_types()
fails. To avoid this, defer the free'ing of 'command_line' to after this
call so that the error return path will just free 'command_line' once.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc: He Kuang <hekuang@...wei.com>
Cc: Javi Merino <javi.merino@....com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1456875980-25606-1-git-send-email-colin.king@canonical.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index 309d90f..fbd0524 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -1094,8 +1094,6 @@ static int python_start_script(const char *script, int argc, const char **argv)
 		goto error;
 	}
 
-	free(command_line);
-
 	set_table_handlers(tables);
 
 	if (tables->db_export_mode) {
@@ -1104,6 +1102,8 @@ static int python_start_script(const char *script, int argc, const char **argv)
 			goto error;
 	}
 
+	free(command_line);
+
 	return err;
 error:
 	Py_Finalize();