From: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
To: irogers@google.com, acme@kernel.org, namhyung@kernel.org
Cc: adrian.hunter@intel.com, ddhariwal@google.com,
eranian@google.com, james.clark@linaro.org, jolsa@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,
mingo@redhat.com, peterz@infradead.org, rcu@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v6 01/11] perf bpf-filter: Fix bpf_link leak by using PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_BPF
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:29:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261022203003.1779152-2-irogers@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261022203003.1779152-1-irogers@google.com>
In perf_bpf_filter__prepare(), the unpinned filter path attaches
skel->progs.perf_sample_filter to each FD(evsel, x, y) using
bpf_program__attach_perf_event_opts() and ignores the returned
struct bpf_link *, leaking the allocated struct bpf_link_perf and its
BPF_PERF_EVENT link fd.
Furthermore, bpf_program__attach_perf_event_opts() is designed for
callers that transfer ownership of the perf_event fd to the returned
bpf_link: when bpf_link__destroy() is called, bpf_link_perf_detach()
unconditionally disables and closes perf_link->perf_event_fd. Because
evsel->core.fd owns FD(evsel, x, y) and closes them in evlist__close(),
destroying the returned bpf_link would double-close the perf_event file
descriptors.
Fix this by attaching the program directly with
ioctl(FD(evsel, x, y), PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_BPF, fd), matching the pinned
filter path right above it in perf_bpf_filter__prepare(). In the
kernel, PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_BPF takes a reference on the BPF program and
_free_event() -> perf_event_free_bpf_prog() automatically detaches and
releases it when the perf_event fd is closed. This also avoids enabling
the event prematurely, allowing pe_opts (.dont_enable = true) and the
LIBBPF_CURRENT_VERSION_GEQ(1, 7) guard to be dropped.
Before (built with EXTRA_CFLAGS="-fsanitize=address"):
# perf record -e cycles --filter 'period > 1000' -- true
[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.024 MB perf.data ]
=================================================================
==51328==ERROR: LeakSanitizer: detected memory leaks
Direct leak of 1568 byte(s) in 28 object(s) allocated from:
#0 0x7ffbe76ef24f in calloc (/lib64/libasan.so.8+0xef24f)
#1 0x625df7 in bpf_program__attach_perf_event_opts (tools/perf/perf+0x625df7)
#2 0xbeddc0 in perf_bpf_filter__prepare util/bpf-filter.c:507
#3 0x8f3def in evlist__apply_filters util/evlist.c:1421
#4 0x44bbcf in record__open tools/perf/builtin-record.c:1469
#5 0x453f9e in __cmd_record tools/perf/builtin-record.c:2594
#6 0x45dadb in cmd_record tools/perf/builtin-record.c:4427
#7 0x5df56b in run_builtin tools/perf/perf.c:383
#8 0x5dfa0e in handle_internal_command tools/perf/perf.c:436
#9 0x5dfddc in run_argv tools/perf/perf.c:480
#10 0x5e0333 in main tools/perf/perf.c:581
SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: 1568 byte(s) leaked in 28 allocation(s).
After (built with EXTRA_CFLAGS="-fsanitize=address"):
# perf record -e cycles --filter 'period > 1000' -- true
[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.024 MB perf.data ]
Reported-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-perf-users/20261020053226.55936-1-namhyung@kernel.org/
Fixes: 56ec9457a4a2 ("perf bpf filter: Implement event sample filtering")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
tools/perf/util/bpf-filter.c | 18 +++++-------------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-filter.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf-filter.c
index 72e83ac1d6a4..506414e5c407 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-filter.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-filter.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
* The 'dropped' map is to keep how many samples it dropped by the filter and
* it will be reported as lost samples.
