linux-kernel - perf top segfaults on current git

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Date:	Wed, 4 Nov 2015 11:15:33 +0100
From:	Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: perf top segfaults on current git

On 2015.11.03 at 11:02 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> Please pull the latest perf-core-for-linus git tree from:

Since the current merge "perf top" segfaults on my machine:

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.

__map__is_kernel (map=map@...ry=0x1abb7a0) at util/map.c:238
238             return __machine__kernel_map(map->groups->machine, map->type) == map;
(gdb) bt
#0  __map__is_kernel (map=map@...ry=0x1abb7a0) at util/map.c:238
#1  0x00000000004393e4 in symbol_filter (map=map@...ry=0x1abb7a0, sym=sym@...ry=0x1a88560) at builtin-top.c:658
#2  0x00000000004fcd4d in dso__load_sym (dso=dso@...ry=0x166dae0, map=map@...ry=0x1abb7a0, syms_ss=0x7fffffff7680, runtime_ss=runtime_ss@...ry=0x7fffffff7680, 
    filter=filter@...ry=0x4393c0 <symbol_filter>, kmodule=0) at util/symbol-elf.c:1082
#3  0x00000000004a64e0 in dso__load (dso=0x166dae0, map=map@...ry=0x1abb7a0, filter=filter@...ry=0x4393c0 <symbol_filter>) at util/symbol.c:1530
#4  0x00000000004b941f in map__load (filter=0x4393c0 <symbol_filter>, map=<optimized out>) at util/map.c:289
#5  map__find_symbol (map=0x1abb7a0, addr=40188, filter=0x4393c0 <symbol_filter>) at util/map.c:333
#6  0x00000000004803b1 in perf_event__preprocess_sample (event=event@...ry=0x7ffff6a7a5f0, machine=machine@...ry=0x164c7b8, al=al@...ry=0x7fffffff8a90, 
    sample=sample@...ry=0x7fffffff8b20) at util/event.c:1045
#7  0x0000000000439837 in perf_event__process_sample (machine=0x164c7b8, sample=0x7fffffff8b20, evsel=0x164c320, event=0x7ffff6a7a5f0, tool=0x7fffffff8ef0)
    at builtin-top.c:737
#8  perf_top__mmap_read_idx (top=top@...ry=0x7fffffff8ef0, idx=idx@...ry=0) at builtin-top.c:870
#9  0x000000000043b9ef in perf_top__mmap_read (top=0x7fffffff8ef0) at builtin-top.c:887
#10 __cmd_top (top=0x7fffffff8ef0) at builtin-top.c:1000
#11 cmd_top (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>, prefix=<optimized out>) at builtin-top.c:1329
#12 0x00000000004756b3 in run_builtin (p=p@...ry=0x5b0608 <commands+264>, argc=argc@...ry=2, argv=argv@...ry=0x7fffffffe500) at perf.c:386
#13 0x00000000004203e2 in handle_internal_command (argv=0x7fffffffe500, argc=2) at perf.c:447
#14 run_argv (argv=0x7fffffffe290, argcp=0x7fffffffe29c) at perf.c:491
#15 main (argc=2, argv=0x7fffffffe500) at perf.c:608

It only happens occasionally (~every third or fourth run).

-- 
Markus
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