Re: [PATCH v1] perf trace: Fix some more memory leaks

From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Fri May 09 2025 - 11:47:47 EST


On Thu, May 08, 2025 at 05:11:45PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> On Thu, May 08, 2025 at 10:36:19AM -0700, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> > On Thu, May 08, 2025 at 11:52:08AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 01:27:15PM -0700, Ian Rogers wrote:
> > > > The files.max is the maximum valid fd in the files array and so
> > > > freeing the values needs to be inclusive of the max value.
> > > >
> > > > Add missing thread__put of the found parent thread in
> > > > thread__e_machine.
> > >
> > > Split it into:
> > >
> > > ⬢ [acme@toolbx perf-tools-next]$ git log --oneline -2
> > > 7900938850645ed4 (HEAD -> perf-tools-next) perf trace: Add missing thread__put() in thread__e_machine()
> > > 8830091383b03498 perf trace: Free the files.max entry in files->table
> > > ⬢ [acme@toolbx perf-tools-next]$
> > >
> > > So that git --oneline is more descriptive, etc.
> > >
> > > Thanks, applied to perf-tools-next,
> >
> > PTAL this one as well.
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250403054213.7021-1-namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> Split into two patches, as one fixes one long standing problem (from
> 2017:
>
> perf trace: Fix leaks of 'struct thread' in set_filter_loop_pids()
>
> I've found some leaks from 'perf trace -a'.
>
> It seems there are more leaks but this is what I can find for now.
>
> Fixes: 082ab9a18e532864 ("perf trace: Filter out 'sshd' in the tracer ancestry in syswide tracing")
>
> But the other fixes a more recent bug:
>
> perf trace: Fix leaks of 'struct thread' in fprintf_sys_enter()
>
> I've found some leaks from 'perf trace -a'.
>
> It seems there are more leaks but this is what I can find for now.
>
> Fixes: 70351029b55677eb ("perf thread: Add support for reading the e_machine type for a thread")
>
> - Arnaldo

Thanks for doing this!
Namhyung