Re: [PATCH 05/15] perf stat: Remove prefix argument in print_metric_headers()

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Mon Dec 05 2022 - 07:40:59 EST


Em Mon, Dec 05, 2022 at 09:22:07AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escreveu:
> Em Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 09:13:11PM -0800, Ian Rogers escreveu:
> > More specifically, I think os->prefix needs testing for NULL:
> > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux.git/tree/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c?h=perf/core#n356
> > so:
> > fputs(os->prefix, os->fh);
> > should be:
> > if (os->prefix)
> > fputs(os->prefix, os->fh);

> Going thru the messages, for now I just added the test.

So I added this, as the patch introducing the problem was already in
acme/perf/core, please see if this is acceptable.

- Arnaldo

commit e21eb4d4fbd298a94ac200e2b6c3bea431e8cbca
Author: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon Dec 5 09:34:04 2022 -0300

perf stat: Check existence of os->prefix, fixing a segfault

We need to check if we have a OS prefix, otherwise we stumble on a
metric segv that I'm now seeing in Arnaldo's tree:

$ gdb --args perf stat -M Backend true
...
Performance counter stats for 'true':

4,712,355 TOPDOWN.SLOTS # 17.3 % tma_core_bound

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
__strlen_evex () at ../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strlen-evex.S:77
77 ../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strlen-evex.S: No such file or directory.
(gdb) bt
#0 __strlen_evex () at ../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strlen-evex.S:77
#1 0x00007ffff74749a5 in __GI__IO_fputs (str=0x0, fp=0x7ffff75f5680 <_IO_2_1_stderr_>)
#2 0x0000555555779f28 in do_new_line_std (config=0x555555e077c0 <stat_config>, os=0x7fffffffbf10) at util/stat-display.c:356
#3 0x000055555577a081 in print_metric_std (config=0x555555e077c0 <stat_config>, ctx=0x7fffffffbf10, color=0x0, fmt=0x5555558b77b5 "%8.1f", unit=0x7fffffffbb10 "% tma_memory_bound", val=13.165355724442199) at util/stat-display.c:380
#4 0x00005555557768b6 in generic_metric (config=0x555555e077c0 <stat_config>, metric_expr=0x55555593d5b7 "((CYCLE_ACTIVITY.STALLS_MEM_ANY + EXE_ACTIVITY.BOUND_ON_STORES) / (CYCLE_ACTIVITY.STALLS_TOTAL + (EXE_ACTIVITY.1_PORTS_UTIL + tma_retiring * EXE_ACTIVITY.2_PORTS_UTIL) + EXE_ACTIVITY.BOUND_ON_STORES))"..., metric_events=0x555555f334e0, metric_refs=0x555555ec81d0, name=0x555555f32e80 "TOPDOWN.SLOTS", metric_name=0x555555f26c80 "tma_memory_bound", metric_unit=0x55555593d5b1 "100%", runtime=0, map_idx=0, out=0x7fffffffbd90, st=0x555555e9e620 <rt_stat>) at util/stat-shadow.c:934
#5 0x0000555555778cac in perf_stat__print_shadow_stats (config=0x555555e077c0 <stat_config>, evsel=0x555555f289d0, avg=4712355, map_idx=0, out=0x7fffffffbd90, metric_events=0x555555e078e8 <stat_config+296>, st=0x555555e9e620 <rt_stat>) at util/stat-shadow.c:1329
#6 0x000055555577b6a0 in printout (config=0x555555e077c0 <stat_config>, os=0x7fffffffbf10, uval=4712355, run=325322, ena=325322, noise=4712355, map_idx=0) at util/stat-display.c:741
#7 0x000055555577bc74 in print_counter_aggrdata (config=0x555555e077c0 <stat_config>, counter=0x555555f289d0, s=0, os=0x7fffffffbf10) at util/stat-display.c:838
#8 0x000055555577c1d8 in print_counter (config=0x555555e077c0 <stat_config>, counter=0x555555f289d0, os=0x7fffffffbf10) at util/stat-display.c:957
#9 0x000055555577dba0 in evlist__print_counters (evlist=0x555555ec3610, config=0x555555e077c0 <stat_config>, _target=0x555555e01c80 <target>, ts=0x0, argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffe450) at util/stat-display.c:1413
#10 0x00005555555fc821 in print_counters (ts=0x0, argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffe450) at builtin-stat.c:1040
#11 0x000055555560091a in cmd_stat (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffe450) at builtin-stat.c:2665
#12 0x00005555556b1eea in run_builtin (p=0x555555e11f70 <commands+336>, argc=4, argv=0x7fffffffe450) at perf.c:322
#13 0x00005555556b2181 in handle_internal_command (argc=4, argv=0x7fffffffe450) at perf.c:376
#14 0x00005555556b22d7 in run_argv (argcp=0x7fffffffe27c, argv=0x7fffffffe270) at perf.c:420
#15 0x00005555556b26ef in main (argc=4, argv=0x7fffffffe450) at perf.c:550
(gdb)

Fixes: f123b2d84ecec9a3 ("perf stat: Remove prefix argument in print_metric_headers()")
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Athira Jajeev <atrajeev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Xing Zhengjun <zhengjun.xing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAP-5=fUOjSM5HajU9TCD6prY39LbX4OQbkEbtKPPGRBPBN=_VQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
index f1ee4b052198690f..9b7772e6abf6538f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
@@ -353,7 +353,8 @@ static void do_new_line_std(struct perf_stat_config *config,
struct outstate *os)
{
fputc('\n', os->fh);
- fputs(os->prefix, os->fh);
+ if (os->prefix)
+ fputs(os->prefix, os->fh);
aggr_printout(config, os->evsel, os->id, os->nr);
if (config->aggr_mode == AGGR_NONE)
fprintf(os->fh, " ");