By using the stack for this small structure, we avoid the need for freeing memory in error paths. Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c index e5fbfb8..bd8e005 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c @@ -2240,6 +2240,7 @@ int btf_dump__dump_type_data(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id, const void *data, size_t data_sz, const struct btf_dump_type_data_opts *opts) { + struct btf_dump_data typed_dump = {}; const struct btf_type *t; int ret; @@ -2250,7 +2251,7 @@ int btf_dump__dump_type_data(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id, if (!t) return libbpf_err(-ENOENT); - d->typed_dump = calloc(1, sizeof(struct btf_dump_data)); + d->typed_dump = &typed_dump; if (!d->typed_dump) return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM); @@ -2269,7 +2270,5 @@ int btf_dump__dump_type_data(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id, ret = btf_dump_dump_type_data(d, NULL, t, id, data, 0, 0); - free(d->typed_dump); - return libbpf_err(ret); } -- 1.8.3.1