Re: [PATCH 5/7] perf hists browser: Fix possible memory leak

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Mon Apr 20 2015 - 04:24:29 EST


On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 01:04:13PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> The options array saves strings for each popup menu item. The number of
> items can be vary according to the currently selected item. So it can
> leak some memory if it's exited from a small item. Fix it by freeing
> all items when loop terminates.
>
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
> index 8f303eb5044d..cace2df7e561 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
> @@ -1691,7 +1691,8 @@ skip_annotation:
> "Switch to another data file in PWD") > 0)
> switch_data = nr_options++;
> add_exit_option:
> - options[nr_options++] = (char *)"Exit";
> + if (asprintf(&options[nr_options], "Exit") > 0)
> + nr_options++;

this one could cause segfault right? nice catch

> retry_popup_menu:
> choice = ui__popup_menu(nr_options, options);
>
> @@ -1812,7 +1813,7 @@ out_free_stack:
> pstack__delete(fstack);
> out:
> hist_browser__delete(browser);
> - free_popup_options(options, nr_options - 1);
> + free_popup_options(options, ARRAY_SIZE(options));
> return key;
> }
>
> --
> 2.3.5
>
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