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-rw-r--r--tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c16
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
index ab402fb2dcf7..d4b0bac80dc8 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 = NULL;
+ return;
+ }
+ }
if (len) {
strcpy(error, input);