Re: [PATCH 19/20] perf test: bpf: free obj_buf

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 06:07:24PM +0200, Riccardo Mancini escreveu:
> ASan reports some memory leaks when running the perf test
> "42: BPF filter".
> The first of these leaks is caused by obj_buf never being deallocated in
> __test__bpf.
> 
> This patch adds the missing free.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Riccardo Mancini <rickyman7@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/perf/tests/bpf.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/bpf.c b/tools/perf/tests/bpf.c
> index 33bda9c265423547..2cda4a6297e07967 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/tests/bpf.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/bpf.c
> @@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ static int __test__bpf(int idx)
>  	}
>  
>  out:
> +	free(obj_buf);
>  	bpf__clear();
>  	return ret;
>  }
> -- 

I followed the advice and added the stdlib.h include, elsewhere we're
getting included via some other include by luck.

- Arnaldo

  66     6.97 ubuntu:18.04-x-m68k           : FAIL gcc version 7.5.0 (Ubuntu 7.5.0-3ubuntu1~18.04)
    tests/bpf.c: In function '__test__bpf':
    tests/bpf.c:279:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'free' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
      free(obj_buf);
      ^~~~
    tests/bpf.c:279:2: error: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'free' [-Werror]
    tests/bpf.c:279:2: note: include '<stdlib.h>' or provide a declaration of 'free'
    cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
    /git/perf-5.14.0-rc1/tools/build/Makefile.build:139: recipe for target 'tests' failed
    make[3]: *** [tests] Error 2