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From: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
To: "Alexei Starovoitov" <ast@kernel.org>,
	"Andrii Nakryiko" <andrii@kernel.org>,
	"Daniel Borkmann" <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
	"Eduard Zingerman" <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
	"Jiri Olsa" <olsajiri@gmail.com>,
	"Mykyta Yatsenko" <yatsenko@meta.com>,
	"Alexis Lothoré" <alexis.lothore@bootlin.com>
Cc: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>,
	bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@meta.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf v4 09/20] selftests/bpf: Refactor bpf_get_ksyms() trace helper
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:07:25 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260223190736.649171-10-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260223190736.649171-1-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>

ASAN reported a memory leak in bpf_get_ksyms(): it allocates a struct
ksyms internally and never frees it.

Move struct ksyms to trace_helpers.h and return it from the
bpf_get_ksyms(), giving ownership to the caller. Add filtered_syms and
filtered_cnt fields to the ksyms to hold the filtered array of
symbols, previously returned by bpf_get_ksyms().

Fixup the call sites: kprobe_multi_test and bench_trigger.

Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
---
 .../selftests/bpf/benchs/bench_trigger.c      | 14 ++++++-----
 .../bpf/prog_tests/kprobe_multi_test.c        | 12 ++++------
 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c   | 23 ++++++++++---------
 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.h   | 11 +++++++--
 4 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/benchs/bench_trigger.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/benchs/bench_trigger.c
index aeec9edd3851..f74b313d6ae4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/benchs/bench_trigger.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/benchs/bench_trigger.c
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ static void trigger_fentry_setup(void)
 static void attach_ksyms_all(struct bpf_program *empty, bool kretprobe)
 {
 	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_kprobe_multi_opts, opts);
-	char **syms = NULL;
-	size_t cnt = 0;
+	struct bpf_link *link = NULL;
+	struct ksyms *ksyms = NULL;
 
 	/* Some recursive functions will be skipped in
 	 * bpf_get_ksyms -> skip_entry, as they can introduce sufficient
@@ -241,16 +241,18 @@ static void attach_ksyms_all(struct bpf_program *empty, bool kretprobe)
 	 * So, don't run the kprobe-multi-all and kretprobe-multi-all on
 	 * a debug kernel.
 	 */
-	if (bpf_get_ksyms(&syms, &cnt, true)) {
+	if (bpf_get_ksyms(&ksyms, true)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "failed to get ksyms\n");
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
-	opts.syms = (const char **) syms;
-	opts.cnt = cnt;
+	opts.syms = (const char **)ksyms->filtered_syms;
+	opts.cnt = ksyms->filtered_cnt;
 	opts.retprobe = kretprobe;
 	/* attach empty to all the kernel functions except bpf_get_numa_node_id. */
-	if (!bpf_program__attach_kprobe_multi_opts(empty, NULL, &opts)) {
+	link = bpf_program__attach_kprobe_multi_opts(empty, NULL, &opts);
+	free_kallsyms_local(ksyms);
+	if (!link) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "failed to attach bpf_program__attach_kprobe_multi_opts to all\n");
 		exit(1);
 	}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/kprobe_multi_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/kprobe_multi_test.c
index 9caef222e528..f81dcd609ee9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/kprobe_multi_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/kprobe_multi_test.c
@@ -456,25 +456,23 @@ static void test_kprobe_multi_bench_attach(bool kernel)
 {
 	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_kprobe_multi_opts, opts);
 	struct kprobe_multi_empty *skel = NULL;
-	char **syms = NULL;
-	size_t cnt = 0;
+	struct ksyms *ksyms = NULL;
 
-	if (!ASSERT_OK(bpf_get_ksyms(&syms, &cnt, kernel), "bpf_get_ksyms"))
+	if (!ASSERT_OK(bpf_get_ksyms(&ksyms, kernel), "bpf_get_ksyms"))
 		return;
 
 	skel = kprobe_multi_empty__open_and_load();
 	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "kprobe_multi_empty__open_and_load"))
 		goto cleanup;
 
-	opts.syms = (const char **) syms;
-	opts.cnt = cnt;
+	opts.syms = (const char **)ksyms->filtered_syms;
+	opts.cnt = ksyms->filtered_cnt;
 
 	do_bench_test(skel, &opts);
 
 cleanup:
 	kprobe_multi_empty__destroy(skel);
-	if (syms)
-		free(syms);
+	free_kallsyms_local(ksyms);
 }
 
 static void test_kprobe_multi_bench_attach_addr(bool kernel)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
index eeaab7013ca2..0e63daf83ed5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@
 #define TRACEFS_PIPE	"/sys/kernel/tracing/trace_pipe"
 #define DEBUGFS_PIPE	"/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe"
 
-struct ksyms {
-	struct ksym *syms;
-	size_t sym_cap;
-	size_t sym_cnt;
-};
-
 static struct ksyms *ksyms;
 static pthread_mutex_t ksyms_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
@@ -54,6 +48,8 @@ void free_kallsyms_local(struct ksyms *ksyms)
 	if (!ksyms)
 		return;
 
+	free(ksyms->filtered_syms);
+
 	if (!ksyms->syms) {
 		free(ksyms);
 		return;
@@ -610,7 +606,7 @@ static int search_kallsyms_compare(const void *p1, const struct ksym *p2)
 	return compare_name(p1, p2->name);
 }
 
