Re: [PATCH] tools lib traceevent: Fix memory leakage in filter_event

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>]

On Mon, 9 Dec 2019 01:35:49 -0500
Hewenliang <hewenliang4@huawei.com> wrote:

> It is necessary to call free_arg(arg) when add_filter_type returns NULL in
> the function of filter_event.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hewenliang <hewenliang4@huawei.com>

This looks fine.

Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>

Arnaldo, care to take this?

-- Steve

> ---
>  tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
> index f3cbf86e51ac..20eed719542e 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
> +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
> @@ -1228,8 +1228,10 @@ filter_event(struct tep_event_filter *filter, struct tep_event *event,
>  	}
>  
>  	filter_type = add_filter_type(filter, event->id);
> -	if (filter_type == NULL)
> +	if (filter_type == NULL) {
> +		free_arg(arg);
>  		return TEP_ERRNO__MEM_ALLOC_FAILED;
> +	}
>  
>  	if (filter_type->filter)
>  		free_arg(filter_type->filter);