On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 09:53:44AM +0300, Janne Huttunen wrote:
> The dictionaries are attached to the parameter tuple that steals the
> references. The code should not decrement the reference counters
> explicitly. Otherwise the objects might be released while they are
> still in use which may cause perf crashes, assertions or just plain
> weird behavior like unexpected data changes in stored objects.
>
> Signed-off-by: Janne Huttunen <janne.huttu...@nokia.com>
> ---
> tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c | 8 ++------
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
> b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
> index 46e9e19..60fce44 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
> @@ -908,14 +908,11 @@ static void python_process_tracepoint(struct
> perf_sample *sample,
> if (_PyTuple_Resize(&t, n) == -1)
> Py_FatalError("error resizing Python tuple");
>
> - if (!dict) {
> + if (!dict)
> call_object(handler, t, handler_name);
> - } else {
> + else
> call_object(handler, t, default_handler_name);
> - Py_DECREF(dict);
> - }
>
> - Py_XDECREF(all_entries_dict);
> Py_DECREF(t);
> }
>
> @@ -1235,7 +1232,6 @@ static void python_process_general_event(struct
> perf_sample *sample,
>
> call_object(handler, t, handler_name);
>
> - Py_DECREF(dict);
> Py_DECREF(t);
so the dict is released when the tuple is released?
jirka
