Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] Share events between metrics

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>]

Em Sun, May 24, 2020 at 12:19:36AM +0200, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 10:56:59AM -0700, Ian Rogers wrote:
> 
> SNIP
> 
> > >> >       #11 0x00000000004b6911 in cmd_test (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffd7f0) at tests/builtin-test.c:772
> > >> >       #12 0x00000000004e977b in run_builtin (p=0xa7eee8 <commands+552>, argc=3, argv=0x7fffffffd7f0) at perf.c:312
> > >> >       #13 0x00000000004e99e8 in handle_internal_command (argc=3, argv=0x7fffffffd7f0) at perf.c:364
> > >> >       #14 0x00000000004e9b2f in run_argv (argcp=0x7fffffffd64c, argv=0x7fffffffd640) at perf.c:408
> > >> >       #15 0x00000000004e9efb in main (argc=3, argv=0x7fffffffd7f0) at perf.c:538
> > >> >
> > >> > attached patch fixes it for me, but I'm not sure this
> > >> > should be necessary
> > >>
> > >> ... applying the patch below makes the segfault go away. Ian, Ack? I can
> > >> fold it into the patch introducing the problem.
> > >
> > >
> > > I suspect this patch is a memory leak. The underlying issue is likely the outstanding hashmap_clear fix in libbpf. Let me check.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ian
> > 
> > Tested:
> > $ git checkout -b testing acme/tmp.perf/core
> > $ make ...
> > $ perf test 7
> > 7: Simple expression parser                              : FAILED!
> > $ git cherry-pick 6bca339175bf
> > [acme-perf-expr-testing 4614bd252003] libbpf: Fix memory leak and
> > possible double-free in hashmap__c
> 
> yep, it fixes the issue for me, but I see that under different commit number:
> 
>   229bf8bf4d91 libbpf: Fix memory leak and possible double-free in hashmap__clear

Ok, so I'll just add a note mentioning that this test will pass as soon
as the libbpf fix gets upstream.

Thanks,

- Arnaldo