linux-kernel - [PATCH 04/12] perf record: Robustify perf_event__synth_time

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Date:	Mon, 30 May 2016 16:24:50 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>, pi3orama@....com,
	He Kuang <hekuang@...wei.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 04/12] perf record: Robustify perf_event__synth_time_conv()

From: Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>

It is possible that all events in an evlist are overwritable.
perf_event__synth_time_conv() should not crash in this case.
record__pick_pc() is used to check avaliability.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>
Cc: pi3orama@....com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1464056944-166978-3-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: He Kuang <hekuang@...wei.com>
[ Split from a larger patch ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/tsc.c | 2 ++
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c    | 9 ++++++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/tsc.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/tsc.c
index 357f1b13b5ae..2e5567c94e09 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/tsc.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/tsc.c
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ int perf_event__synth_time_conv(const struct perf_event_mmap_page *pc,
 	struct perf_tsc_conversion tc;
 	int err;
 
+	if (!pc)
+		return 0;
 	err = perf_read_tsc_conversion(pc, &tc);
 	if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		return 0;
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index dc3fcb597e4c..d4cf1b0c88f9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -655,6 +655,13 @@ perf_event__synth_time_conv(const struct perf_event_mmap_page *pc __maybe_unused
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static const struct perf_event_mmap_page *record__pick_pc(struct record *rec)
+{
+	if (rec->evlist && rec->evlist->mmap && rec->evlist->mmap[0].base)
+		return rec->evlist->mmap[0].base;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static int record__synthesize(struct record *rec)
 {
 	struct perf_session *session = rec->session;
@@ -692,7 +699,7 @@ static int record__synthesize(struct record *rec)
 		}
 	}
 
-	err = perf_event__synth_time_conv(rec->evlist->mmap[0].base, tool,
+	err = perf_event__synth_time_conv(record__pick_pc(rec), tool,
 					  process_synthesized_event, machine);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
-- 
2.5.5