linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] perf tools: Fix potential memory leaks in perf events parser

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Date:   Thu, 11 Jun 2020 20:50:58 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Cheng Jian <cj.chengjian@...wei.com>,
        Chen Wandun <chenwandun@...wei.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] perf tools: Fix potential memory leaks in perf
 events parser

> Fix memory leak of in function parse_events_term__sym_hw()
> and parse_events_term__clone() when error occur.

How do you think about a wording variant like the following?

   Release a configuration object after a string duplication failed.

Regards,
Markus