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* [PATCH] perf report: Fix memory leaks around perf_tip
@ 2021-11-18  7:38 Ian Rogers
  2021-11-18 13:18 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ian Rogers @ 2021-11-18  7:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Peter Zijlstra, Ingo Molnar, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
	Mark Rutland, Alexander Shishkin, Jiri Olsa, Namhyung Kim,
	linux-perf-users, linux-kernel
  Cc: Stephane Eranian, Ian Rogers

perf_tip may allocate memory or use a literal, this means memory wasn't
freed if allocated. Change the API so that literals aren't used. At the
same time add missing frees for system_path. These issues were spotted
using leak sanitizer.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-report.c | 15 +++++++++------
 tools/perf/util/util.c      | 14 +++++++-------
 tools/perf/util/util.h      |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 8167ebfe776a..8ae400429870 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -619,14 +619,17 @@ static int report__browse_hists(struct report *rep)
 	int ret;
 	struct perf_session *session = rep->session;
 	struct evlist *evlist = session->evlist;
-	const char *help = perf_tip(system_path(TIPDIR));
+	char *help = NULL, *path = NULL;
 
-	if (help == NULL) {
+	path = system_path(TIPDIR);
+	if (perf_tip(&help, path) || help == NULL) {
 		/* fallback for people who don't install perf ;-) */
-		help = perf_tip(DOCDIR);
-		if (help == NULL)
-			help = "Cannot load tips.txt file, please install perf!";
+		free(path);
+		path = system_path(DOCDIR);
+		if (perf_tip(&help, path) || help == NULL)
+			help = strdup("Cannot load tips.txt file, please install perf!");
 	}
+	free(path);
 
 	switch (use_browser) {
 	case 1:
@@ -651,7 +654,7 @@ static int report__browse_hists(struct report *rep)
 		ret = evlist__tty_browse_hists(evlist, rep, help);
 		break;
 	}
-
+	free(help);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index 37a9492edb3e..df3c4671be72 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -379,32 +379,32 @@ fetch_kernel_version(unsigned int *puint, char *str,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-const char *perf_tip(const char *dirpath)
+int perf_tip(char **strp, const char *dirpath)
 {
 	struct strlist *tips;
 	struct str_node *node;
-	char *tip = NULL;
 	struct strlist_config conf = {
 		.dirname = dirpath,
 		.file_only = true,
 	};
+	int ret = 0;
 
+	*strp = NULL;
 	tips = strlist__new("tips.txt", &conf);
 	if (tips == NULL)
-		return errno == ENOENT ? NULL :
-			"Tip: check path of tips.txt or get more memory! ;-p";
+		return -errno;
 
 	if (strlist__nr_entries(tips) == 0)
 		goto out;
 
 	node = strlist__entry(tips, random() % strlist__nr_entries(tips));
-	if (asprintf(&tip, "Tip: %s", node->s) < 0)
-		tip = (char *)"Tip: get more memory! ;-)";
+	if (asprintf(strp, "Tip: %s", node->s) < 0)
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 
 out:
 	strlist__delete(tips);
 
-	return tip;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 char *perf_exe(char *buf, int len)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index ad737052e597..9f0d36ba77f2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ int fetch_kernel_version(unsigned int *puint,
 #define KVER_FMT	"%d.%d.%d"
 #define KVER_PARAM(x)	KVER_VERSION(x), KVER_PATCHLEVEL(x), KVER_SUBLEVEL(x)
 
-const char *perf_tip(const char *dirpath);
+int perf_tip(char **strp, const char *dirpath);
 
 #ifndef HAVE_SCHED_GETCPU_SUPPORT
 int sched_getcpu(void);
-- 
2.34.0.rc1.387.gb447b232ab-goog


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* Re: [PATCH] perf report: Fix memory leaks around perf_tip
  2021-11-18  7:38 [PATCH] perf report: Fix memory leaks around perf_tip Ian Rogers
@ 2021-11-18 13:18 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo @ 2021-11-18 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Ian Rogers
  Cc: Peter Zijlstra, Ingo Molnar, Mark Rutland, Alexander Shishkin,
	Jiri Olsa, Namhyung Kim, linux-perf-users, linux-kernel,
	Stephane Eranian

Em Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 11:38:04PM -0800, Ian Rogers escreveu:
> perf_tip may allocate memory or use a literal, this means memory wasn't
> freed if allocated. Change the API so that literals aren't used. At the
> same time add missing frees for system_path. These issues were spotted
> using leak sanitizer.

