[PATCH 6/8] perf record: Fix a potential error handling issue

From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Fri Jun 21 2024 - 18:25:15 EST


The evlist is allocated at the beginning of cmd_record(). Also free-ing
thread masks should be paired with record__init_thread_masks() which is
called right before __cmd_record().

Let's change the order of these functions to release the resources
correctly in case of errors. This is maybe fine as the process exits,
but it might be a problem if it manages some system-wide resources that
live longer than the process.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index e855a7688008..a473000f3599 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -4242,13 +4242,13 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)

err = __cmd_record(&record, argc, argv);
out:
- evlist__delete(rec->evlist);
+ record__free_thread_masks(rec, rec->nr_threads);
+ rec->nr_threads = 0;
symbol__exit();
auxtrace_record__free(rec->itr);
out_opts:
- record__free_thread_masks(rec, rec->nr_threads);
- rec->nr_threads = 0;
evlist__close_control(rec->opts.ctl_fd, rec->opts.ctl_fd_ack, &rec->opts.ctl_fd_close);
+ evlist__delete(rec->evlist);
return err;
}

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