From 2857a5dca750ea989c6fb70b4c14e801e4b7b4ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tanushree Shah <tshah@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 17:45:29 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] perf data convert json: Fix addr_location leak on
 time-filtered samples

When samples are skipped due to time filtering in process_sample_event(),
the early return path bypasses addr_location__exit(), causing memory leaks
of thread, map, and maps references acquired by machine__resolve().

These references must be released through addr_location__exit() before
returning.

Fixes: 8e746e95c3e4eb56 ("perf data: Allow filtering conversion by time range")
Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Tanushree Shah <tshah@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Derek Foreman <derek.foreman@collabora.com>
Cc: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Michael Petlan <mpetlan@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Shivani.Nittor@ibm.com
Cc: Tanushree.Shah@ibm.com
Cc: Tejas.Manhas1@ibm.com
Cc: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/data-convert-json.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-json.c b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-json.c
index c71dfb77c697..40412c3dbdb2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-json.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-json.c
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ static int process_sample_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 
 	if (perf_time__ranges_skip_sample(c->ptime_range, c->range_num, sample->time)) {
 		++c->skipped;
+		addr_location__exit(&al);
 		return 0;
 	}