linux-kernel - [PATCH 31/32] perf/stat: fix bug in handling events in error state

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Date:	Thu, 28 Apr 2016 21:43:37 -0700
From:	David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@...gle.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc:	Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@...ux.intel.com>,
	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>,
	David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@...gle.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 31/32] perf/stat: fix bug in handling events in error state

From: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>

When an event is in error state, read() returns 0
instead of sizeof() buffer. In certain modes, such
as interval printing, ignoring the 0 return value
may cause bogus count deltas to be computed and
thus invalid results printed.

this patch fixes this problem by modifying read_counters()
to mark the event as not scaled (scaled = -1) to force
the printout routine to show <NOT COUNTED>.

Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 12 +++++++++---
 tools/perf/util/evsel.c   |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 1f19f2f..a4e5610 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -289,8 +289,12 @@ static int read_counter(struct perf_evsel *counter)
 			struct perf_counts_values *count;
 
 			count = perf_counts(counter->counts, cpu, thread);
-			if (perf_evsel__read(counter, cpu, thread, count))
+			if (perf_evsel__read(counter, cpu, thread, count)) {
+				counter->counts->scaled = -1;
+				perf_counts(counter->counts, cpu, thread)->ena = 0;
+				perf_counts(counter->counts, cpu, thread)->run = 0;
 				return -1;
+			}
 
 			if (STAT_RECORD) {
 				if (perf_evsel__write_stat_event(counter, cpu, thread, count)) {
@@ -307,12 +311,14 @@ static int read_counter(struct perf_evsel *counter)
 static void read_counters(bool close_counters)
 {
 	struct perf_evsel *counter;
+	int ret;
 
 	evlist__for_each(evsel_list, counter) {
-		if (read_counter(counter))
+		ret = read_counter(counter);
+		if (ret)
 			pr_debug("failed to read counter %s\n", counter->name);
 
-		if (perf_stat_process_counter(&stat_config, counter))
+		if (ret == 0 && perf_stat_process_counter(&stat_config, counter))
 			pr_warning("failed to process counter %s\n", counter->name);
 
 		if (close_counters) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 545bb3f..52a0c35 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ int perf_evsel__read(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu, int thread,
 	if (FD(evsel, cpu, thread) < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (readn(FD(evsel, cpu, thread), count, sizeof(*count)) < 0)
+	if (readn(FD(evsel, cpu, thread), count, sizeof(*count)) <= 0)
 		return -errno;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ int __perf_evsel__read_on_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 	if (evsel->counts == NULL && perf_evsel__alloc_counts(evsel, cpu + 1, thread + 1) < 0)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (readn(FD(evsel, cpu, thread), &count, nv * sizeof(u64)) < 0)
+	if (readn(FD(evsel, cpu, thread), &count, nv * sizeof(u64)) <= 0)
 		return -errno;
 
 	perf_evsel__compute_deltas(evsel, cpu, thread, &count);
-- 
2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020