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-rw-r--r--tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
index 2b73abfb0c9f..53e48eb112c3 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
@@ -362,8 +362,11 @@ create_arg_item(struct event_format *event, const char *token,
arg->value.type =
type == EVENT_DQUOTE ? FILTER_STRING : FILTER_CHAR;
arg->value.str = strdup(token);
- if (!arg->value.str)
- die("malloc string");
+ if (!arg->value.str) {
+ free_arg(arg);
+ show_error(error_str, "failed to allocate string filter arg");
+ return NULL;
+ }
break;
case EVENT_ITEM:
/* if it is a number, then convert it */