Re: [PATCH 09/11] tools lib traceevent: Add alias field to struct format_field

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Tue Feb 24 2015 - 18:13:33 EST


On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 05:54:58PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 11:17:06PM +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > ---
> > tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c | 1 +
> > tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h | 1 +
> > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
> > index afe20ed9fac8..b35664cc1edc 100644
> > --- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
> > +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
> > @@ -6236,6 +6236,7 @@ static void free_format_fields(struct format_field *field)
> > next = field->next;
> > free(field->type);
> > free(field->name);
> > + free(field->alias);
>
> Hmm, didn't we say that if there's no need for the alias that the alias will
> simply be a pointer to name? If that's the case we need:
>
> if (field->alias != field->name)
> free(field->alias);
> free(field->name);
>
> Otherwise it will be a double free.

i used it separately.. like if there's no alias it's set to NULL,
but I'll add the logic you described and repost, it seems ok

jirka
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