linux-kernel - [PATCH v1] perf test: Fix leak in "Synthesize attr update" test

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Message-ID: <20250305191931.604764-1-irogers@google.com>
Date: Wed,  5 Mar 2025 11:19:31 -0800
From: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, 
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, 
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, 
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, 
	Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>, 
	Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v1] perf test: Fix leak in "Synthesize attr update" test

The own_cpus map variable may be non-NULL and hold a reference, in
particular on hybrid machines. Do a put before overwriting the
variable to avoid a memory leak.

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

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/event_update.c b/tools/perf/tests/event_update.c
index d6b4ce3ef4ee..9301fde11366 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/event_update.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/event_update.c
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ static int test__event_update(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int subtes
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("failed to synthesize attr update name",
 			!perf_event__synthesize_event_update_name(&tmp.tool, evsel, process_event_name));
 
+	perf_cpu_map__put(evsel->core.own_cpus);
 	evsel->core.own_cpus = perf_cpu_map__new("1,2,3");
 
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("failed to synthesize attr update cpus",
-- 
2.48.1.711.g2feabab25a-goog