*/
+#include <errno.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
@@ -423,16 +424,8 @@ int perf_bpf_filter__prepare(struct evsel *evsel, struct target *target)
{
int i, x, y, fd, ret;
struct sample_filter_bpf *skel = NULL;
- struct bpf_program *prog;
- struct bpf_link *link;
struct perf_bpf_filter_entry *entry;
bool needs_idx_hash = !target__has_cpu(target);
-#if LIBBPF_CURRENT_VERSION_GEQ(1, 7)
- DECLARE_LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_perf_event_opts, pe_opts,
- .dont_enable = true);
-#else
- DECLARE_LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_perf_event_opts, pe_opts);
-#endif
entry = calloc(MAX_FILTERS, sizeof(*entry));
if (entry == NULL)
@@ -501,14 +494,13 @@ int perf_bpf_filter__prepare(struct evsel *evsel, struct target *target)
goto err;
}
- prog = skel->progs.perf_sample_filter;
+ fd = bpf_program__fd(skel->progs.perf_sample_filter);
for (x = 0; x < xyarray__max_x(evsel->core.fd); x++) {
for (y = 0; y < xyarray__max_y(evsel->core.fd); y++) {
- link = bpf_program__attach_perf_event_opts(prog, FD(evsel, x, y),
- &pe_opts);
- if (IS_ERR(link)) {
+ ret = ioctl(FD(evsel, x, y), PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_BPF, fd);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ ret = -errno;
pr_err("Failed to attach perf sample-filter program\n");
- ret = PTR_ERR(link);
goto err;
}
}
--
2.56.0.307.g5fe7bd680c-goog
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Thread overview: 104+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-17 5:45 [PATCH v1 0/5] perf bpf-filter / lock contention: Add lock_held() sample filter and RCU/SRCU support Ian Rogers
2026-10-17 5:45 ` [PATCH v1 1/5] perf lock contention: Share common BPF and lock type definitions in lock_data.h Ian Rogers
2026-10-17 5:52 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-17 5:45 ` [PATCH v1 2/5] perf bpf-filter: Add lock_held() sample filter Ian Rogers
2026-10-17 6:09 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-17 5:45 ` [PATCH v1 3/5] perf test: Add tests for lock_held() BPF " Ian Rogers
2026-10-17 5:49 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-17 5:45 ` [PATCH v1 4/5] perf bpf-filter: Extend lock_held() to support RCU, Tasks Trace RCU, and SRCU Ian Rogers
2026-10-17 5:56 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-17 5:45 ` [PATCH v1 5/5] perf lock contention: Extend BPF lock contention to RCU " Ian Rogers
2026-10-17 6:08 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-17 17:14 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] perf bpf-filter / lock contention: Add lock_held() sample filter and RCU/SRCU support Ian Rogers
2026-10-17 17:14 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] perf lock contention: Share common BPF and lock type definitions in lock_data.h Ian Rogers
2026-10-17 17:31 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-17 17:14 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] perf bpf-filter: Add lock_held() sample filter Ian Rogers
2026-10-17 17:35 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-17 17:14 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] perf test: Add tests for lock_held() BPF " Ian Rogers
2026-10-17 17:17 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-17 17:14 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] perf bpf-filter: Extend lock_held() to support RCU, Tasks Trace RCU, and SRCU Ian Rogers
2026-10-17 17:25 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-17 17:14 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] perf lock contention: Extend BPF lock contention to RCU " Ian Rogers
2026-10-17 17:30 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-17 17:14 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] perf lock contention: Filter events before creating lock_stat Ian Rogers
2026-10-17 17:17 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-18 5:37 ` [PATCH v3 0/6] perf bpf-filter / lock contention: Add lock_held() sample filter and RCU/SRCU support Ian Rogers
2026-10-18 5:37 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] perf lock contention: Share common BPF and lock type definitions in lock_data.h Ian Rogers
2026-10-18 5:50 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-18 5:37 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] perf bpf-filter: Add lock_held() sample filter Ian Rogers
2026-10-18 6:12 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-18 5:37 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] perf test: Add tests for lock_held() BPF " Ian Rogers
2026-10-18 5:41 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-18 5:37 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] perf bpf-filter: Extend lock_held() to support RCU, Tasks Trace RCU, and SRCU Ian Rogers
2026-10-18 5:51 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-18 5:37 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] perf lock contention: Extend BPF lock contention to RCU " Ian Rogers
2026-10-18 5:48 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-18 5:37 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] perf lock contention: Filter events before creating lock_stat Ian Rogers
2026-10-18 5:40 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-19 7:00 ` [PATCH v3 0/6] perf bpf-filter / lock contention: Add lock_held() sample filter and RCU/SRCU support Namhyung Kim
