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Re: [PATCH] perf script: fix double free on command_line

From Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] perf script: fix double free on command_line
Date 2016-03-02 08:40 +0100
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On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 11:46:20PM +0000, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
> 
> command_line 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.
> 

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>

thanks,
jirka

> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.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 d72fafc..e982863 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
> @@ -1091,8 +1091,6 @@ 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) {
> @@ -1101,6 +1099,8 @@ static int python_start_script(const char *script, int argc, const char **argv)
>  			goto error;
>  	}
>  
> +	free(command_line);
> +
>  	return err;
>  error:
>  	Py_Finalize();
> -- 
> 2.7.0
> 

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[PATCH] perf script: fix double free on command_line Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com> - 2016-03-02 00:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] perf script: fix double free on command_line Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2016-03-02 08:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] perf script: fix double free on command_line Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2016-03-02 13:20 +0100

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