Re: [PATCH 2/6] x86,perf/cqm: Fix cqm memory leak and notifier leak

[Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>]

On Tue, 1 Mar 2016, Vikas Shivappa wrote:

> Fixes the hotcpu notifier leak and a memory leak during cqm(cache
> quality of service monitoring) initialization.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c | 17 ++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c
> index e6be335..5666171 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c
> @@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ static const struct x86_cpu_id intel_cqm_match[] = {
>  
>  static int __init intel_cqm_init(void)
>  {
> -	char *str, scale[20];
> +	char *str = NULL, scale[20];
>  	int i, cpu, ret;
>  
>  	if (!x86_match_cpu(intel_cqm_match))
> @@ -1382,16 +1382,23 @@ static int __init intel_cqm_init(void)
>  		cqm_pick_event_reader(i);
>  	}
>  
> -	__perf_cpu_notifier(intel_cqm_cpu_notifier);
> -
>  	ret = perf_pmu_register(&intel_cqm_pmu, "intel_cqm", -1);
> -	if (ret)
> +	if (ret) {
>  		pr_err("Intel CQM perf registration failed: %d\n", ret);
> -	else
> +		goto out;
> +	} else {
>  		pr_info("Intel CQM monitoring enabled\n");
> +	}
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Register the hot cpu notifier once we are sure cqm
> +	 * is enabled to avoid notifier leak.
> +	 */
> +	__perf_cpu_notifier(intel_cqm_cpu_notifier);
>  out:
>  	cpu_notifier_register_done();
> +	if (ret)
> +		kfree(str);

This still leaks cqm_rmid_ptrs ....