Re: [PATCH v2] perf c2c: Fix memory leaks on output fields

From: Dmitry Ilvokhin

Date: Fri Oct 16 2026 - 07:29:08 EST


On Thu, Oct 15, 2026 at 04:32:37PM -0700, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> The perf_hpp_list was not freed after use. Let's add it for the main
> c2c hists list in perf c2c report and a local list in print_pareto().
>
> Previously it was detected by ASAN like below.
>
> =================================================================
> ==42183==ERROR: LeakSanitizer: detected memory leaks
>
> Indirect leak of 1064 byte(s) in 7 object(s) allocated from:
> #0 0x7f17334ef24f in calloc (/lib64/libasan.so.8+0xef24f) (BuildId: 61e8165ca90f7a4f06b73f064a938c76deaae079)
> #1 0x0000005fa099 in zalloc ../../lib/zalloc.c:8
> #2 0x0000004faf6d in get_format tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c:1978
> #3 0x0000004fb45e in c2c_hists__init_output tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c:2004
> #4 0x0000004fb7de in __hpp_list__parse tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c:2047
> #5 0x0000004fbae9 in hpp_list__parse tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c:2085
> #6 0x0000004fee13 in print_pareto tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c:2563
> #7 0x0000004ffcd7 in perf_c2c__hists_fprintf tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c:2708
> #8 0x000000500ab5 in perf_c2c_display tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c:2949
> #9 0x0000005045c3 in perf_c2c__report tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c:3522
> #10 0x000000505caa in cmd_c2c tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c:3676
> #11 0x0000005df50e in run_builtin tools/perf/perf.c:383
> #12 0x0000005df9b1 in handle_internal_command tools/perf/perf.c:436
> #13 0x0000005dfd7f in run_argv tools/perf/perf.c:480
> #14 0x0000005e02d6 in main tools/perf/perf.c:581
> #15 0x7f1729450680 in __libc_start_call_main (/lib64/libc.so.6+0x3680) (BuildId: 85075e2ae2e13352a1413d41c327dacf6461526c)
> #16 0x7f1729450797 in __libc_start_main@GLIBC_2.2.5 (/lib64/libc.so.6+0x3797) (BuildId: 85075e2ae2e13352a1413d41c327dacf6461526c)
> #17 0x000000409c34 in _start (tools/perf/perf+0x409c34) (BuildId: 36a64600776d92e4ab7dfd5ca20c92280d72a645)
>
> SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: 1064 byte(s) leaked in 7 allocation(s).
>
> Fixes: c75540e3160f ("perf c2c report: Add dimension support")
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Dmitry Ilvokhin <d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>