Messages in this thread | | | From | Namhyung Kim <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] perf kvm: fix segfault with default guest arguments | Date | Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:39:22 +0900 |
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Hi, David
On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 22:41:26 -0600, David Ahern wrote: > (This time with actual backtrace; forgot to remove the leading '#' on the frames.) > > File generated with: > $ perf kvm --host --guest --guestkallsyms=/tmp/guest-kallsyms > --guestmodules=/tmp/guest-modules record -a > > The report command: > $ perf kvm --host --guest --guestkallsyms=/tmp/guest-kallsyms > --guestmodules=/tmp/guest-modules report > > dies with a SEGFAULT: > Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. > 0x000000000046dd7b in machine__mmap_name (self=0x0, bf=0x7fffffffbd20 "q\021", size=4096) at util/map.c:715 > 715 snprintf(bf, size, "[%s.%d]", "guest.kernel.kallsyms", self->pid); > > (gdb) bt > 0 0x000000000046dd7b in machine__mmap_name (self=0x0, bf=0x7fffffffbd20 "q\021", size=4096) at util/map.c:715 > 1 0x0000000000444161 in perf_event__process_kernel_mmap (tool=0x7fffffffdd80, event=0x7ffff7fb4120, machine=0x0) at util/event.c:562 > 2 0x0000000000444642 in perf_event__process_mmap (tool=0x7fffffffdd80, event=0x7ffff7fb4120, sample=0x7fffffffd210, machine=0x0) > at util/event.c:668 > 3 0x0000000000470e0b in perf_session_deliver_event (session=0x915ca0, event=0x7ffff7fb4120, sample=0x7fffffffd210, tool=0x7fffffffdd80, > file_offset=8480) at util/session.c:979 > 4 0x000000000047032e in flush_sample_queue (s=0x915ca0, tool=0x7fffffffdd80) at util/session.c:679 > 5 0x0000000000471c8d in __perf_session__process_events (session=0x915ca0, data_offset=400, data_size=150448, file_size=150848, tool= > 0x7fffffffdd80) at util/session.c:1363 > 6 0x0000000000471d42 in perf_session__process_events (self=0x915ca0, tool=0x7fffffffdd80) at util/session.c:1379 > 7 0x000000000042484a in __cmd_report (rep=0x7fffffffdd80) at builtin-report.c:368 > 8 0x0000000000425bf1 in cmd_report (argc=0, argv=0x915b00, prefix=0x0) at builtin-report.c:756 > 9 0x0000000000438505 in __cmd_report (argc=4, argv=0x7fffffffe260) at builtin-kvm.c:84 > 10 0x000000000043882a in cmd_kvm (argc=4, argv=0x7fffffffe260, prefix=0x0) at builtin-kvm.c:131 > 11 0x00000000004152cd in run_builtin (p=0x7a54e8, argc=9, argv=0x7fffffffe260) at perf.c:273 > 12 0x00000000004154c7 in handle_internal_command (argc=9, argv=0x7fffffffe260) at perf.c:345 > 13 0x0000000000415613 in run_argv (argcp=0x7fffffffe14c, argv=0x7fffffffe140) at perf.c:389 > 14 0x0000000000415899 in main (argc=9, argv=0x7fffffffe260) at perf.c:487 > > If no samples hit within a guest module then no build id events are written > to the header during the record. On the report side this cases no 'machine' > to be generated for the default guest (pid == 0) leading to a > machine == NULL in perf_session_deliver_event. > > perf's handling of default kallsyms and guest-modules needs to be reworked. > Until then perf should at least not segfault. > > Reported-by: Pradeep Kumar Surisetty <psuriset@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > CC: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> > Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> > Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com> > Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> > Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> > Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> > > Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> > --- > tools/perf/util/session.c | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c > index c3e399b..3999d5e 100644 > --- a/tools/perf/util/session.c > +++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c > @@ -976,6 +976,8 @@ static int perf_session_deliver_event(struct perf_session *session, > } > return tool->sample(tool, event, sample, evsel, machine); > case PERF_RECORD_MMAP: > + if (machine == NULL) > + return 0; > return tool->mmap(tool, event, sample, machine); > case PERF_RECORD_COMM: > return tool->comm(tool, event, sample, machine);
I don't know about the kvm, but isn't there a possibility that the same thing happends on other types of event too - i.e. comm, fork, exit..?
Thanks, Namhyung
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