Re: perf report segfault

[Jiri Olsa]

On Tue, Oct 09, 2018 at 11:27:04AM -0500, Anthony LaTorre wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm currently running Linux kernel 4.18.10-100.fc27.x86_64 and have a
> problem profiling a program that used to work. Currently when I
> profile the program with the following command:
> 
> $ perf record -F 99 -p PID --call-graph dwarf sleep 10
> 
> it produces a data file which causes perf report to segfault:
> 
> $ perf report
> perf: Segmentation fault
> -------- backtrace --------
> perf(+0x325302)[0x55860ae79302]
> /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x347d0)[0x7fbc8f3987d0]
> perf(+0x273e80)[0x55860adc7e80]
> perf(unwind__get_entries+0x1d9)[0x55860ae4ace9]
> perf(thread__resolve_callchain+0xfd)[0x55860adce7dd]
> perf(sample__resolve_callchain+0x58)[0x55860adc45b8]
> perf(hist_entry_iter__add+0x98)[0x55860adfa908]
> perf(+0x1ab8d9)[0x55860acff8d9]
> perf(+0x280603)[0x55860add4603]
> perf(+0x283c63)[0x55860add7c63]
> perf(+0x280e04)[0x55860add4e04]
> perf(perf_session__process_events+0x8ae)[0x55860add6bee]
> perf(cmd_report+0x190f)[0x55860ad01a4f]
> perf(+0x21a961)[0x55860ad6e961]
> perf(+0x21ac6e)[0x55860ad6ec6e]
> perf(main+0x361)[0x55860ace8411]
> /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xea)[0x7fbc8f384fea]
> perf(_start+0x2a)[0x55860ace889a]
> 
> I've attached the data file which is causing the issue.
> 
> The perf version is:
> 
> $ perf --version
> perf version 4.18.10
> 
> and I'm running Fedora 27 if that makes a difference.
> 
> I've tried to reproduce with simpler programs so I could send a
> minimal working example, but it doesn't appear to cause the issue.

please do, I can't reproduce this

thanks,
jirka