[PATCH v2] target/riscv: Fix memory leak in riscv_trigger_unrealize()

Zeng Chi <[email protected]> Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:39:27 +0800
Newsgroups org.nongnu.qemu-riscv,org.nongnu.qemu-devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From: Zeng Chi <[email protected]>

In riscv_trigger_unrealize(), the per-trigger QEMUTimer objects are
created in riscv_trigger_realize() using timer_new_ns().  However,
unrealize only calls timer_del() to cancel them, but never frees the
timer objects themselves. This results in a memory leak every time a
CPU instance is unrealized (e.g., during hot-unplug or machine teardown).

Fix it by replacing timer_del() with timer_free(), which internally
cancels the timer and frees its memory.  The separate timer_del() call
is no longer needed.

Fixes: 820552a92e32 ("target/riscv: dynamic alloc of debug trigger arrays")
Signed-off-by: Zeng Chi <[email protected]>
---
 target/riscv/tcg/debug.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/target/riscv/tcg/debug.c b/target/riscv/tcg/debug.c
index 3c0fe70101..5ab29f6945 100644
--- a/target/riscv/tcg/debug.c
+++ b/target/riscv/tcg/debug.c
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ void riscv_trigger_unrealize(CPURISCVState *env)
     g_free(env->cpu_watchpoint);
 
     for (int i = 0; i < env->num_triggers; i++) {
-        timer_del(env->itrigger_timer[i]);
+        timer_free(env->itrigger_timer[i]);
     }
     g_free(env->itrigger_timer);
 }
-- 
2.25.1


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