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From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
	James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] perf timechart: Remove unnecessary copy of backtrace
Date: Thu,  4 Jun 2026 12:08:10 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260604190812.2168118-5-namhyung@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260604190812.2168118-1-namhyung@kernel.org>

The pattern of strdup() and free() is found, and I think it just can
use the original backtrace directly.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index 4efac73a714c5e5f..2fd24d3aaa837743 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static void pid_put_sample(struct timechart *tchart, int pid, int type,
 	sample->type = type;
 	sample->next = c->samples;
 	sample->cpu = cpu;
-	sample->backtrace = backtrace ? strdup(backtrace) : NULL;
+	sample->backtrace = backtrace;
 	c->samples = sample;
 
 	if (sample->type == TYPE_RUNNING && end > start && start > 0) {
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ static void sched_wakeup(struct timechart *tchart, int cpu, u64 timestamp,
 
 	we->time = timestamp;
 	we->waker = waker;
-	we->backtrace = backtrace ? strdup(backtrace) : NULL;
+	we->backtrace = backtrace;
 
 	if ((flags & TRACE_FLAG_HARDIRQ) || (flags & TRACE_FLAG_SOFTIRQ))
 		we->waker = -1;
@@ -655,7 +655,6 @@ process_sample_sched_wakeup(struct timechart *tchart,
 
 	backtrace = cat_backtrace(sample, &tchart->session->machines.host);
 	sched_wakeup(tchart, sample->cpu, sample->time, waker, wakee, flags, backtrace);
-	free((char *)backtrace);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -678,7 +677,6 @@ process_sample_sched_switch(struct timechart *tchart,
 	backtrace = cat_backtrace(sample, &tchart->session->machines.host);
 	sched_switch(tchart, sample->cpu, sample->time, prev_pid, next_pid,
 		     prev_state, backtrace);
-	free((char *)backtrace);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.54.0.1032.g2f8565e1d1-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-04 19:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-04 19:08 [PATCH 0/4] perf timechart: Small optimization for backtrace Namhyung Kim
2026-06-04 19:08 ` [PATCH 1/4] perf timechart: Don't pass @event to cat_backtrace() Namhyung Kim
2026-06-04 19:08 ` [PATCH 2/4] perf timechart: Generate backtrace only if needed Namhyung Kim
2026-06-04 19:08 ` [PATCH 3/4] perf timechart: Remove unused backtrace in trace_handler Namhyung Kim
2026-06-04 19:08 ` Namhyung Kim [this message]
2026-06-04 19:18   ` [PATCH 4/4] perf timechart: Remove unnecessary copy of backtrace sashiko-bot
2026-06-04 20:15     ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-04 21:45       ` Namhyung Kim

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