Re: [PATCH] perf map: Fix refcount errors on Arm with -DREFCNT_CHECKING=1

[Ian Rogers]

On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 8:05 AM James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When quitting after running a perf report, the refcount checker finds
> some double frees. The issue is that map__put() is called on a function
> argument so it removes the refcount wrapper that someone else was using.
>
> Fix it by only calling map__put() on a reference that is owned by this
> function.
>
> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c | 9 +++++----
>  tools/perf/util/symbol.c     | 9 +++++----
>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
> index 63882a4db5c7..ec0d7810bbb0 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
> @@ -1365,6 +1365,7 @@ static int dso__process_kernel_symbol(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
>         struct dso *curr_dso = *curr_dsop;
>         struct map *curr_map;
>         char dso_name[PATH_MAX];
> +       struct map *map_ref;

nit: can we narrow the scope of this by moving it to the scope where it is used.

>
>         /* Adjust symbol to map to file offset */
>         if (adjust_kernel_syms)
> @@ -1390,10 +1391,10 @@ static int dso__process_kernel_symbol(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
>                         if (kmaps) {
>                                 int err;
>
> -                               map__get(map);
> -                               maps__remove(kmaps, map);
> -                               err = maps__insert(kmaps, map);
> -                               map__put(map);
> +                               map_ref = map__get(map);
> +                               maps__remove(kmaps, map_ref);
> +                               err = maps__insert(kmaps, map_ref);
> +                               map__put(map_ref);
>                                 if (err)
>                                         return err;
>                         }
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
> index 6b9c55784b56..b3034fd5c0af 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
> @@ -1368,6 +1368,7 @@ static int dso__load_kcore(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
>         int err, fd;
>         char kcore_filename[PATH_MAX];
>         u64 stext;
> +       struct map *map_ref;

nit: can we narrow the scope of this by moving it to the scope where it is used.

Thanks,
Ian

>
>         if (!kmaps)
>                 return -EINVAL;
> @@ -1464,10 +1465,10 @@ static int dso__load_kcore(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
>                         map__set_map_ip(map, map__map_ip_ptr(new_map));
>                         map__set_unmap_ip(map, map__unmap_ip_ptr(new_map));
>                         /* Ensure maps are correctly ordered */
> -                       map__get(map);
> -                       maps__remove(kmaps, map);
> -                       err = maps__insert(kmaps, map);
> -                       map__put(map);
> +                       map_ref = map__get(map);
> +                       maps__remove(kmaps, map_ref);
> +                       err = maps__insert(kmaps, map_ref);
> +                       map__put(map_ref);
>                         map__put(new_map);
>                         if (err)
>                                 goto out_err;
> --
> 2.34.1
>