[PATCH 02/12] perf: Do not double free

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

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In case of: err_file: fput(event_file), we'll end up calling
perf_release() which in turn will free the event.

Do not then free the event _again_.

Reviewed-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Tested-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
---
 kernel/events/core.c |    7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -8520,7 +8520,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 	perf_unpin_context(ctx);
 	put_ctx(ctx);
 err_alloc:
-	free_event(event);
+	/*
+	 * If event_file is set, the fput() above will have called ->release()
+	 * and that will take care of freeing the event.
+	 */
+	if (!event_file)
+		free_event(event);
 err_cpus:
 	put_online_cpus();
 err_task: