linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/9] perf parse-event: Fix memory leak in evsel->unit

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Message-Id: <20200907034502.753230-4-namhyung@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon,  7 Sep 2020 12:44:56 +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>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/9] perf parse-event: Fix memory leak in evsel->unit

The evsel->unit borrows a pointer of pmu event or alias instead of
owns a string.  But tool event (duration_time) passes a result of
strdup() caused a leak.

It was found by ASAN during metric test:

  Direct leak of 210 byte(s) in 70 object(s) allocated from:
    #0 0x7fe366fca0b5 in strdup (/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasan.so.5+0x920b5)
    #1 0x559fbbcc6ea3 in add_event_tool util/parse-events.c:414
    #2 0x559fbbcc6ea3 in parse_events_add_tool util/parse-events.c:1414
    #3 0x559fbbd8474d in parse_events_parse util/parse-events.y:439
    #4 0x559fbbcc95da in parse_events__scanner util/parse-events.c:2096
    #5 0x559fbbcc95da in __parse_events util/parse-events.c:2141
    #6 0x559fbbc28555 in check_parse_id tests/pmu-events.c:406
    #7 0x559fbbc28555 in check_parse_id tests/pmu-events.c:393
    #8 0x559fbbc28555 in check_parse_cpu tests/pmu-events.c:415
    #9 0x559fbbc28555 in test_parsing tests/pmu-events.c:498
    #10 0x559fbbc0109b in run_test tests/builtin-test.c:410
    #11 0x559fbbc0109b in test_and_print tests/builtin-test.c:440
    #12 0x559fbbc03e69 in __cmd_test tests/builtin-test.c:695
    #13 0x559fbbc03e69 in cmd_test tests/builtin-test.c:807
    #14 0x559fbbc691f4 in run_builtin /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:312
    #15 0x559fbbb071a8 in handle_internal_command /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:364
    #16 0x559fbbb071a8 in run_argv /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:408
    #17 0x559fbbb071a8 in main /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:538
    #18 0x7fe366b68cc9 in __libc_start_main ../csu/libc-start.c:308

Fixes: f0fbb114e3025 ("perf stat: Implement duration_time as a proper event")
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
---
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index b35e4bb1cecb..ece321ccf599 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ static int add_event_tool(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	evsel->tool_event = tool_event;
 	if (tool_event == PERF_TOOL_DURATION_TIME)
-		evsel->unit = strdup("ns");
+		evsel->unit = "ns";
 	return 0;
 }
 
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