The evlist and the cpu/thread maps should be released together. Otherwise following error was reported by Asan.
$ perf test -v 28 28: Use a dummy software event to keep tracking: --- start --- test child forked, pid 156810 mmap size 528384B ================================================================= ==156810==ERROR: LeakSanitizer: detected memory leaks Direct leak of 40 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from: #0 0x7f637d2bce8f in __interceptor_malloc ../../../../src/libsanitizer/asan/asan_malloc_linux.cpp:145 #1 0x55cc6295cffa in cpu_map__trim_new /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/lib/perf/cpumap.c:79 #2 0x55cc6295da1f in perf_cpu_map__read /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/lib/perf/cpumap.c:149 #3 0x55cc6295e1df in cpu_map__read_all_cpu_map /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/lib/perf/cpumap.c:166 #4 0x55cc6295e1df in perf_cpu_map__new /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/lib/perf/cpumap.c:181 #5 0x55cc626287cf in test__keep_tracking tests/keep-tracking.c:84 #6 0x55cc625e38fb in run_test tests/builtin-test.c:428 #7 0x55cc625e38fb in test_and_print tests/builtin-test.c:458 #8 0x55cc625e5a53 in __cmd_test tests/builtin-test.c:679 #9 0x55cc625e5a53 in cmd_test tests/builtin-test.c:825 #10 0x55cc62651cc4 in run_builtin /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:313 #11 0x55cc624dba88 in handle_internal_command /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:365 #12 0x55cc624dba88 in run_argv /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:409 #13 0x55cc624dba88 in main /home/namhyung/project/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:539 #14 0x7f637cdf2d09 in __libc_start_main ../csu/libc-start.c:308 SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: 72 byte(s) leaked in 2 allocation(s). test child finished with 1 ---- end ---- Use a dummy software event to keep tracking: FAILED! Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhy...@kernel.org> --- tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c b/tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c index e6f1b2a38e03..a0438b0f0805 100644 --- a/tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c +++ b/tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c @@ -154,10 +154,9 @@ int test__keep_tracking(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_un if (evlist) { evlist__disable(evlist); evlist__delete(evlist); - } else { - perf_cpu_map__put(cpus); - perf_thread_map__put(threads); } + perf_cpu_map__put(cpus); + perf_thread_map__put(threads); return err; } -- 2.30.1.766.gb4fecdf3b7-goog