[PATCH] perf: free original memory on realloc failure in str_append

From: David Ahern
Date: Sun Jul 07 2013 - 16:44:04 EST


str_append was added in 578d9c6. If realloc fails orignal block is
not freed. Need to save the original pointer to handle on failure.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/string.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/string.c b/tools/perf/util/string.c
index f0b0c00..53bca50 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/string.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/string.c
@@ -398,13 +398,20 @@ int str_append(char **s, int *len, const char *a)
{
int olen = *s ? strlen(*s) : 0;
int nlen = olen + strlen(a) + 1;
+ char *p;
+
if (*len < nlen) {
*len = *len * 2;
if (*len < nlen)
*len = nlen;
+
+ p = *s;
*s = realloc(*s, *len);
- if (!*s)
+ if (!*s) {
+ free(p);
return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
if (olen == 0)
**s = 0;
}
--
1.7.10.1

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