[PATCH v6 13/13] perf trace: Fix BTF memory leak

From: Ian Rogers
Date: Mon Mar 17 2025 - 23:34:51 EST


Add missing btf__free in trace__exit.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/builtin-trace.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index a5f31472980b..d4bbb6a1e817 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -5339,6 +5339,12 @@ static void trace__exit(struct trace *trace)
zfree(&trace->syscalls.table);
}
zfree(&trace->perfconfig_events);
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBBPF_SUPPORT
+ if (trace->btf != NULL) {
+ btf__free(trace->btf);
+ trace->btf = NULL;
+ }
+#endif
}

#ifdef HAVE_BPF_SKEL
--
2.49.0.rc1.451.g8f38331e32-goog