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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
To: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
	Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>,
	sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>,
	Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Subject: [PATCH 7/9] perf c2c: Fix hist entry and format list leaks in c2c_he_free()
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:36:55 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260615213657.35776-8-acme@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260615213657.35776-1-acme@kernel.org>

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

c2c_he_free() calls hists__delete_entries() which only walks the
output-sorted entries tree.  During c2c resort, when cacheline entries
are merged and the redundant entry is freed, the inner hists have not
been output-resorted yet, so hists->entries is empty.  The actual inner
hist_entry objects live in entries_in_array[] and entries_collapsed,
which are never walked, leaking all inner hist_entry objects for every
merged cacheline.

Additionally, the dynamically allocated format entries on hists->list
are never unregistered or freed.

Fix both issues by switching to hists__delete_all_entries() which walks
all rb_root trees, and calling perf_hpp__reset_output_field() to clean
up format entries.

Fixes: bf0e0d407ea09ce5 ("perf c2c report: Add sample processing")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c | 2 +-
 tools/perf/util/hist.c   | 2 +-
 tools/perf/util/hist.h   | 1 +
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
index eabb922ef295ef86..c9584dbedf77afe8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static void c2c_he_free(void *he)
 
 	c2c_he = container_of(he, struct c2c_hist_entry, he);
 	if (c2c_he->hists) {
-		hists__delete_entries(&c2c_he->hists->hists);
+		hists__delete_all_entries(&c2c_he->hists->hists);
 		perf_hpp__reset_output_field(&c2c_he->hists->list);
 		zfree(&c2c_he->hists);
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index df978c996b6c2262..c93915625ee75de1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -3041,7 +3041,7 @@ static void hists__delete_remaining_entries(struct rb_root_cached *root)
 	}
 }
 
-static void hists__delete_all_entries(struct hists *hists)
+void hists__delete_all_entries(struct hists *hists)
 {
 	hists__delete_entries(hists);
 	hists__delete_remaining_entries(&hists->entries_in_array[0]);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index 8fb89d81ef069d95..b830cbe7f95bf597 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ int hists__collapse_resort(struct hists *hists, struct ui_progress *prog);
 
 void hists__decay_entries(struct hists *hists, bool zap_user, bool zap_kernel);
 void hists__delete_entries(struct hists *hists);
+void hists__delete_all_entries(struct hists *hists);
 void hists__output_recalc_col_len(struct hists *hists, int max_rows);
 
 struct hist_entry *hists__get_entry(struct hists *hists, int idx);
-- 
2.54.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-15 21:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-15 21:36 [PATCHES v1 0/9] perf tools: Fix pre-existing bugs in machine, cs-etm, c2c, bpf, and dso Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-15 21:36 ` [PATCH 1/9] perf machine: Propagate machine__init() error to callers Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-15 21:53   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-15 21:36 ` [PATCH 2/9] perf machine: Use snprintf() for guestmount path construction Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-15 21:51   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-15 21:36 ` [PATCH 3/9] perf cs-etm: Validate num_cpu before metadata allocation Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-15 21:36 ` [PATCH 4/9] perf cs-etm: Require full global header in auxtrace_info size check Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-15 21:36 ` [PATCH 5/9] perf cs-etm: Bounds-check CPU in cs_etm__get_queue() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-15 21:54   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-15 21:36 ` [PATCH 6/9] perf c2c: Free format list entries when c2c_hists__init() fails Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-15 21:54   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-15 21:36 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2026-06-15 21:36 ` [PATCH 8/9] perf bpf: Validate array presence before casting BPF prog info pointers Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-15 21:53   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-15 21:36 ` [PATCH 9/9] perf dso: Set standard errno on decompression failure Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-06-15 22:32 [PATCHES v2 0/9] perf tools: Fix pre-existing bugs in machine, cs-etm, c2c, bpf, and dso Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-15 22:32 ` [PATCH 7/9] perf c2c: Fix hist entry and format list leaks in c2c_he_free() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-15 23:04   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16  1:08 [PATCHES v3 0/9] perf tools: Fix pre-existing bugs in machine, cs-etm, c2c, bpf, and dso Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-16  1:08 ` [PATCH 7/9] perf c2c: Fix hist entry and format list leaks in c2c_he_free() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-16  2:27 [PATCHES v4 0/9] perf tools: Fix pre-existing bugs in machine, cs-etm, c2c, bpf, and dso Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-16  2:27 ` [PATCH 7/9] perf c2c: Fix hist entry and format list leaks in c2c_he_free() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

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