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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/perf.c14
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index 144047c396f0..f6321194937f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -454,11 +454,12 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
static void execv_dashed_external(const char **argv)
{
- struct strbuf cmd = STRBUF_INIT;
+ char *cmd;
const char *tmp;
int status;
- strbuf_addf(&cmd, "perf-%s", argv[0]);
+ if (asprintf(&cmd, "perf-%s", argv[0]) < 0)
+ goto do_die;
/*
* argv[0] must be the perf command, but the argv array
@@ -467,7 +468,7 @@ static void execv_dashed_external(const char **argv)
* restore it on error.
*/
tmp = argv[0];
- argv[0] = cmd.buf;
+ argv[0] = cmd;
/*
* if we fail because the command is not found, it is
@@ -475,15 +476,16 @@ static void execv_dashed_external(const char **argv)
*/
status = run_command_v_opt(argv, 0);
if (status != -ERR_RUN_COMMAND_EXEC) {
- if (IS_RUN_COMMAND_ERR(status))
+ if (IS_RUN_COMMAND_ERR(status)) {
+do_die:
die("unable to run '%s'", argv[0]);
+ }
exit(-status);
}
errno = ENOENT; /* as if we called execvp */
argv[0] = tmp;
-
- strbuf_release(&cmd);
+ zfree(&cmd);
}
static int run_argv(int *argcp, const char ***argv)