From: Hao Luo <haoluo@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 29d67fdebc42af6466d1909c60fdd1ef4f3e5240 ] I hit a memory leak when testing bpf_program__set_attach_target(). Basically, set_attach_target() may allocate btf_vmlinux, for example, when setting attach target for bpf_iter programs. But btf_vmlinux is freed only in bpf_object_load(), which means if we only open bpf object but not load it, setting attach target may leak btf_vmlinux. So let's free btf_vmlinux in bpf_object__close() anyway. Signed-off-by: Hao Luo <haoluo@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20230822193840.1509809-1-haoluo@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c index b8849812449c3..343018632d2d1 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c @@ -4202,6 +4202,7 @@ void bpf_object__close(struct bpf_object *obj) bpf_object__elf_finish(obj); bpf_object__unload(obj); btf__free(obj->btf); + btf__free(obj->btf_vmlinux); btf_ext__free(obj->btf_ext); for (i = 0; i < obj->nr_maps; i++) { -- 2.40.1