linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] perf script segfault

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Message-ID: <55246B14.30906@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 07 Apr 2015 17:41:08 -0600
From:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
CC:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] perf script segfault

what happened to this patch? not in your core or urgent branches and 
perf-script is still bombing

On 3/31/15 7:36 AM, David Ahern wrote:
> On 3/31/15 6:59 AM, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
>> Em Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 08:45:33PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
>> escreveu:
>>> Em Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 04:51:34PM -0600, David Ahern escreveu:
>>>> tool was moved to ordered_events and is not initialized for pipe
>>>> mode. I
>>>> don't have time to look into it more than that before PTO on Wednesday.
>>
>>> I guess this one is enough, no? Checking with your example...
>>
>> So the following is better, can you give it a try, please?
>>
>> - Arnaldo
>>
>>
>>  From fbd7d154f01c47db71a3d8b0546911872aa1de54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
>> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 09:53:50 -0300
>> Subject: [PATCH 1/1] perf session: Always initialize ordered_events
>>
>> Even when it is not used to actually reorder events, some of its fields
>> are used, like session->ordered_events->tool, to shorten function
>> signatures where tool, for instance, was being passed, as the tool is
>> needed for the ordered_events code, we need it there and might as well
>> use it for other perf_session needs.
>>
>> This fixes a problem where 'perf script' had some condition that made
>> session->ordered_events not to be initialized even with its
>> script->tool ordered_events related flags asking for it to be, which
>> looks like another bug and needs to be investigated further.
>>
>> Always initializing session->ordered_events at least leaves the current
>> assumptions in place, so do it now.
>>
>> Reported-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
>> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
>> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
>> Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
>> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
>> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
>> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
>> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
>> Link:
>> http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-b1xxk0rwkz2a0gip1uufmjqg@git.kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
>> ---
>>   tools/perf/util/session.c | 5 ++---
>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
>> index adf0740c563b..89c66797abe4 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
>> @@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ struct perf_session *perf_session__new(struct
>> perf_data_file *file,
>>
>>       session->repipe = repipe;
>>       machines__init(&session->machines);
>> +    ordered_events__init(&session->ordered_events, &session->machines,
>> +                 session->evlist, tool, ordered_events__deliver_event);
>>
>>       if (file) {
>>           if (perf_data_file__open(file))
>> @@ -139,9 +141,6 @@ struct perf_session *perf_session__new(struct
>> perf_data_file *file,
>>           tool->ordered_events &&
>> !perf_evlist__sample_id_all(session->evlist)) {
>>           dump_printf("WARNING: No sample_id_all support, falling back
>> to unordered processing\n");
>>           tool->ordered_events = false;
>> -    } else {
>> -        ordered_events__init(&session->ordered_events,
>> &session->machines,
>> -                     session->evlist, tool,
>> ordered_events__deliver_event);
>>       }
>>
>>       return session;
>>
>
> Works for me. Reviewed-and-Tested-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>

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