linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/9] perf intel-pt: Fix error recovery from missing TIP packet

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Date:   Wed,  7 Mar 2018 16:02:23 +0200
From:   Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/9] perf intel-pt: Fix error recovery from missing TIP packet

When a TIP packet is expected but there is a different packet, it is an
error. However the unexpected packet might be something important like a
TSC packet, so after the error, it is necessary to continue from there,
rather than the next packet. That is achieved by setting pkt_step to zero.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
---
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
index 00f25f4b5f48..5e4d0bbafc8b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
@@ -1616,6 +1616,7 @@ static int intel_pt_walk_fup_tip(struct intel_pt_decoder *decoder)
 		case INTEL_PT_PWRX:
 			intel_pt_log("ERROR: Missing TIP after FUP\n");
 			decoder->pkt_state = INTEL_PT_STATE_ERR3;
+			decoder->pkt_step = 0;
 			return -ENOENT;
 
 		case INTEL_PT_OVF:
-- 
1.9.1