linux-kernel - [PATCH 13/15] perf scripting: Avoid leaking the scripting

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Message-Id: <1477600855-27580-14-git-send-email-acme@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 27 Oct 2016 18:40:53 -0200
From:   Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@...il.com>,
        Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH 13/15] perf scripting: Avoid leaking the scripting_context variable

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>

Both register_perl_scripting() and register_python_scripting() allocate
this variable, fix it by checking if it already was.

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@...il.com>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
Fixes: 7e4b21b84c43 ("perf/scripts: Add Python scripting engine")
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c
index 9df61059a85d..a2fd6e79d5a5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ static void register_python_scripting(struct scripting_ops *scripting_ops)
 	if (err)
 		die("error registering py script extension");
 
-	scripting_context = malloc(sizeof(struct scripting_context));
+	if (scripting_context == NULL)
+		scripting_context = malloc(sizeof(*scripting_context));
 }
 
 #ifdef NO_LIBPYTHON
@@ -159,7 +160,8 @@ static void register_perl_scripting(struct scripting_ops *scripting_ops)
 	if (err)
 		die("error registering pl script extension");
 
-	scripting_context = malloc(sizeof(struct scripting_context));
+	if (scripting_context == NULL)
+		scripting_context = malloc(sizeof(*scripting_context));
 }
 
 #ifdef NO_LIBPERL
-- 
2.7.4