linux-kernel - Re: Perf raw sample overflows perf record

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Date:   Tue, 27 Oct 2020 14:08:53 +0900
From:   Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>
To:     George Prekas <prekageo@...zon.com>
Cc:     linux-perf-users <linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Perf raw sample overflows perf record

+ LKML

On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 8:44 AM George Prekas <prekageo@...zon.com> wrote:
>
> The header of a perf sample has a u16 field for the size of the record.
> On the other hand, a PERF_SAMPLE_RAW has a u32 field for its size.
>
> I've written a test perf driver that creates large raw samples and it
> doesn't work correctly (as expected). For example, perf record fails with:
>
> Can't parse sample, err = -14
> 0x4688 [0x8]: failed to process type: 68 [Bad address]
>
> Is this expected? Is the developer of the perf driver responsible to
> make sure that each perf record does not exceed 64KB in size? If that's
> the case, I am wondering why the raw sample has a u32 for its size.

For the large records, you may consider an auxtrace interface.

Thanks
Namhyung