[PATCH 2/4] perf timechart: Fix memory leaks during record
From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Fri Jun 05 2026 - 19:17:33 EST
The command line options can be passed without copy as their lifetime is
limited within the same function.
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index 7c4ace51302e260c..d56adb41dcf9bb69 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -1582,6 +1582,8 @@ static void timechart__release(struct timechart *tchart)
free(c);
c = next_comm;
}
+
+ free(p);
p = next_pid;
}
@@ -1820,6 +1822,7 @@ 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 +
@@ -1838,7 +1841,7 @@ 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])) {
@@ -1847,7 +1850,7 @@ 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;
}
@@ -1858,7 +1861,7 @@ 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;
}
@@ -1869,7 +1872,7 @@ 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;
}
@@ -1877,7 +1880,11 @@ 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;
}
@@ -1888,6 +1895,7 @@ 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,
@@ -1952,24 +1960,27 @@ 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
--
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