Re: [PATCH] tools: lib: traceevent: event-parse.c: Fix a risk for doing free on uninitialized pointer

From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Tue Jun 24 2014 - 21:04:53 EST


Hi Rickard,

On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 13:09:10 +0200, Rickard Strandqvist wrote:
> Fix a risk of doing free on an uninitialized pointer.
>
> This was found using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Namhyung


> ---
> tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
> index b83184f..857675e 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
> +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
> @@ -2390,7 +2390,7 @@ process_flags(struct event_format *event, struct print_arg *arg, char **tok)
> {
> struct print_arg *field;
> enum event_type type;
> - char *token;
> + char *token = NULL;
>
> memset(arg, 0, sizeof(*arg));
> arg->type = PRINT_FLAGS;
> @@ -2443,7 +2443,7 @@ process_symbols(struct event_format *event, struct print_arg *arg, char **tok)
> {
> struct print_arg *field;
> enum event_type type;
> - char *token;
> + char *token = NULL;
>
> memset(arg, 0, sizeof(*arg));
> arg->type = PRINT_SYMBOL;
> @@ -2482,7 +2482,7 @@ process_hex(struct event_format *event, struct print_arg *arg, char **tok)
> {
> struct print_arg *field;
> enum event_type type;
> - char *token;
> + char *token = NULL;
>
> memset(arg, 0, sizeof(*arg));
> arg->type = PRINT_HEX;
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