[lttng-dev] [PATCH lttng-tools 1/2] Fix: Invalid free on session_name when destroying session

Mathieu Desnoyers mathieu.desnoyers at efficios.com
Thu Aug 16 10:18:53 EDT 2012


* Christian Babeux (christian.babeux at efficios.com) wrote:
> The session_name should not be free(3) if the user has specified
> a session name on the command line. Also, the caller is responsible to
> free the allocated string when calling get_session_name().
> Handle both cases gracefully.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Babeux <christian.babeux at efficios.com>

Acked-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers at efficios.com>

> ---
>  src/bin/lttng/commands/destroy.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++-----------
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/bin/lttng/commands/destroy.c b/src/bin/lttng/commands/destroy.c
> index 5b69cb5..7b7ea0e 100644
> --- a/src/bin/lttng/commands/destroy.c
> +++ b/src/bin/lttng/commands/destroy.c
> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
>  
>  #include <common/sessiond-comm/sessiond-comm.h>
>  
> +static char *opt_session_name;
>  static int opt_destroy_all;
>  
>  enum {
> @@ -156,28 +157,32 @@ int cmd_destroy(int argc, const char **argv)
>  		goto end;
>  	}
>  
> -	session_name = (char *) poptGetArg(pc);
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * ignore session name in case all
> -	 * sessions are to be destroyed
> -	 */
> +	/* Ignore session name in case all sessions are to be destroyed */
>  	if (opt_destroy_all) {
>  		ret = destroy_all_sessions();
>  		goto end;
>  	}
> -	if (session_name == NULL) {
> -		ret = get_default_session_name(&session_name);
> -		if (ret < 0 || session_name == NULL) {
> +
> +	opt_session_name = (char *) poptGetArg(pc);
> +
> +	if (opt_session_name == NULL) {
> +		/* No session name specified, lookup default */
> +		session_name = get_session_name();
> +		if (session_name == NULL) {
> +			ret = CMD_ERROR;
>  			goto end;
>  		}
> +	} else {
> +		session_name = opt_session_name;
>  	}
> +
>  	ret = destroy_session(session_name);
>  
>  end:
> -	poptFreeContext(pc);
> -	if (session_name != NULL) {
> +	if (opt_session_name == NULL) {
>  		free(session_name);
>  	}
> +
> +	poptFreeContext(pc);
>  	return ret;
>  }
> -- 
> 1.7.11.4
> 
> 
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-- 
Mathieu Desnoyers
Operating System Efficiency R&D Consultant
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com



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