The new string should have enough space for the original string and the back slashes IMHO.
Cc: John Garry <[email protected]> Cc: Kajol Jain <[email protected]> Cc: Ian Rogers <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]> --- tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c index fa86c5f997cc..fc9c158bfa13 100644 --- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c +++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static char *fixregex(char *s) return s; /* allocate space for a new string */ - fixed = (char *) malloc(len + 1); + fixed = (char *) malloc(len + esc_count + 1); if (!fixed) return NULL; -- 2.28.0.402.g5ffc5be6b7-goog
