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,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 6/8] perf timechart: Fix memory leaks during record
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:58:32 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260624205852.3864874-7-namhyung@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260624205852.3864874-1-namhyung@kernel.org>
The command line options can be passed without copy as their lifetime is
limited within the same function.
Acked-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index 27d17268395ed760..a73f0ab22fd64241 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -1834,6 +1834,7 @@ static int timechart__io_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *output_
"syscalls:sys_exit_select",
};
unsigned int poll_events_nr = ARRAY_SIZE(poll_events);
+ int ret;
rec_argc = common_args_nr +
disk_events_nr * 4 +
@@ -1852,7 +1853,7 @@ static int timechart__io_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *output_
p = rec_argv;
for (i = 0; i < common_args_nr; i++)
- *p++ = strdup(common_args[i]);
+ *p++ = common_args[i];
for (i = 0; i < disk_events_nr; i++) {
if (!is_valid_tracepoint(disk_events[i])) {
@@ -1861,7 +1862,7 @@ static int timechart__io_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *output_
}
*p++ = "-e";
- *p++ = strdup(disk_events[i]);
+ *p++ = disk_events[i];
*p++ = "--filter";
*p++ = filter;
}
@@ -1872,7 +1873,7 @@ static int timechart__io_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *output_
}
*p++ = "-e";
- *p++ = strdup(net_events[i]);
+ *p++ = net_events[i];
*p++ = "--filter";
*p++ = filter;
}
@@ -1883,7 +1884,7 @@ static int timechart__io_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *output_
}
*p++ = "-e";
- *p++ = strdup(poll_events[i]);
+ *p++ = poll_events[i];
*p++ = "--filter";
*p++ = filter;
}
@@ -1891,7 +1892,11 @@ static int timechart__io_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *output_
for (i = 0; i < (unsigned int)argc; i++)
*p++ = argv[i];
- return cmd_record(rec_argc, rec_argv);
+ ret = cmd_record(rec_argc, rec_argv);
+
+ free(rec_argv);
+ free(filter);
+ return ret;
}
@@ -1902,6 +1907,7 @@ static int timechart__record(struct timechart *tchart, int argc, const char **ar
const char **rec_argv;
const char **p;
unsigned int record_elems;
+ int ret;
const char * const common_args[] = {
"record", "-a", "-R", "-c", "1", "-o", output_data,
@@ -1966,24 +1972,27 @@ static int timechart__record(struct timechart *tchart, int argc, const char **ar
p = rec_argv;
for (i = 0; i < common_args_nr; i++)
- *p++ = strdup(common_args[i]);
+ *p++ = common_args[i];
for (i = 0; i < backtrace_args_no; i++)
- *p++ = strdup(backtrace_args[i]);
+ *p++ = backtrace_args[i];
for (i = 0; i < tasks_args_nr; i++)
- *p++ = strdup(tasks_args[i]);
+ *p++ = tasks_args[i];
for (i = 0; i < power_args_nr; i++)
- *p++ = strdup(power_args[i]);
+ *p++ = power_args[i];
for (i = 0; i < old_power_args_nr; i++)
- *p++ = strdup(old_power_args[i]);
+ *p++ = old_power_args[i];
for (j = 0; j < (unsigned int)argc; j++)
*p++ = argv[j];
- return cmd_record(rec_argc, rec_argv);
+ ret = cmd_record(rec_argc, rec_argv);
+
+ free(rec_argv);
+ return ret;
}
static int
--
2.55.0.rc0.799.gd6f94ed593-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-24 20:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-24 20:58 [PATCH v3 0/8] perf timechart: Fix memory leaks Namhyung Kim
2026-06-24 20:58 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] perf timechart: Don't pass @event to cat_backtrace() Namhyung Kim
2026-06-24 20:58 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] perf timechart: Generate backtrace only if needed Namhyung Kim
2026-06-24 20:58 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] perf timechart: Remove unused backtrace in trace_handler Namhyung Kim
2026-06-24 20:58 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] perf timechart: Remove unnecessary copy of backtrace Namhyung Kim
2026-06-24 20:58 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] perf timechart: Release event samples at the end Namhyung Kim
2026-06-24 20:58 ` Namhyung Kim [this message]
2026-06-24 21:06 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] perf timechart: Fix memory leaks during record sashiko-bot
2026-06-24 23:49 ` Namhyung Kim
2026-06-24 20:58 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] perf timechart: Fix memory leaks in draw_wakeups() Namhyung Kim
2026-06-24 20:58 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] perf test: Update perf timechart test Namhyung Kim
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