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
next prev 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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