linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf: cs-etm: Fix corrupt inject files when only last branch option is enabled

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Message-ID: <8f563870-3410-221d-4464-5c54a0018b55@arm.com>
Date:   Tue, 22 Feb 2022 15:49:30 +0000
From:   James Clark <james.clark@....com>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
Cc:     linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, mathieu.poirier@...aro.org,
        coresight@...ts.linaro.org, Mike Leach <mike.leach@...aro.org>,
        John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf: cs-etm: Fix corrupt inject files when only last
 branch option is enabled



On 15/02/2022 15:07, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 12:05:16AM +0800, Leo Yan escreveu:
>> On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 08:06:20PM +0000, James Clark wrote:
>>> Perf inject with Coresight data generates files that cannot be opened
>>> when only the last branch option is specified:
>>>
>>>   perf inject -i perf.data --itrace=l -o inject.data
>>>   perf script -i inject.data
>>>   0x33faa8 [0x8]: failed to process type: 9 [Bad address]
>>>
>>> This is because cs_etm__synth_instruction_sample() is called even when
>>> the sample type for instructions hasn't been setup. Last branch records
>>> are attached to instruction samples so it doesn't make sense to generate
>>> them when --itrace=i isn't specified anyway.
>>>
>>> This change disables all calls of cs_etm__synth_instruction_sample()
>>> unless --itrace=i is specified, resulting in a file with no samples if
>>> only --itrace=l is provided, rather than a bad file.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@....com>
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
> 
> Thanks, applied.
> 
> - Arnaldo
> 

Thanks Leo and Arnaldo!

>  
>>> ---
>>>  tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c | 2 ++
>>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
>>> index 796a065a500e..8b95fb3c4d7b 100644
>>> --- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
>>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
>>> @@ -1553,6 +1553,7 @@ static int cs_etm__flush(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
>>>  		goto swap_packet;
>>>  
>>>  	if (etmq->etm->synth_opts.last_branch &&
>>> +	    etmq->etm->synth_opts.instructions &&
>>>  	    tidq->prev_packet->sample_type == CS_ETM_RANGE) {
>>>  		u64 addr;
>>>  
>>> @@ -1610,6 +1611,7 @@ static int cs_etm__end_block(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
>>>  	 * the trace.
>>>  	 */
>>>  	if (etmq->etm->synth_opts.last_branch &&
>>> +	    etmq->etm->synth_opts.instructions &&
>>>  	    tidq->prev_packet->sample_type == CS_ETM_RANGE) {
>>>  		u64 addr;
>>>  
>>> -- 
>>> 2.28.0
>>>
>