Date:   Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:50:48 +0100
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf record: Fix memory leak in vDSO

On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 09:56:26AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 11:28:12AM +0900, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> > On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 10:28 PM Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 01:56:41PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> > > > I got several memory leak reports from Asan with a simple command.  It
> > > > was because VDSO is not released due to the refcount.  Like in
> > > > __dsos_addnew_id(), it should put the refcount after adding to the list.
> > > >
> > > >   $ perf record true
> > > >   [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
> > > >   [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.030 MB perf.data (10 samples) ]
> > > >
> > > >   =================================================================
> > > >   ==692599==ERROR: LeakSanitizer: detected memory leaks
> > > >
> > > >   Direct leak of 439 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from:
> > > >     #0 0x7fea52341037 in __interceptor_calloc ../../../../src/libsanitizer/asan/asan_malloc_linux.cpp:154
> > > >     #1 0x559bce4aa8ee in dso__new_id util/dso.c:1256
> > > >     #2 0x559bce59245a in __machine__addnew_vdso util/vdso.c:132
> > > >     #3 0x559bce59245a in machine__findnew_vdso util/vdso.c:347
> > > >     #4 0x559bce50826c in map__new util/map.c:175
> > > >     #5 0x559bce503c92 in machine__process_mmap2_event util/machine.c:1787
> > > >     #6 0x559bce512f6b in machines__deliver_event util/session.c:1481
> > > >     #7 0x559bce515107 in perf_session__deliver_event util/session.c:1551
> > > >     #8 0x559bce51d4d2 in do_flush util/ordered-events.c:244
> > > >     #9 0x559bce51d4d2 in __ordered_events__flush util/ordered-events.c:323
> > > >     #10 0x559bce519bea in __perf_session__process_events util/session.c:2268
> > > >     #11 0x559bce519bea in perf_session__process_events util/session.c:2297
> > > >     #12 0x559bce2e7a52 in process_buildids /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/builtin-record.c:1017
> > > >     #13 0x559bce2e7a52 in record__finish_output /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/builtin-record.c:1234
> > > >     #14 0x559bce2ed4f6 in __cmd_record /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/builtin-record.c:2026
> > > >     #15 0x559bce2ed4f6 in cmd_record /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/builtin-record.c:2858
> > > >     #16 0x559bce422db4 in run_builtin /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:313
> > > >     #17 0x559bce2acac8 in handle_internal_command /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:365
> > > >     #18 0x559bce2acac8 in run_argv /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:409
> > > >     #19 0x559bce2acac8 in main /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:539
> > > >     #20 0x7fea51e76d09 in __libc_start_main ../csu/libc-start.c:308
> > > >
> > > >   Indirect leak of 32 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from:
> > > >     #0 0x7fea52341037 in __interceptor_calloc ../../../../src/libsanitizer/asan/asan_malloc_linux.cpp:154
> > > >     #1 0x559bce520907 in nsinfo__copy util/namespaces.c:169
> > > >     #2 0x559bce50821b in map__new util/map.c:168
> > > >     #3 0x559bce503c92 in machine__process_mmap2_event util/machine.c:1787
> > > >     #4 0x559bce512f6b in machines__deliver_event util/session.c:1481
> > > >     #5 0x559bce515107 in perf_session__deliver_event util/session.c:1551
> > > >     #6 0x559bce51d4d2 in do_flush util/ordered-events.c:244
> > > >     #7 0x559bce51d4d2 in __ordered_events__flush util/ordered-events.c:323
> > > >     #8 0x559bce519bea in __perf_session__process_events util/session.c:2268
> > > >     #9 0x559bce519bea in perf_session__process_events util/session.c:2297
> > > >     #10 0x559bce2e7a52 in process_buildids /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/builtin-record.c:1017
> > > >     #11 0x559bce2e7a52 in record__finish_output /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/builtin-record.c:1234
> > > >     #12 0x559bce2ed4f6 in __cmd_record /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/builtin-record.c:2026
> > > >     #13 0x559bce2ed4f6 in cmd_record /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/builtin-record.c:2858
> > > >     #14 0x559bce422db4 in run_builtin /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:313
> > > >     #15 0x559bce2acac8 in handle_internal_command /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:365
> > > >     #16 0x559bce2acac8 in run_argv /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:409
> > > >     #17 0x559bce2acac8 in main /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:539
> > > >     #18 0x7fea51e76d09 in __libc_start_main ../csu/libc-start.c:308
> > > >
> > > >   SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: 471 byte(s) leaked in 2 allocation(s).
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
> > > > ---
> > > >  tools/perf/util/vdso.c | 2 ++
> > > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/vdso.c b/tools/perf/util/vdso.c
> > > > index 3cc91ad048ea..43beb169631d 100644
> > > > --- a/tools/perf/util/vdso.c
> > > > +++ b/tools/perf/util/vdso.c
> > > > @@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ static struct dso *__machine__addnew_vdso(struct machine *machine, const char *s
> > > >       if (dso != NULL) {
> > > >               __dsos__add(&machine->dsos, dso);
> > > >               dso__set_long_name(dso, long_name, false);
> > > > +             /* Put dso here because __dsos_add already got it */
> > > > +             dso__put(dso);
> > >
> > > from quick look I don't understand why we take refcnt down
> > > right after adding to the list.. it would make sense to me
> 
> That is the right pattern, i.e. the list has a reference to it, if it is
> removed outside the __dsos__add(), then list traversal may be corrupted.
> 
> > > if dso is not stored elsewhere so we want dsos__exit to
> > > release it.. but it's still stored in map object
> > >
> > > I checked and we do extra dso__get in machine__findnew_vdso
> > > (and also in dsos__findnew_id) ... so that one seems to me
> > > like the one we should remove
> 
> findnew _needs_ to grab te refcount while holding the lock, so that what
> it returns won't go away in a different thread.
> 
> > > but I might be missing something, I'll try to check more
> > > deeply later on
>  
> > I think we assume the find/findnew APIs include increment of
> > the refcount, otherwise all callers should be converted to do it
> > explicitly.
> 
> The callers can't grab the reference safely, i.e. its outside the lock.
>  
> > Then the 'find' part should increase it but the 'new' part is not
> > (as it already has 2) and that's why we have that.

map__new
{
  machine__findnew_vdso
  {
    __machine__addnew_vdso
    {
      dso__new                      refcnt=1
      __dsos__add                   refcnt=2
      dso__put                      refcnt=1
    }
    dso__get                        refcnt=2
  }
  map__init                         refcnt=3
  dso__put                          refcnt=2
}

we end up with refcnt=2, which is fine, because there's
dsos list and map owners but the process is tricky ;-)

anyway I'm ok with the change

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>

thanks,
jirka

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