3.16.42-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> commit cf346d5bd4b9d61656df2f72565c9b354ef3ca0d upstream. Both register_perl_scripting() and register_python_scripting() allocate this variable, fix it by checking if it already was. Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 7e4b21b84c43 ("perf/scripts: Add Python scripting engine") Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c @@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ static void register_python_scripting(st if (err) die("error registering py script extension"); - scripting_context = malloc(sizeof(struct scripting_context)); + if (scripting_context == NULL) + scripting_context = malloc(sizeof(*scripting_context)); } #ifdef NO_LIBPYTHON @@ -153,7 +154,8 @@ static void register_perl_scripting(stru if (err) die("error registering pl script extension"); - scripting_context = malloc(sizeof(struct scripting_context)); + if (scripting_context == NULL) + scripting_context = malloc(sizeof(*scripting_context)); } #ifdef NO_LIBPERL