[PATCH v4 10/21] perf evsel: Close the fds opened so far when disabling missing features

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

Date: Fri Oct 16 2026 - 17:23:18 EST


From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

evsel__open_cpu() opens the events one by one and, when an open fails
with EINVAL and evsel__detect_missing_features() has a feature to leave
out, goes back to fallback_missing_features to open them all again from
start_cpu_map_idx, without closing what the abandoned attempt opened:
the fd of every CPU or thread that was opened before the failing one is
overwritten in the FD() array, leaking it.

Close them first, the same way out_close does when returning an error,
leaving the entries at -1 for the retry.

Fixes: af954f76eea5 ("perf tools: Check fallback error and order")
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/sashiko-outbox-173532@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 59318fef03cb17ff..d060fca8090f6e26 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -3005,6 +3005,19 @@ static bool evsel__detect_missing_features(struct evsel *evsel, struct perf_cpu
return false;
}

+static void evsel__close_fds(struct evsel *evsel, int start_cpu_map_idx,
+ int cpu_map_idx, int thread, int nthreads)
+{
+ do {
+ while (--thread >= 0) {
+ if (FD(evsel, cpu_map_idx, thread) >= 0)
+ close(FD(evsel, cpu_map_idx, thread));
+ FD(evsel, cpu_map_idx, thread) = -1;
+ }
+ thread = nthreads;
+ } while (--cpu_map_idx >= start_cpu_map_idx);
+}
+
static int evsel__open_cpu(struct evsel *evsel, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus,
struct perf_thread_map *threads,
int start_cpu_map_idx, int end_cpu_map_idx)
@@ -3150,8 +3163,14 @@ static int evsel__open_cpu(struct evsel *evsel, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus,
if (err == -EMFILE && rlimit__increase_nofile(&set_rlimit))
goto retry_open;

- if (err == -EINVAL && evsel__detect_missing_features(evsel, cpu))
+ if (err == -EINVAL && evsel__detect_missing_features(evsel, cpu)) {
+ /*
+ * The restart opens the events again, so close what this
+ * attempt opened before its entries are overwritten.
+ */
+ evsel__close_fds(evsel, start_cpu_map_idx, idx, thread, nthreads);
goto fallback_missing_features;
+ }

if (evsel__precise_ip_fallback(evsel))
goto retry_open;
@@ -3161,14 +3180,7 @@ static int evsel__open_cpu(struct evsel *evsel, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus,
threads->err_thread = thread;

old_errno = errno;
- do {
- while (--thread >= 0) {
- if (FD(evsel, idx, thread) >= 0)
- close(FD(evsel, idx, thread));
- FD(evsel, idx, thread) = -1;
- }
- thread = nthreads;
- } while (--idx >= start_cpu_map_idx);
+ evsel__close_fds(evsel, start_cpu_map_idx, idx, thread, nthreads);
errno = old_errno;
out:
if (err)
--
2.55.0