Re: [PATCH 07/10] perf sort: Check return value of strdup()

[Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>]

Hi Arnaldo,

2013-01-11 (금), 02:17 -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:
> Em Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 06:11:44PM +0900, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> > From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@lge.com>
> > 
> > When setup_sorting() is called, 'str' is passed to strtok_r() but it's
> > not checked to have a valid pointer.  As strtok_r() accepts NULL
> > pointer on a first argument and use the third argument in that case,
> > it can cause a trouble since our third argument, tmp, is not
> > initialized.
> 
> Ok, but calling exit from here? Better to check it at the callers and
> propagate the error, letting things like TUI/gui exit routines to
> execute.

That's fine to me too, but currently setup_sorting() exits through
usage_with_options() if sort_dimension__add() fails and I followed the
convention here.  Making it to return will require changes to every
callsites of the function.

If you think it's better to change, I can do it as well.

Thanks,
Namhyung