If event parsing fails the event list is leaked, instead splice the list onto the out result and let the caller cleanup. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 17 +++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c index 4d42344698b8..a8f8801bd127 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c @@ -1962,15 +1962,20 @@ int parse_events(struct evlist *evlist, const char *str, ret = parse_events__scanner(str, &parse_state, PE_START_EVENTS); perf_pmu__parse_cleanup(); + + if (list_empty(&parse_state.list)) { + WARN_ONCE(true, "WARNING: event parser found nothing\n"); + return -1; + } + + /* + * Add list to the evlist even with errors to allow callers to clean up. + */ + perf_evlist__splice_list_tail(evlist, &parse_state.list); + if (!ret) { struct evsel *last; - if (list_empty(&parse_state.list)) { - WARN_ONCE(true, "WARNING: event parser found nothing\n"); - return -1; - } - - perf_evlist__splice_list_tail(evlist, &parse_state.list); evlist->nr_groups += parse_state.nr_groups; last = evlist__last(evlist); last->cmdline_group_boundary = true; -- 2.23.0.866.gb869b98d4c-goog