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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-probe.c10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
index 6418782951a4..3d0ffd41fb55 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
@@ -698,6 +698,16 @@ __cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv)
ret = perf_add_probe_events(params.events, params.nevents);
if (ret < 0) {
+
+ /*
+ * When perf_add_probe_events() fails it calls
+ * cleanup_perf_probe_events(pevs, npevs), i.e.
+ * cleanup_perf_probe_events(params.events, params.nevents), which
+ * will call clear_perf_probe_event(), so set nevents to zero
+ * to avoid cleanup_params() to call clear_perf_probe_event() again
+ * on the same pevs.
+ */
+ params.nevents = 0;
pr_err_with_code(" Error: Failed to add events.", ret);
return ret;
}