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From: Michalis Niarchos via B4 Relay <devnull+michael.niarchos.gmail.com@kernel.org>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
	 Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	 Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
	 Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
	 Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
	 James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	 Michalis Niarchos <michael.niarchos@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] perf tools: Fix memory leak in cmd_kvm()
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:33:23 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260803-perf-kvm-fixes-v1-4-a5db849ac973@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260803-perf-kvm-fixes-v1-0-a5db849ac973@gmail.com>

From: Michalis Niarchos <michael.niarchos@gmail.com>

The usage string is allocated by parse_options_subcommand() and freed
only on one return path. Using a single return point guarantees it is
freed on all occasions.

Signed-off-by: Michalis Niarchos <michael.niarchos@gmail.com>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index 189ef3576e34..56062c305db1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -2145,6 +2145,7 @@ int cmd_kvm(int argc, const char **argv)
 	const char *const kvm_subcommands[] = { "top", "record", "report", "diff",
 						"buildid-list", "stat", NULL };
 	const char *kvm_usage[] = { NULL, NULL };
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	exclude_GH_default = true;
 	perf_host  = 0;
@@ -2163,29 +2164,39 @@ int cmd_kvm(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 		if (!file_name) {
 			pr_err("Failed to allocate memory for filename\n");
-			return -ENOMEM;
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto exit;
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (strlen(argv[0]) > 2 && strstarts("record", argv[0]))
-		return __cmd_record(file_name, argc, argv);
-	else if (strlen(argv[0]) > 2 && strstarts("report", argv[0]))
-		return __cmd_report(file_name, argc, argv);
-	else if (strlen(argv[0]) > 2 && strstarts("diff", argv[0]))
-		return cmd_diff(argc, argv);
-	else if (!strcmp(argv[0], "top"))
-		return __cmd_top(argc, argv);
-	else if (strlen(argv[0]) > 2 && strstarts("buildid-list", argv[0]))
-		return __cmd_buildid_list(file_name, argc, argv);
+	if (strlen(argv[0]) > 2 && strstarts("record", argv[0])) {
+		ret = __cmd_record(file_name, argc, argv);
+		goto exit;
+	} else if (strlen(argv[0]) > 2 && strstarts("report", argv[0])) {
+		ret = __cmd_report(file_name, argc, argv);
+		goto exit;
+	} else if (strlen(argv[0]) > 2 && strstarts("diff", argv[0])) {
+		ret = cmd_diff(argc, argv);
+		goto exit;
+	} else if (!strcmp(argv[0], "top")) {
+		ret = __cmd_top(argc, argv);
+		goto exit;
+	} else if (strlen(argv[0]) > 2 && strstarts("buildid-list", argv[0])) {
+		ret = __cmd_buildid_list(file_name, argc, argv);
+		goto exit;
+	}
 #if defined(HAVE_LIBTRACEEVENT)
-	else if (strlen(argv[0]) > 2 && strstarts("stat", argv[0]))
-		return kvm_cmd_stat(file_name, argc, argv);
+	else if (strlen(argv[0]) > 2 && strstarts("stat", argv[0])) {
+		ret = kvm_cmd_stat(file_name, argc, argv);
+		goto exit;
+	}
 #endif
 	else
 		usage_with_options(kvm_usage, kvm_options);
 
+exit:
 	/* free usage string allocated by parse_options_subcommand */
 	free((void *)kvm_usage[0]);
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }

-- 
2.55.0



      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-03 10:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-03 10:33 [PATCH 0/4] perf tools: Fix memory issues Michalis Niarchos via B4 Relay
2026-08-03 10:33 ` [PATCH 1/4] perf tools: Fix memory leak in cmd_kvm() Michalis Niarchos via B4 Relay
2026-08-03 10:42   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-03 10:33 ` [PATCH 2/4] perf tools: Fix memory leak in kvm_events_report() Michalis Niarchos via B4 Relay
2026-08-03 10:43   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-03 10:33 ` [PATCH 3/4] perf tools: Fix double free and memory leak in kvm_events_record() Michalis Niarchos via B4 Relay
2026-08-03 10:43   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-03 10:33 ` Michalis Niarchos via B4 Relay [this message]

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