[PATCH v1 05/23] perf libdw_addr2line: Fixes to srcline memory allocation

Ian Rogers irogers at google.com
Fri Jan 16 21:28:31 PST 2026


Some irregular stack traces are causing double frees and memory
leaks. Make the code robust by proactively freeing and being more
careful with the memory management of the leaf_srcline.

Fixes: 88c51002d06f ("perf addr2line: Add a libdw implementation")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers at google.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/libdw.c | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/libdw.c b/tools/perf/util/libdw.c
index e4bfd52bd172..b96c4e0d728f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/libdw.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/libdw.c
@@ -42,16 +42,24 @@ static int libdw_a2l_cb(Dwarf_Die *die, void *_args)
 		call_srcline = srcline_from_fileline(call_fname, die_get_call_lineno(die));
 
 	list_for_each_entry(ilist, &args->node->val, list) {
+		if (args->leaf_srcline == ilist->srcline)
+			args->leaf_srcline_used = false;
+		else if (ilist->srcline != srcline__unknown)
+			free(ilist->srcline);
 		ilist->srcline =  call_srcline;
 		call_srcline = NULL;
 		break;
 	}
-	if (call_srcline && call_fname)
+	if (call_srcline && call_srcline != srcline__unknown)
 		free(call_srcline);
 
 	/* Add this symbol to the chain as the leaf. */
-	inline_list__append_tail(inline_sym, args->leaf_srcline, args->node);
-	args->leaf_srcline_used = true;
+	if (!args->leaf_srcline_used) {
+		inline_list__append_tail(inline_sym, args->leaf_srcline, args->node);
+		args->leaf_srcline_used = true;
+	} else {
+		inline_list__append_tail(inline_sym, strdup(args->leaf_srcline), args->node);
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.52.0.457.g6b5491de43-goog




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