[PATCH 1/4] tools lib traceevent: Do not link broken field arg for an old ftrace event

[Namhyung Kim]

From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@xxxxxxx>

Defer linking a newly allocated arg to print_fmt.args until
all of its field is setup so that later access to ->field.name
cannot be NULL.

Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-7zlkindw0qqqe5h117u59ood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index b7c2c491f61e..33fcd943f096 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -4754,20 +4754,20 @@ int pevent_parse_event(struct pevent *pevent,
 		struct print_arg *arg, **list;
 
 		/* old ftrace had no args */
-
 		list = &event->print_fmt.args;
 		for (field = event->format.fields; field; field = field->next) {
 			arg = alloc_arg();
-			*list = arg;
-			list = &arg->next;
 			arg->type = PRINT_FIELD;
 			arg->field.name = strdup(field->name);
 			if (!arg->field.name) {
 				do_warning("failed to allocate field name");
 				event->flags |= EVENT_FL_FAILED;
+				free_arg(arg);
 				return -1;
 			}
 			arg->field.field = field;
+			*list = arg;
+			list = &arg->next;
 		}
 		return 0;
 	}
-- 
1.7.11.4

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