linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/2] perf metric: Fix some memory leaks

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Date:   Sat,  5 Sep 2020 11:19:11 +0900
From:   Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
        Kajol Jain <kjain@...ux.ibm.com>,
        John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] perf metric: Fix some memory leaks

I found some memory leaks while reading the metric code.  Some are
real and others only occur in the error path.  When it failed during
metric or event parsing, it should release all resources properly.

Cc: Kajol Jain <kjain@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc: John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Fixes: b18f3e365019d ("perf stat: Support JSON metrics in perf stat")
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
---
 tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
index 8831b964288f..af664d6218d6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
@@ -530,6 +530,9 @@ void metricgroup__print(bool metrics, bool metricgroups, char *filter,
 						continue;
 					strlist__add(me->metrics, s);
 				}
+
+				if (!raw)
+					free(s);
 			}
 			free(omg);
 		}
@@ -1040,7 +1043,7 @@ static int parse_groups(struct evlist *perf_evlist, const char *str,
 	ret = metricgroup__add_metric_list(str, metric_no_group,
 					   &extra_events, &metric_list, map);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto out;
 	pr_debug("adding %s\n", extra_events.buf);
 	bzero(&parse_error, sizeof(parse_error));
 	ret = __parse_events(perf_evlist, extra_events.buf, &parse_error, fake_pmu);
@@ -1048,11 +1051,11 @@ static int parse_groups(struct evlist *perf_evlist, const char *str,
 		parse_events_print_error(&parse_error, extra_events.buf);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	strbuf_release(&extra_events);
 	ret = metricgroup__setup_events(&metric_list, metric_no_merge,
 					perf_evlist, metric_events);
 out:
 	metricgroup__free_metrics(&metric_list);
+	strbuf_release(&extra_events);
 	return ret;
 }
 
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2.28.0.526.ge36021eeef-goog