2026-10-19 19:08 ` Ian Rogers
2026-10-19 22:09 ` [PATCH v4 0/7] " Ian Rogers
2026-10-19 22:09 ` [PATCH v4 1/7] perf lock contention: Filter events before creating lock_stat Ian Rogers
2026-10-19 22:14 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-20 4:34 ` Namhyung Kim
2026-10-21 21:39 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-10-19 22:09 ` [PATCH v4 2/7] perf bpf-filter: Support BPF sample filters on tracepoint events Ian Rogers
2026-10-19 22:26 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-20 5:41 ` Namhyung Kim
2026-10-20 15:30 ` Ian Rogers
2026-10-20 22:29 ` Namhyung Kim
2026-10-19 22:09 ` [PATCH v4 3/7] perf lock contention: Share common BPF and lock type definitions in lock_data.h Ian Rogers
2026-10-19 22:17 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-19 22:09 ` [PATCH v4 4/7] perf bpf-filter: Add lock_held() sample filter Ian Rogers
2026-10-19 22:28 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-19 22:09 ` [PATCH v4 5/7] perf test: Add tests for lock_held() BPF " Ian Rogers
2026-10-19 22:12 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-19 22:09 ` [PATCH v4 6/7] perf bpf-filter: Extend lock_held() to support RCU, Tasks Trace RCU, and SRCU Ian Rogers
2026-10-19 22:19 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-19 22:09 ` [PATCH v4 7/7] perf lock contention: Extend BPF lock contention to RCU " Ian Rogers
2026-10-19 22:19 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-20 20:58 ` [PATCH v5 0/8] perf bpf-filter / lock contention: Add lock_held() sample filter and RCU/SRCU support Ian Rogers
2026-10-20 20:58 ` [PATCH v5 1/8] perf lock contention: Filter events before creating lock_stat Ian Rogers
2026-10-20 22:38 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-20 20:58 ` [PATCH v5 2/8] perf bpf-filter: Fix bpf_link leak by using PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_BPF Ian Rogers
2026-10-20 22:41 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-20 20:58 ` [PATCH v5 3/8] perf bpf-filter: Support BPF sample filters on tracepoint events Ian Rogers
2026-10-20 22:57 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-20 20:58 ` [PATCH v5 4/8] perf lock contention: Share common BPF and lock type definitions in lock_data.h Ian Rogers
2026-10-20 22:42 ` Namhyung Kim
2026-10-20 23:02 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-20 20:58 ` [PATCH v5 5/8] perf bpf-filter: Add lock_held() sample filter Ian Rogers
2026-10-20 22:49 ` Namhyung Kim
2026-10-20 23:17 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-20 20:58 ` [PATCH v5 6/8] perf test: Add tests for lock_held() BPF " Ian Rogers
2026-10-20 23:20 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-20 20:58 ` [PATCH v5 7/8] perf bpf-filter: Extend lock_held() to support RCU, Tasks Trace RCU, and SRCU Ian Rogers
2026-10-20 23:29 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-20 20:58 ` [PATCH v5 8/8] perf lock contention: Extend BPF lock contention to RCU " Ian Rogers
2026-10-20 23:37 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-22 20:29 ` [PATCH v6 00/11] perf bpf-filter / lock contention: Add lock_held() sample filter and RCU/SRCU support Ian Rogers
2026-10-22 20:29 ` Ian Rogers [this message]
2026-10-22 20:35 ` [PATCH v6 01/11] perf bpf-filter: Fix bpf_link leak by using PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_BPF sashiko-bot
2026-10-22 22:06 ` Namhyung Kim
2026-10-22 20:29 ` [PATCH v6 02/11] perf bpf-filter: Support BPF sample filters on tracepoint events Ian Rogers
2026-10-22 20:55 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-22 20:29 ` [PATCH v6 03/11] perf lock contention: Share common BPF and lock type definitions in lock_data.h Ian Rogers
2026-10-22 20:36 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-22 20:29 ` [PATCH v6 04/11] perf lock contention: Extend get_lock_owner() for rt_mutex and mutex handoff Ian Rogers
2026-10-22 20:41 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-22 20:29 ` [PATCH v6 05/11] perf bpf-filter: Add lock_held() sample filter for global mutexes Ian Rogers
2026-10-22 20:46 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-22 22:55 ` Namhyung Kim
2026-10-22 20:29 ` [PATCH v6 06/11] perf bpf-filter: Extend lock_held() to other kernel lock types Ian Rogers
2026-10-22 20:55 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-22 22:56 ` Namhyung Kim
2026-10-22 20:29 ` [PATCH v6 07/11] perf bpf-filter: Support per-process and semi-global locks in lock_held() Ian Rogers
2026-10-22 20:49 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-22 20:30 ` [PATCH v6 08/11] perf bpf-filter: Support slab cache locks (&<name>) " Ian Rogers
2026-10-22 20:37 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-22 20:30 ` [PATCH v6 09/11] perf test: Add tests for lock_held() BPF sample filter Ian Rogers
2026-10-22 20:37 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-22 20:30 ` [PATCH v6 10/11] perf bpf-filter: Extend lock_held() to support RCU, Tasks Trace RCU, and SRCU Ian Rogers
2026-10-22 20:44 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-22 20:30 ` [PATCH v6 11/11] perf lock contention: Extend BPF lock contention to RCU " Ian Rogers
2026-10-22 20:43 ` sashiko-bot
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