tracing: Fix memory leaks in create_field_var()

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The function create_field_var() allocates memory for 'val' through
create_hist_field() inside parse_atom(), and for 'var' through
create_var(), which in turn allocates var->type and var->var.name
internally. Simply calling kfree() to release these structures will
result in memory leaks.

Use destroy_hist_field() to properly free 'val', and explicitly release
the memory of var->type and var->var.name before freeing 'var' itself.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251106120132.3639920-1-zilin@seu.edu.cn
Fixes: 02205a6752 ("tracing: Add support for 'field variables'")
Signed-off-by: Zilin Guan <zilin@seu.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>

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Zilin Guan 2025-11-06 12:01:32 +00:00 • committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman

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