The get_argv_exec_path() returns a dynamic memory so it should be freed after use.
$ perf test -v 17 ... ==141682==ERROR: LeakSanitizer: detected memory leaks Direct leak of 33 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from: #0 0x7f09107d2e8f in __interceptor_malloc ../../../../src/libsanitizer/asan/asan_malloc_linux.cpp:145 #1 0x7f091035f6a7 in __vasprintf_internal libio/vasprintf.c:71 SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: 33 byte(s) leaked in 1 allocation(s). Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhy...@kernel.org> --- tools/perf/tests/attr.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/attr.c b/tools/perf/tests/attr.c index ec972e0892ab..dd39ce9b0277 100644 --- a/tools/perf/tests/attr.c +++ b/tools/perf/tests/attr.c @@ -182,14 +182,20 @@ int test__attr(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_unused) struct stat st; char path_perf[PATH_MAX]; char path_dir[PATH_MAX]; + char *exec_path; /* First try development tree tests. */ if (!lstat("./tests", &st)) return run_dir("./tests", "./perf"); + exec_path = get_argv_exec_path(); + if (exec_path == NULL) + return -1; + /* Then installed path. */ - snprintf(path_dir, PATH_MAX, "%s/tests", get_argv_exec_path()); + snprintf(path_dir, PATH_MAX, "%s/tests", exec_path); snprintf(path_perf, PATH_MAX, "%s/perf", BINDIR); + free(exec_path); if (!lstat(path_dir, &st) && !lstat(path_perf, &st)) -- 2.30.1.766.gb4fecdf3b7-goog