[PATCH v2 1/9] perf thread_map: Skip exited threads when scanning /proc

From: Ian Rogers
Date: Wed Jan 31 2024 - 19:15:31 EST


Scanning /proc is inherently racy. Scanning /proc/pid/task within that
is also racy as the pid can terminate. Rather than failing in
__thread_map__new_all_cpus, skip pids for such failures.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/thread_map.c | 9 ++++-----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c
index e848579e61a8..18fbc41d09f3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c
@@ -109,9 +109,10 @@ static struct perf_thread_map *__thread_map__new_all_cpus(uid_t uid)

snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/proc/%d/task", pid);
items = scandir(path, &namelist, filter, NULL);
- if (items <= 0)
- goto out_free_closedir;
-
+ if (items <= 0) {
+ pr_debug("scandir for %d returned empty, skipping\n", pid);
+ continue;
+ }
while (threads->nr + items >= max_threads) {
max_threads *= 2;
grow = true;
@@ -152,8 +153,6 @@ static struct perf_thread_map *__thread_map__new_all_cpus(uid_t uid)
for (i = 0; i < items; i++)
zfree(&namelist[i]);
free(namelist);
-
-out_free_closedir:
zfree(&threads);
goto out_closedir;
}
--
2.43.0.429.g432eaa2c6b-goog