Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] perf stat: Clear reset_group for each stat run

From: Xing Zhengjun
Date: Tue Aug 23 2022 - 03:58:07 EST




On 8/23/2022 5:33 AM, Ian Rogers wrote:
If a weak group is broken then the reset_group flag remains set for
the next run. Having reset_group set means the counter isn't created
and ultimately a segfault.

A simple reproduction of this is:
perf stat -r2 -e '{cycles,cycles,cycles,cycles,cycles,cycles,cycles,cycles,cycles,cycles}:W

It is better to change to a full command:
perf stat -r2 -e '{cycles,cycles,cycles,cycles,cycles,cycles,cycles,cycles,cycles,cycles}:W' true
which will be added as a test in the next patch.

Fixes: 4804e0111662 ("perf stat: Use affinity for opening events")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>

I test the two patches on both non-hybrid and hybrid machines, and the "Segmentation fault" disappeared.

Tested-by: Zhengjun Xing <zhengjun.xing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 7fb81a44672d..54cd29d07ca8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -826,6 +826,7 @@ static int __run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv, int run_idx)
}
evlist__for_each_entry(evsel_list, counter) {
+ counter->reset_group = false;
if (bpf_counter__load(counter, &target))
return -1;
if (!evsel__is_bpf(counter))

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Zhengjun Xing