RE: [PATCH 16/53 v2] perf tools: Fix mmap2 event allocation in synthesize code

From: åæéå / HIRAMATUïMASAMI
Date: Tue Jan 12 2016 - 05:49:54 EST


>From: Wang Nan [mailto:wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx]
>
>perf_event__synthesize_mmap_events() issues mmap2 events, but the
>memory of that event is allocated using:
>
> mmap_event = malloc(sizeof(mmap_event->mmap) + machine->id_hdr_size);
>
>If path of mmap source file is long (near PATH_MAX), random crash
>would happen. Should use sizeof(mmap_event->mmap2).
>
>Fix two memory allocations.

Looks good to me. But hope to have another rename patch soon after this...

Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,

>
>Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: He Kuang <hekuang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: pi3orama@xxxxxxx
>---
>
>v1 -> v2: Don't rename mmap to mmap2.
>
>---
> tools/perf/util/event.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
>index cd61bb1..85155e9 100644
>--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
>+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
>@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_thread_map(struct perf_tool *tool,
> if (comm_event == NULL)
> goto out;
>
>- mmap_event = malloc(sizeof(mmap_event->mmap) + machine->id_hdr_size);
>+ mmap_event = malloc(sizeof(mmap_event->mmap2) + machine->id_hdr_size);
> if (mmap_event == NULL)
> goto out_free_comm;
>
>@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_threads(struct perf_tool *tool,
> if (comm_event == NULL)
> goto out;
>
>- mmap_event = malloc(sizeof(mmap_event->mmap) + machine->id_hdr_size);
>+ mmap_event = malloc(sizeof(mmap_event->mmap2) + machine->id_hdr_size);
> if (mmap_event == NULL)
> goto out_free_comm;
>
>--
>1.8.3.4