[RFC PATCH v9 41/50] perf probe: Reset tev->args and tev->nargs when failure

[Wang Nan]

When failure occures in add_probe_trace_event(), tev->args is
incomplete. Since information in tev may be used in further, this patch
frees the allocated memory and set it to NULL to avoid dangling
pointer.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
index 2da65a7..f533d19 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
@@ -1243,6 +1243,10 @@ static int add_probe_trace_event(Dwarf_Die *sc_die, struct probe_finder *pf)
 
 end:
 	free(args);
+	if (ret) {
+		tev->nargs = 0;
+		zfree(&tev->args);
+	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
1.8.3.4

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