linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf stat: Fix memory leak on error path

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Date:   Sun, 7 Nov 2021 12:33:07 -0300
From:   Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:     Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        eranian@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf stat: Fix memory leak on error path

Em Sun, Nov 07, 2021 at 01:54:44AM -0700, Ian Rogers escreveu:
> Strdup is used to deduplicate, ensure it isn't overwriting an already

s/overwriting/leaking/g

Right?

- Arnaldo

> created string by freeing first.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
> index 69f3cf3b4a44..e4fb02b05130 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
> @@ -444,6 +444,7 @@ void perf_stat__collect_metric_expr(struct evlist *evsel_list)
>  						"Add %s event to groups to get metric expression for %s\n",
>  						metric_name,
>  						counter->name);
> +					free(printed);
>  					printed = strdup(metric_name);
>  				}
>  				invalid = true;
> -- 
> 2.34.0.rc0.344.g81b53c2807-goog

-- 

- Arnaldo