Thanks, applied.

- Arnaldo

 
> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
> ---
>  tools/perf/builtin-report.c | 15 +++++++++------
>  tools/perf/util/util.c      | 14 +++++++-------
>  tools/perf/util/util.h      |  2 +-
>  3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
> index 8167ebfe776a..8ae400429870 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
> @@ -619,14 +619,17 @@ static int report__browse_hists(struct report *rep)
>  	int ret;
>  	struct perf_session *session = rep->session;
>  	struct evlist *evlist = session->evlist;
> -	const char *help = perf_tip(system_path(TIPDIR));
> +	char *help = NULL, *path = NULL;
>  
> -	if (help == NULL) {
> +	path = system_path(TIPDIR);
> +	if (perf_tip(&help, path) || help == NULL) {
>  		/* fallback for people who don't install perf ;-) */
> -		help = perf_tip(DOCDIR);
> -		if (help == NULL)
> -			help = "Cannot load tips.txt file, please install perf!";
> +		free(path);
> +		path = system_path(DOCDIR);
> +		if (perf_tip(&help, path) || help == NULL)
> +			help = strdup("Cannot load tips.txt file, please install perf!");
>  	}
> +	free(path);
>  
>  	switch (use_browser) {
>  	case 1:
> @@ -651,7 +654,7 @@ static int report__browse_hists(struct report *rep)
>  		ret = evlist__tty_browse_hists(evlist, rep, help);
>  		break;
>  	}
> -
> +	free(help);
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
> index 37a9492edb3e..df3c4671be72 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
> @@ -379,32 +379,32 @@ fetch_kernel_version(unsigned int *puint, char *str,
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -const char *perf_tip(const char *dirpath)
> +int perf_tip(char **strp, const char *dirpath)
>  {
>  	struct strlist *tips;
>  	struct str_node *node;
> -	char *tip = NULL;
>  	struct strlist_config conf = {
>  		.dirname = dirpath,
>  		.file_only = true,
>  	};
> +	int ret = 0;
>  
> +	*strp = NULL;
>  	tips = strlist__new("tips.txt", &conf);
>  	if (tips == NULL)
> -		return errno == ENOENT ? NULL :
> -			"Tip: check path of tips.txt or get more memory! ;-p";
> +		return -errno;
>  
>  	if (strlist__nr_entries(tips) == 0)
>  		goto out;
>  
>  	node = strlist__entry(tips, random() % strlist__nr_entries(tips));
> -	if (asprintf(&tip, "Tip: %s", node->s) < 0)
> -		tip = (char *)"Tip: get more memory! ;-)";
> +	if (asprintf(strp, "Tip: %s", node->s) < 0)
> +		ret = -ENOMEM;
>  
>  out:
>  	strlist__delete(tips);
>  
> -	return tip;
> +	return ret;
>  }
>  
>  char *perf_exe(char *buf, int len)
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
> index ad737052e597..9f0d36ba77f2 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
> @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ int fetch_kernel_version(unsigned int *puint,
>  #define KVER_FMT	"%d.%d.%d"
>  #define KVER_PARAM(x)	KVER_VERSION(x), KVER_PATCHLEVEL(x), KVER_SUBLEVEL(x)
>  
> -const char *perf_tip(const char *dirpath);
> +int perf_tip(char **strp, const char *dirpath);
>  
>  #ifndef HAVE_SCHED_GETCPU_SUPPORT
>  int sched_getcpu(void);
> -- 
> 2.34.0.rc1.387.gb447b232ab-goog

-- 

- Arnaldo

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