perf machine: Free scandir entries in guest kernel map creation

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machines__create_guest_kernel_maps() calls scandir() which allocates
both the namelist array and each individual dirent entry.  The code
frees the namelist array but not the individual entries, leaking memory
proportional to the number of directories under guestmount.

Free each namelist[i] after it is no longer needed.

Fixes: a1645ce12a ("perf: 'perf kvm' tool for monitoring guest performance from host")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Cc: Zhang, Yanmin <yanmin_zhang@linux.intel.com>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4.6
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>

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Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2026-07-26 20:40:13 -03:00 • committed by Namhyung Kim

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