* [PATCH 4/5] tools/perf/util: correct size computation
@ 2009-12-06 9:16 Julia Lawall
2009-12-07 10:08 ` walter harms
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Julia Lawall @ 2009-12-06 9:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Peter Zijlstra, Paul Mackerras, Ingo Molnar, linux-kernel,
kernel-janitors
From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
The size argument to zalloc should be the size of desired structure,
not the pointer to it.
The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
// <smpl>
@expression@
expression *x;
@@
x <+...
-sizeof(x)
+sizeof(*x)
...+>// </smpl>
Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
---
tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -u -p a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ struct tracepoint_path *tracepoint_id_to
if (id = config) {
closedir(evt_dir);
closedir(sys_dir);
- path = zalloc(sizeof(path));
+ path = zalloc(sizeof(*path));
path->system = malloc(MAX_EVENT_LENGTH);
if (!path->system) {
free(path);
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* Re: [PATCH 4/5] tools/perf/util: correct size computation
2009-12-06 9:16 [PATCH 4/5] tools/perf/util: correct size computation Julia Lawall
@ 2009-12-07 10:08 ` walter harms
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: walter harms @ 2009-12-07 10:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Julia Lawall
Cc: Peter Zijlstra, Paul Mackerras, Ingo Molnar, linux-kernel,
kernel-janitors
Julia Lawall schrieb:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
>
> The size argument to zalloc should be the size of desired structure,
> not the pointer to it.
>
> The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
>
> // <smpl>
> @expression@
> expression *x;
> @@
>
> x > <+...
> -sizeof(x)
> +sizeof(*x)
> ...+>// </smpl>
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
>
> ---
> tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff -u -p a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
> --- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
> @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ struct tracepoint_path *tracepoint_id_to
> if (id = config) {
> closedir(evt_dir);
> closedir(sys_dir);
> - path = zalloc(sizeof(path));
> + path = zalloc(sizeof(*path));
> path->system = malloc(MAX_EVENT_LENGTH);
> if (!path->system) {
> free(path);
and zalloc() can not fail ?
re,
wh
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