Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
---
tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
index 2500e75583fc..0fc905c230ad 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
@@ -56,7 +56,21 @@ static void show_error(char **error_str, const char *fmt,
...)
index = pevent_get_input_buf_ptr();
len = input ? strlen(input) : 0;
- error = malloc_or_die(MAX_ERR_STR_SIZE + (len*2) + 3);
+ error = malloc(MAX_ERR_STR_SIZE + (len*2) + 3);
+ if (error == NULL) {
+ /*
+ * Maybe it's due to len is too long.
+ * Retry without the input buffer part.
+ */
+ len = 0;
+
+ error = malloc(MAX_ERR_STR_SIZE);
+ if (error == NULL) {
+ /* no memory */
+ *error_str = "failed to allocate memory";
+ return;
+ }
+ }
if (len) {
strcpy(error, input);
--
1.7.11.7
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