linux-kernel - [tip:perf/core] perf intel-pt: Fix snapshot overlap detection decoder errors

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Date:   Thu, 29 Sep 2016 11:16:10 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Adrian Hunter <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     hpa@...or.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mathieu.poirier@...aro.org,
        adrian.hunter@...el.com, acme@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jolsa@...hat.com,
        mhiramat@...nel.org, mingo@...nel.org
Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf intel-pt: Fix snapshot overlap detection
 decoder errors

Commit-ID:  810c398bc09b2f2dfde52a7d2483a710612c5fb8
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/810c398bc09b2f2dfde52a7d2483a710612c5fb8
Author:     Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 17:38:41 +0300
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 11:17:03 -0300

perf intel-pt: Fix snapshot overlap detection decoder errors

Fix occasional decoder errors decoding trace data collected in snapshot
mode.

Snapshot mode can take successive snapshots of trace which might overlap.
The decoder checks whether there is an overlap but only looks at the
current and previous buffer. However buffers that do not contain
synchronization (i.e. PSB) packets cannot be decoded or used for overlap
checking. That means the decoder actually needs to check overlaps between
the current buffer and the previous buffer that contained usable data.
Make that change.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # v4.3+
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1474641528-18776-10-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
index b9cc353..b744ea8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ static int intel_pt_get_trace(struct intel_pt_buffer *b, void *data)
 	}
 
 	queue = &ptq->pt->queues.queue_array[ptq->queue_nr];
-
+next:
 	buffer = auxtrace_buffer__next(queue, buffer);
 	if (!buffer) {
 		if (old_buffer)
@@ -264,9 +264,6 @@ static int intel_pt_get_trace(struct intel_pt_buffer *b, void *data)
 	    intel_pt_do_fix_overlap(ptq->pt, old_buffer, buffer))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (old_buffer)
-		auxtrace_buffer__drop_data(old_buffer);
-
 	if (buffer->use_data) {
 		b->len = buffer->use_size;
 		b->buf = buffer->use_data;
@@ -276,6 +273,16 @@ static int intel_pt_get_trace(struct intel_pt_buffer *b, void *data)
 	}
 	b->ref_timestamp = buffer->reference;
 
+	/*
+	 * If in snapshot mode and the buffer has no usable data, get next
+	 * buffer and again check overlap against old_buffer.
+	 */
+	if (ptq->pt->snapshot_mode && !b->len)
+		goto next;
+
+	if (old_buffer)
+		auxtrace_buffer__drop_data(old_buffer);
+
 	if (!old_buffer || ptq->pt->sampling_mode || (ptq->pt->snapshot_mode &&
 						      !buffer->consecutive)) {
 		b->consecutive = false;