Re: [PATCH] perf/test: perf test case Daemon operations dumps core

[Namhyung Kim]

Hello,

On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 2:39 AM Thomas Richter <tmricht@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The perf test case Daemon operations dumps core all the time.
> I narrowed it down to this invocation:

Jiri sent the same fix already.  I'll add your Reported-by, ok?

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230626201606.2514679-1-jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx/

Thanks,
Namhyung


>
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> ....
> (gdb) where
>     at builtin-daemon.c:1527
>     argv=0x3ffe66f9630) at perf.c:323
>     at perf.c:377
>     at perf.c:421
> (gdb)
>
> Normally this goes unnoticed, the core dumps are only shown in
> verbose mode and when core dump generation is enabled on fedora 38:
>
>  # ./perf test daemon
>  80: daemon operations                   : Ok
>  # ll core*
> -rw------- 1 root root 3551232 Jun 27 10:08 core.4586
> -rw------- 1 root root 3551232 Jun 27 10:08 core.4688
> -rw------- 1 root root 3551232 Jun 27 10:08 core.4812
> -rw------- 1 root root 3551232 Jun 27 10:08 core.4857
> -rw------- 1 root root 3551232 Jun 27 10:08 core.4893
> -rw------- 1 root root 3551232 Jun 27 10:08 core.4933
> -rw------- 1 root root 3551232 Jun 27 10:08 core.4947
> -rw------- 1 root root 3551232 Jun 27 10:08 core.4949
>  # ./perf test -v daemon
>  80: daemon operations                  :
> --- start ---
> test child forked, pid 4974
> test daemon list
> ./tests/shell/daemon.sh: line 133:  4980 Segmentation fault \
>                 (core dumped) perf daemon start --config ${config}
> test daemon reconfig
> ./tests/shell/daemon.sh: line 133:  5082 Segmentation fault \
>                 (core dumped) perf daemon start --config ${config}
> test daemon stop
> ./tests/shell/daemon.sh: line 133:  5206 Segmentation fault \
>                 (core dumped) perf daemon start --config ${config}
> test daemon signal
> ./tests/shell/daemon.sh: line 133:  5250 Segmentation fault \
>                 (core dumped) perf daemon start --config ${config}
> signal 12 sent to session 'test [5252]'
> signal 12 sent to session 'test [5252]'
> test daemon ping
> ./tests/shell/daemon.sh: line 133:  5286 Segmentation fault \
>                 (core dumped) perf daemon start --config ${config}
> test daemon lock
> ./tests/shell/daemon.sh: line 133:  5326 Segmentation fault \
>                 (core dumped) perf daemon start --config ${config}
> test child finished with 0
> ---- end ----
> daemon operations: Ok
>  # ll core*|wc -l
> 16
>  #
>
> The root cause is in function cmd_daemon():
>
>     argc = parse_options(argc, argv, daemon_options, daemon_usage,
>                          PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
>
>     if (argc) {
>         if (!strcmp(argv[0], "start"))
>                 ret = __cmd_start(&__daemon, daemon_options, argc,
>                                   argv);
>         if (!strcmp(argv[0], "signal"))
>                     ^^^^^^^
> Parameter argv[0] is set to NULL in function __cmd_start() and the
> next strcmp() accesses a NULL pointer.
>
> Output after:
>
>  # ./perf daemon start --config /tmp/perf-daemon-config
>  #
>  # ./perf test -v daemon
>  80: daemon operations                                               :
> --- start ---
> test child forked, pid 6517
> test daemon list
> test daemon reconfig
> test daemon stop
> test daemon signal
> signal 12 sent to session 'test [6780]'
> signal 12 sent to session 'test [6780]'
> test daemon ping
> test daemon lock
> test child finished with 0
> ---- end ----
> daemon operations: Ok
>  #
>
> Fixes: 92294b906e6c ("perf daemon: Dynamically allocate path to perf")
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Richter <tmricht@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/perf/builtin-daemon.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-daemon.c b/tools/perf/builtin-daemon.c
> index f5674d824a40..83954af36753 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-daemon.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-daemon.c
> @@ -1524,7 +1524,7 @@ int cmd_daemon(int argc, const char **argv)
>         if (argc) {
>                 if (!strcmp(argv[0], "start"))
>                         ret = __cmd_start(&__daemon, daemon_options, argc, argv);
> -               if (!strcmp(argv[0], "signal"))
> +               else if (!strcmp(argv[0], "signal"))
>                         ret = __cmd_signal(&__daemon, daemon_options, argc, argv);
>                 else if (!strcmp(argv[0], "stop"))
>                         ret = __cmd_stop(&__daemon, daemon_options, argc, argv);
> --
> 2.41.0
>