Re: [PATCH] tracing/filters: Defer pred allocation

[Li Zefan]

>> @@ -1094,6 +1118,10 @@ int apply_event_filter(struct ftrace_event_call *call, char *filter_string)
>>  
>>  	mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
>>  
>> +	err = init_preds(call);
>> +	if (err)
>> +		goto out_unlock;
> 
> 
> 
> Hmm, but what happens if the filter already has its preds initialized
> by a previous filter?
> 
> The first thing that init_preds() does is:
> 
> filter = call->filter = kzalloc(sizeof(*filter), GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> That looks like a memory leak.
> 

Oops! I thought I had added a check in it.

Thanks.

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