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perf probe: Free string returned by synthesize_perf_probe_point() on …
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…failure to add a probe

Building perf with EXTRA_CFLAGS="-fsanitize=address" a leak is detect
when trying to add a probe to a non-existent function:

  # perf probe -x ~/bin/perf dso__neW
  Probe point 'dso__neW' not found.
    Error: Failed to add events.

  =================================================================
  ==296634==ERROR: LeakSanitizer: detected memory leaks

  Direct leak of 128 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from:
      #0 0x7f67642ba097 in calloc (/lib64/libasan.so.8+0xba097)
      #1 0x7f67641a76f1 in allocate_cfi (/lib64/libdw.so.1+0x3f6f1)

  Direct leak of 65 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from:
      #0 0x7f67642b95b5 in __interceptor_realloc.part.0 (/lib64/libasan.so.8+0xb95b5)
      #1 0x6cac75 in strbuf_grow util/strbuf.c:64
      #2 0x6ca934 in strbuf_init util/strbuf.c:25
      #3 0x9337d2 in synthesize_perf_probe_point util/probe-event.c:2018
      #4 0x92be51 in try_to_find_probe_trace_events util/probe-event.c:964
      #5 0x93d5c6 in convert_to_probe_trace_events util/probe-event.c:3512
      #6 0x93d6d5 in convert_perf_probe_events util/probe-event.c:3529
      #7 0x56f37f in perf_add_probe_events /var/home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c:354
      #8 0x572fbc in __cmd_probe /var/home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c:738
      #9 0x5730f2 in cmd_probe /var/home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c:766
      #10 0x635d81 in run_builtin /var/home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/perf.c:323
      #11 0x6362c1 in handle_internal_command /var/home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/perf.c:377
      #12 0x63667a in run_argv /var/home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/perf.c:421
      #13 0x636b8d in main /var/home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/perf.c:537
      #14 0x7f676302950f in __libc_start_call_main (/lib64/libc.so.6+0x2950f)

  SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: 193 byte(s) leaked in 2 allocation(s).
  #

synthesize_perf_probe_point() returns a "detachec" strbuf, i.e. a
malloc'ed string that needs to be free'd.

An audit will be performed to find other such cases.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ZM0l1Oxamr4SVjfY@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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acmel committed Aug 7, 2023
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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
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Expand Up @@ -961,8 +961,9 @@ static int try_to_find_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
debuginfo__delete(dinfo);

if (ntevs == 0) { /* No error but failed to find probe point. */
pr_warning("Probe point '%s' not found.\n",
synthesize_perf_probe_point(&pev->point));
char *probe_point = synthesize_perf_probe_point(&pev->point);
pr_warning("Probe point '%s' not found.\n", probe_point);
free(probe_point);
return -ENODEV;
} else if (ntevs < 0) {
/* Error path : ntevs < 0 */
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