[PATCH 1/9] perf sort: Fix a memory leak on srcline

[Namhyung Kim]

From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@xxxxxxx>

In the hist_entry__srcline_snprintf(), path and self->srcline are
pointing the same memory region, but they are doubly allocated.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/util/sort.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index 5f118a089519..5ba29fc679c5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -269,10 +269,7 @@ static int hist_entry__srcline_snprintf(struct hist_entry *self, char *bf,
 	if (!fp)
 		goto out_ip;
 
-	if (getline(&path, &line_len, fp) < 0 || !line_len)
-		goto out_ip;
-	self->srcline = strdup(path);
-	if (self->srcline == NULL)
+	if (getline(&self->srcline, &line_len, fp) < 0 || !line_len)
 		goto out_ip;
 
 	nl = strchr(self->srcline, '\n');
-- 
1.7.11.7

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