Found this kmemleak in error path when setting event trigger filter. The steps is as below. cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/irq/irq_handler_entry echo 'enable_event:kmem:kmalloc:3 if nr_rq > 1' > trigger echo 'enable_event:kmem:kmalloc:3 if irq > 31' > trigger echo 'enable_event:kmem:kmalloc:3 if irq > ' > trigger unreferenced object 0xffffa06e570186a0 (size 32): comm "bash", pid 2521, jiffies 4335796661 (age 43872.095s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 a6 86 69 6e a0 ff ff ...........in... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<ffffffff9756c27a>] kmemleak_alloc+0x4a/0xa0 [<ffffffff97024e0a>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0xca/0x1d0 [<ffffffff96f86552>] create_filter_start.constprop.28+0x42/0x730 [<ffffffff96f87a0a>] create_filter+0x4a/0xc0 [<ffffffff96f87bac>] create_event_filter+0xc/0x10 [<ffffffff96f88b24>] set_trigger_filter+0x84/0x130 [<ffffffff96f8934f>] event_enable_trigger_func+0x25f/0x340 [<ffffffff96f8894d>] event_trigger_write+0xfd/0x1a0 [<ffffffff9704e117>] __vfs_write+0x37/0x170 [<ffffffff9704f6a2>] vfs_write+0xb2/0x1b0 [<ffffffff97050cd5>] SyS_write+0x55/0xc0 [<ffffffff96e03857>] do_syscall_64+0x67/0x150 [<ffffffff97577ce7>] return_from_SYSCALL_64+0x0/0x6a [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff unreferenced object 0xffffa06e6986a600 (size 512): comm "bash", pid 2521, jiffies 4335796661 (age 43872.095s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): b0 59 f8 96 ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .Y.............. 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<ffffffff9756c27a>] kmemleak_alloc+0x4a/0xa0 [<ffffffff97025498>] __kmalloc+0xe8/0x220 [<ffffffff96f87518>] replace_preds+0x4c8/0x970 [<ffffffff96f87a51>] create_filter+0x91/0xc0 [<ffffffff96f87bac>] create_event_filter+0xc/0x10 [<ffffffff96f88b24>] set_trigger_filter+0x84/0x130 [<ffffffff96f8934f>] event_enable_trigger_func+0x25f/0x340 [<ffffffff96f8894d>] event_trigger_write+0xfd/0x1a0 [<ffffffff9704e117>] __vfs_write+0x37/0x170 [<ffffffff9704f6a2>] vfs_write+0xb2/0x1b0 [<ffffffff97050cd5>] SyS_write+0x55/0xc0 [<ffffffff96e03857>] do_syscall_64+0x67/0x150 [<ffffffff97577ce7>] return_from_SYSCALL_64+0x0/0x6a [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff unreferenced object 0xffffa06e718a7560 (size 32): comm "bash", pid 2521, jiffies 4335807465 (age 43861.320s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 a2 76 5b 6e a0 ff ff ..........v[n... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<ffffffff9756c27a>] kmemleak_alloc+0x4a/0xa0 [<ffffffff97024e0a>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0xca/0x1d0 [<ffffffff96f86552>] create_filter_start.constprop.28+0x42/0x730 [<ffffffff96f87a0a>] create_filter+0x4a/0xc0 [<ffffffff96f87bac>] create_event_filter+0xc/0x10 [<ffffffff96f88b24>] set_trigger_filter+0x84/0x130 [<ffffffff96f8934f>] event_enable_trigger_func+0x25f/0x340 [<ffffffff96f8894d>] event_trigger_write+0xfd/0x1a0 [<ffffffff9704e117>] __vfs_write+0x37/0x170 [<ffffffff9704f6a2>] vfs_write+0xb2/0x1b0 [<ffffffff97050cd5>] SyS_write+0x55/0xc0 [<ffffffff96e03857>] do_syscall_64+0x67/0x150 [<ffffffff97577ce7>] return_from_SYSCALL_64+0x0/0x6a [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff Signed-off-by: Chunyu Hu <chuhu@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c index f2ac9d4..955c3eb 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c @@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ int set_trigger_filter(char *filter_str, /* The filter is for the 'trigger' event, not the triggered event */ ret = create_event_filter(file->event_call, filter_str, false, &filter); if (ret) - goto out; + goto out_free; assign: tmp = rcu_access_pointer(data->filter); @@ -764,6 +764,10 @@ int set_trigger_filter(char *filter_str, } out: return ret; + + out_free: + free_event_filter(filter); + goto out; } static LIST_HEAD(named_triggers); -- 1.8.3.1