Re: [PATCH 1/1] perf script: Fix allocation of evsel->priv related to per-event dump files

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Mon Jun 12 2023 - 14:58:15 EST


Em Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 04:14:51PM -0700, Ian Rogers escreveu:
> On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 12:15 PM Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
> <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I'm carrying this in my perf-tools-next, please ack :-)
> >
> > - Arnaldo
> >
> > ---
> >
> > When printing output we may want to generate per event files, where the
> > --per-event-dump option should be used, creating perf.data.EVENT.dump
> > files instead of printing to stdout.
> >
> > The callback thar processes event thus expects that evsel->priv->fp
> > should point to either the per-event FILE descriptor or to stdout.
> >
> > The a3af66f51bd0bca7 ("perf script: Fix crash because of missing
> > evsel->priv") changeset fixed a case where evsel->priv wasn't setup,
> > thus set to NULL, causing a segfault when trying to access
> > evsel->priv->fp.
> >
> > But it did it for the non --per-event-dump case by allocating a 'struct
> > perf_evsel_script' just to set its ->fp to stdout.
> >
> > Since evsel->priv is only freed when --per-event-dump is used, we ended
> > up with a memory leek, detected using ASAN.
>
> nit: s/leek/leak/

Fixed

> >
> > Fix it by using the same method as perf_script__setup_per_event_dump(),
> > and reuse that static 'struct perf_evsel_script'.
> >
> > Also check if evsel_script__new() failed.
> >
> > Fixes: a3af66f51bd0bca7 ("perf script: Fix crash because of missing evsel->priv")
> > Reported-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Tested on top of my asan work:
> Tested-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,

- Arnaldo

> > ---
> > tools/perf/builtin-script.c | 16 ++++++++--------
> > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
> > index 70549fc93b125394..b02ad386a55baf07 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
> > @@ -2410,6 +2410,9 @@ static int process_sample_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
> > return ret;
> > }
> >
> > +// Used when scr->per_event_dump is not set
> > +static struct evsel_script es_stdout;
> > +
> > static int process_attr(struct perf_tool *tool, union perf_event *event,
> > struct evlist **pevlist)
> > {
> > @@ -2418,7 +2421,6 @@ static int process_attr(struct perf_tool *tool, union perf_event *event,
> > struct evsel *evsel, *pos;
> > u64 sample_type;
> > int err;
> > - static struct evsel_script *es;
> >
> > err = perf_event__process_attr(tool, event, pevlist);
> > if (err)
> > @@ -2428,14 +2430,13 @@ static int process_attr(struct perf_tool *tool, union perf_event *event,
> > evsel = evlist__last(*pevlist);
> >
> > if (!evsel->priv) {
> > - if (scr->per_event_dump) {
> > + if (scr->per_event_dump) {
>
> nit: whitespace issue.
>
> > evsel->priv = evsel_script__new(evsel, scr->session->data);
> > - } else {
> > - es = zalloc(sizeof(*es));
> > - if (!es)
> > + if (!evsel->priv)
> > return -ENOMEM;
> > - es->fp = stdout;
> > - evsel->priv = es;
> > + } else { // Replicate what is done in perf_script__setup_per_event_dump()
> > + es_stdout.fp = stdout;
> > + evsel->priv = &es_stdout;
> > }
> > }
> >
> > @@ -2741,7 +2742,6 @@ static int perf_script__fopen_per_event_dump(struct perf_script *script)
> > static int perf_script__setup_per_event_dump(struct perf_script *script)
> > {
> > struct evsel *evsel;
> > - static struct evsel_script es_stdout;
> >
> > if (script->per_event_dump)
> > return perf_script__fopen_per_event_dump(script);
> > --
> > 2.37.1
> >

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- Arnaldo