linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/6] perf record: Fix a potential error handling issue

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Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 14:56:15 -0700
From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
	Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
	KP Singh <kpsingh@...nel.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Song Liu <song@...nel.org>,
	bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] perf record: Fix a potential error handling issue

The evlist is allocated at the beginning of cmd_record().  Also free-ing
thread masks should be paired with record__init_thread_masks() which is
called right before __cmd_record().

Let's change the order of these functions to release the resources
correctly in case of errors.  This is maybe fine as the process exits,
but it might be a problem if it manages some system-wide resources that
live longer than the process.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 8ec0b1607603..3a5a24dec356 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -4258,13 +4258,13 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	err = __cmd_record(&record, argc, argv);
 out:
-	evlist__delete(rec->evlist);
+	record__free_thread_masks(rec, rec->nr_threads);
+	rec->nr_threads = 0;
 	symbol__exit();
 	auxtrace_record__free(rec->itr);
 out_opts:
-	record__free_thread_masks(rec, rec->nr_threads);
-	rec->nr_threads = 0;
 	evlist__close_control(rec->opts.ctl_fd, rec->opts.ctl_fd_ack, &rec->opts.ctl_fd_close);
+	evlist__delete(rec->evlist);
 	return err;
 }
 
-- 
2.45.1.288.g0e0cd299f1-goog