linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 13/18] perf lock: Fix a memory leak on an error path

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Message-Id: <20231009183920.200859-15-irogers@google.com>
Date:   Mon,  9 Oct 2023 11:39:15 -0700
From:   Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@...wei.com>,
        Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>,
        Ming Wang <wangming01@...ngson.cn>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@....com>, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 13/18] perf lock: Fix a memory leak on an error path

If a memory allocation fails then the strdup-ed string needs
freeing. Detected by clang-tidy.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-lock.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
index fa7419978353..a3ff2f4edbaa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
@@ -2478,6 +2478,7 @@ static int parse_call_stack(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused, const char
 		entry = malloc(sizeof(*entry) + strlen(tok) + 1);
 		if (entry == NULL) {
 			pr_err("Memory allocation failure\n");
+			free(s);
 			return -1;
 		}
 
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