[PATCH v2 1/4] perf tools: Fix memory leak in cmd_kvm()

Michalis Niarchos <[email protected]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:05:40 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.feeds.b4-sent,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-perf-users
Message-ID <[email protected]>
filename may get allocated by get_filename_for_perf_kvm(), but is
never freed. Use string literals to remove the need for freeing.

Signed-off-by: Michalis Niarchos <[email protected]>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index 394302ebdb16..44c6998f2ee5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -606,11 +606,11 @@ static const char *get_filename_for_perf_kvm(void)
 	const char *filename;
 
 	if (perf_host && !perf_guest)
-		filename = strdup("perf.data.host");
+		filename = "perf.data.host";
 	else if (!perf_host && perf_guest)
-		filename = strdup("perf.data.guest");
+		filename = "perf.data.guest";
 	else
-		filename = strdup("perf.data.kvm");
+		filename = "perf.data.kvm";
 
 	return filename;
 }

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