-int bpf_get_ksyms(char ***symsp, size_t *cntp, bool kernel)
+int bpf_get_ksyms(struct ksyms **ksymsp, bool kernel)
 {
 	size_t cap = 0, cnt = 0;
 	char *name = NULL, *ksym_name, **syms = NULL;
@@ -637,8 +633,10 @@ int bpf_get_ksyms(char ***symsp, size_t *cntp, bool kernel)
 	else
 		f = fopen("/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/available_filter_functions", "r");
 
-	if (!f)
+	if (!f) {
+		free_kallsyms_local(ksyms);
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	map = hashmap__new(symbol_hash, symbol_equal, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(map)) {
@@ -679,15 +677,18 @@ int bpf_get_ksyms(char ***symsp, size_t *cntp, bool kernel)
 		syms[cnt++] = ksym_name;
 	}
 
-	*symsp = syms;
-	*cntp = cnt;
+	ksyms->filtered_syms = syms;
+	ksyms->filtered_cnt = cnt;
+	*ksymsp = ksyms;
 
 error:
 	free(name);
 	fclose(f);
 	hashmap__free(map);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
 		free(syms);
+		free_kallsyms_local(ksyms);
+	}
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.h
index a5576b2dfc26..d5bf1433675d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.h
@@ -23,7 +23,14 @@ struct ksym {
 	long addr;
 	char *name;
 };
-struct ksyms;
+
+struct ksyms {
+	struct ksym *syms;
+	size_t sym_cap;
+	size_t sym_cnt;
+	char **filtered_syms;
+	size_t filtered_cnt;
+};
 
 typedef int (*ksym_cmp_t)(const void *p1, const void *p2);
 typedef int (*ksym_search_cmp_t)(const void *p1, const struct ksym *p2);
@@ -53,7 +60,7 @@ ssize_t get_rel_offset(uintptr_t addr);
 
 int read_build_id(const char *path, char *build_id, size_t size);
 
-int bpf_get_ksyms(char ***symsp, size_t *cntp, bool kernel);
+int bpf_get_ksyms(struct ksyms **ksymsp, bool kernel);
 int bpf_get_addrs(unsigned long **addrsp, size_t *cntp, bool kernel);
 
 #endif
-- 
2.53.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-02-23 19:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-23 19:07 [PATCH bpf v4 00/20] selftests/bpf: Fixes for userspace ASAN Ihor Solodrai
2026-02-23 19:07 ` [PATCH bpf v4 01/20] selftests/bpf: Add simple strscpy() implementation Ihor Solodrai
2026-02-23 19:07 ` [PATCH bpf v4 02/20] selftests/bpf: Replace strcpy() calls with strscpy() Ihor Solodrai
2026-02-23 19:07 ` [PATCH bpf v4 03/20] selftests/bpf: Replace strncpy() " Ihor Solodrai
2026-02-23 22:28   ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-02-23 22:32     ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-02-23 22:59       ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-02-23 19:07 ` [PATCH bpf v4 04/20] selftests/bpf: Use strscpy in bpftool_helpers.c Ihor Solodrai
2026-02-23 19:07 ` [PATCH bpf v4 05/20] selftests/bpf: Use memcpy() for bounded non-NULL-terminated copies Ihor Solodrai
2026-02-23 19:07 ` [PATCH bpf v4 06/20] selftests/bpf: Pass through build flags to bpftool and resolve_btfids Ihor Solodrai
2026-02-23 19:07 ` [PATCH bpf v4 07/20] resolve_btfids: Fix memory leaks reported by ASAN Ihor Solodrai
2026-02-23 19:07 ` [PATCH bpf v4 08/20] selftests/bpf: Add DENYLIST.asan Ihor Solodrai
2026-02-23 19:07 ` Ihor Solodrai [this message]
2026-02-23 23:23   ` [PATCH bpf v4 09/20] selftests/bpf: Refactor bpf_get_ksyms() trace helper Eduard Zingerman
2026-02-23 19:07 ` [PATCH bpf v4 10/20] selftests/bpf: Fix memory leaks in tests Ihor Solodrai
2026-02-23 19:07 ` [PATCH bpf v4 11/20] selftests/bpf: Fix cleanup in check_fd_array_cnt__fd_array_too_big() Ihor Solodrai
2026-02-23 19:07 ` [PATCH bpf v4 12/20] veristat: Fix a memory leak for preset ENUMERATOR Ihor Solodrai
2026-02-23 19:07 ` [PATCH bpf v4 13/20] selftests/bpf: Fix use-after-free in xdp_metadata test Ihor Solodrai
2026-02-23 19:07 ` [PATCH bpf v4 14/20] selftests/bpf: Fix double thread join in uprobe_multi_test Ihor Solodrai
2026-02-23 19:07 ` [PATCH bpf v4 15/20] selftests/bpf: Fix resource leaks caused by missing cleanups Ihor Solodrai
2026-02-23 19:07 ` [PATCH bpf v4 16/20] selftests/bpf: Free bpf_object in test_sysctl Ihor Solodrai
2026-02-23 19:07 ` [PATCH bpf v4 17/20] selftests/bpf: Fix array bounds warning in jit_disasm_helpers Ihor Solodrai
2026-02-23 19:11 ` [PATCH bpf v4 18/20] selftests/bpf: Fix out-of-bounds array access bugs reported by ASAN Ihor Solodrai
2026-02-23 19:11   ` [PATCH bpf v4 19/20] selftests/bpf: Check BPFTOOL env var in detect_bpftool_path() Ihor Solodrai
2026-02-23 19:11   ` [PATCH bpf v4 20/20] selftests/bpf: Don't override SIGSEGV handler with ASAN Ihor Solodrai
2026-02-24  3:00 ` [PATCH bpf v4 00/20] selftests/bpf: Fixes for userspace ASAN patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

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