linux-kernel - Re: __trace_remove_event_dirs() leaks file->filter ? (Was: probe_event_disable()->synchronize

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Date:	Fri, 4 Jul 2014 21:38:31 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>,
	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com>,
	"zhangwei(Jovi)" <jovi.zhangwei@...wei.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"yrl.pp-manager.tt@...achi.com" <yrl.pp-manager.tt@...achi.com>
Subject: Re: __trace_remove_event_dirs() leaks file->filter ? (Was:
	probe_event_disable()->synchronize_sched())

On 07/04, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
>
> (2014/07/04 2:01), Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > On 07/03, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >>
> >> Hmm. Off-topic, but it seems that instance_rmdir() leaks the memory? Say,
> >> file->filter?
> >
> > Perhaps I am totally confused, but don't we need something like the patch
> > below? I'll try to recheck later...
> >
> > Better yet, we can probably move destroy_preds() from event_remove() to
> > remove_event_file_dir()... not sure, need to recheck.
>
> Ah, yes, it seems event_remove releases preds, and remove_event_file_dir()
> called from event_trace_del_tracer() doesn't release it.
>
> BTW, with following patch, we'd better remove destroy_preds() from
> event_remove() and add destroy_call_preds() at the very last of the
> function.

Yes, please see "Better yet" above. And probably we can simply remove
destroy_preds() after that.

But I still need to reccheck, didn't have time today. And you know what?
call->filter logic looks broken too ;)

Oleg.

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