[PATCH v2] perf script python: Fix dict reference counting

[Janne Huttunen]

The dictionaries are attached to the parameter tuple that steals
the references and takes care of releasing them when appropriate.
The code should not decrement the reference counts explicitly.
E.g. if libpython has been built with reference debugging enabled,
the superfluous DECREFs will trigger this error when running perf
script:

  Fatal Python error: Objects/tupleobject.c:238 object at
  0x7f10f2041b40 has negative ref count -1
  Aborted (core dumped)

If the reference debugging is not enabled, the superfluous DECREFs
might cause the dict objects to be silently released while they are
still in use. This may trigger various other assertions or just
cause perf crashes and/or weird and unexpected data changes in the
stored Python objects.

Signed-off-by: Janne Huttunen <janne.huttunen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index 46e9e19..60fce44 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -908,14 +908,11 @@ static void python_process_tracepoint(struct perf_sample *sample,
 	if (_PyTuple_Resize(&t, n) == -1)
 		Py_FatalError("error resizing Python tuple");
 
-	if (!dict) {
+	if (!dict)
 		call_object(handler, t, handler_name);
-	} else {
+	else
 		call_object(handler, t, default_handler_name);
-		Py_DECREF(dict);
-	}
 
-	Py_XDECREF(all_entries_dict);
 	Py_DECREF(t);
 }
 
@@ -1235,7 +1232,6 @@ static void python_process_general_event(struct perf_sample *sample,
 
 	call_object(handler, t, handler_name);
 
-	Py_DECREF(dict);
 	Py_DECREF(t);
 }
 
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2.5.5