linux-kernel - [BUG] segfault in perf-top -- thread refcnt

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Date:	Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:31:22 -0600
From:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [BUG] segfault in perf-top -- thread refcnt

Hi Arnaldo:

If I leave 'perf top -z' running it eventually crashes with the 
backtrace in the new thread refcnt code:

(gdb) bt
#0  __list_del_entry (thread=0x670bd30)
     at 
/home/dahern/kernels/linux.git/tools/perf/util/include/../../../../include/linux/list.h:102
#1  list_del_init (thread=0x670bd30)
     at 
/home/dahern/kernels/linux.git/tools/perf/util/include/../../../../include/linux/list.h:145
#2  thread__put (thread=0x670bd30) at util/thread.c:94
#3  0x00000000001bfa3c in __thread__zput (he=0x820adc0) at util/thread.h:48
#4  hist_entry__delete (he=0x820adc0) at util/hist.c:939
#5  0x00000000001c18a4 in hists__delete_entry (hists=0x4fe0f8) at 
util/hist.c:255
#6  hists__delete_entries (hists=0x4fe0f8) at util/hist.c:283
#7  0x00000000001250e8 in perf_top__sort_new_samples (arg=0x7feffffbca8) 
at builtin-top.c:549
#8  0x00000000001e9108 in hist_browser__run (evsel=0x4fdfc0, 
nr_events=<value optimized out>,
     helpline=<value optimized out>, left_exits=<value optimized out>, 
hbt=0xfff800012cd7cce0, min_pcnt=0, env=0x4fe4c0)
     at ui/browsers/hists.c:431
#9  perf_evsel__hists_browse (evsel=0x4fdfc0, nr_events=<value optimized 
out>, helpline=<value optimized out>,
     left_exits=<value optimized out>, hbt=0xfff800012cd7cce0, 
min_pcnt=0, env=0x4fe4c0) at ui/browsers/hists.c:1501
#10 0x00000000001eb390 in perf_evlist__tui_browse_hists (evlist=0x4c9ae0,
     help=0x28dc00 "For a higher level overview, try: perf top --sort 
comm,dso", hbt=0xfff800012cd7cce0,
     min_pcnt=<value optimized out>, env=0x4fe4c0) at 
ui/browsers/hists.c:2022
#11 0x0000000000126188 in display_thread_tui (arg=<value optimized out>) 
at builtin-top.c:582
#12 0xfff8000100130a68 in start_thread () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
#13 0xfff800010139c598 in __thread_start () from /lib64/libc.so.6
#14 0xfff800010139c598 in __thread_start () from /lib64/libc.so.6


(gdb) fra 2
#2  thread__put (thread=0x670bd30) at util/thread.c:94
94	util/thread.c: No such file or directory.
	in util/thread.c
(gdb) p *thread
$2 = {{rb_node = {__rb_parent_color = 106933920, rb_right = 0x0, rb_left 
= 0x0}, node = {next = 0x65faea0, prev = 0x0}},
   mg = 0x670be20, pid_ = 153034, tid = 153034, ppid = -1, cpu = -1, 
refcnt = 0, shortname = "\000\000", comm_set = false,
   dead = false, comm_list = {next = 0x670bdc0, prev = 0x670bdc0}, 
comm_len = 7, db_id = 0, priv = 0x0, ts = 0x0}


In node element, prev is NULL
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