Tidy up memory allocation in read_event()

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Simon Kelley committed 2026-01-31 21:31:10 +00:00
1 parent 714d36229a
commit 870f14108f
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+15 -11
+15 -11
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@@ -1450,8 +1450,6 @@ void send_event(int fd, int event, int data, char *msg)
while (writev(fd, iov, msg ? 2 : 1) == -1 && errno == EINTR);
}
/* NOTE: the memory used to return msg is leaked: use msgs in events only
to describe fatal errors. */
static int read_event(int fd, struct event_desc *evp, char **msg)
{
char *buf;
@@ -1461,12 +1459,22 @@ static int read_event(int fd, struct event_desc *evp, char **msg)
*msg = NULL;
if (evp->msg_sz != 0 &&
(buf = malloc(evp->msg_sz + 1)) &&
read_write(fd, (unsigned char *)buf, evp->msg_sz, RW_READ))
if (evp->msg_sz != 0)
{
buf[evp->msg_sz] = 0;
*msg = buf;
if (!(buf = whine_malloc(evp->msg_sz + 1)))
{
int i;
unsigned char a;
/* Keep the stream synchronised if malloc fails. */
for (i = 0; i < evp->msg_sz; i++)
read_write(fd, &a, 1, RW_READ);
}
else if (read_write(fd, (unsigned char *)buf, evp->msg_sz, RW_READ))
{
buf[evp->msg_sz] = 0;
*msg = buf;
}
}
return 1;
@@ -1529,9 +1537,6 @@ static void async_event(int pipe, time_t now)
int wstatus, i, check = 0;
char *msg;
/* NOTE: the memory used to return msg is leaked: use msgs in events only
to describe fatal errors. */
if (read_event(pipe, &ev, &msg))
switch (ev.event)
{
@@ -1637,7 +1642,6 @@ static void async_event(int pipe, time_t now)
case EVENT_SCRIPT_LOG:
my_syslog(MS_SCRIPT | LOG_DEBUG, "%s", msg ? msg : "");
free(msg);
msg = NULL;
break;
/* necessary for fatal errors in helper */