From: Mark Korenberg <socketpair@gmail.com>
To: Quentin Monnet <qmo@kernel.org>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>,
Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>,
Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>,
Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>,
Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>,
Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org,
llvm@lists.linux.dev, Mark Korenberg <socketpair@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v3 1/2] bpftool: Fix disposal of the LLVM disassembler context
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:05:37 +0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261029-bpftool-plugin-v3-1-87af799da40a@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261029-bpftool-plugin-v3-0-87af799da40a@gmail.com>
destroy_context() frees the disassembler context with LLVMDisposeMessage(),
which is a plain free() meant for strings returned by LLVM. The context is
therefore never destroyed, leaking about 28 KiB per disassembled function.
Use LLVMDisasmDispose() instead.
Fixes: eb9d1acf634b ("bpftool: Add LLVM as default library for disassembling JIT-ed programs")
Signed-off-by: Mark Korenberg <socketpair@gmail.com>
---
tools/bpf/bpftool/jit_disasm.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/jit_disasm.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/jit_disasm.c
index 04541155e9cc..5ff144ce84a1 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/jit_disasm.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/jit_disasm.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ init_context(disasm_ctx_t *ctx, const char *arch,
static void destroy_context(disasm_ctx_t *ctx)
{
- LLVMDisposeMessage(*ctx);
+ LLVMDisasmDispose(*ctx);
}
static int
--
2.56.0
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From: Mark Korenberg via B4 Relay <devnull+socketpair.gmail.com@kernel.org>
To: Quentin Monnet <qmo@kernel.org>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>,
Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>,
Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>,
Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>,
Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>,
Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org,
llvm@lists.linux.dev, Mark Korenberg <socketpair@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v3 1/2] bpftool: Fix disposal of the LLVM disassembler context
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:05:37 +0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261029-bpftool-plugin-v3-1-87af799da40a@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261029-bpftool-plugin-v3-0-87af799da40a@gmail.com>
From: Mark Korenberg <socketpair@gmail.com>
destroy_context() frees the disassembler context with LLVMDisposeMessage(),
which is a plain free() meant for strings returned by LLVM. The context is
therefore never destroyed, leaking about 28 KiB per disassembled function.
Use LLVMDisasmDispose() instead.
Fixes: eb9d1acf634b ("bpftool: Add LLVM as default library for disassembling JIT-ed programs")
Signed-off-by: Mark Korenberg <socketpair@gmail.com>
---
tools/bpf/bpftool/jit_disasm.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/jit_disasm.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/jit_disasm.c
index 04541155e9cc..5ff144ce84a1 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/jit_disasm.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/jit_disasm.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ init_context(disasm_ctx_t *ctx, const char *arch,
static void destroy_context(disasm_ctx_t *ctx)
{
- LLVMDisposeMessage(*ctx);
+ LLVMDisasmDispose(*ctx);
}
static int
--
2.56.0
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2026-10-29 13:05 [PATCH bpf-next v3 0/2] bpftool: Make the LLVM disassembler an optional runtime dependency Mark Korenberg
2026-10-29 13:05 ` Mark Korenberg via B4 Relay
2026-10-29 13:05 ` Mark Korenberg [this message]
2026-10-29 13:05 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 1/2] bpftool: Fix disposal of the LLVM disassembler context Mark Korenberg via B4 Relay
2026-10-29 13:05 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 2/2] bpftool: Make the LLVM disassembler an optional runtime dependency Mark Korenberg
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