Commit-ID: 6142f9ec108a4ddbf0d5904c3daa5fdcaa618792 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/6142f9ec108a4ddbf0d5904c3daa5fdcaa618792 Author: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Tue, 26 May 2009 20:51:47 +0200 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> CommitDate: Tue, 26 May 2009 20:17:46 +0200 perf report: More robust error handling Don't let funny events confuse us, stick to what we know and try to find sensible data again. If we find an unknown event, check we're still u64 aligned, and increment by one u64. This ensures we're bound to happen upon a valid event soon. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@xxxxxxxxxx> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> --- Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-report.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-report.c b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-report.c index 2d4e4cc..a58be7f 100644 --- a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-report.c +++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-report.c @@ -645,6 +645,7 @@ static int __cmd_report(void) char *buf; event_t *event; int ret, rc = EXIT_FAILURE; + uint32_t size; unsigned long total = 0, total_mmap = 0, total_comm = 0, total_unknown = 0; input = open(input_name, O_RDONLY); @@ -680,6 +681,10 @@ remap: more: event = (event_t *)(buf + head); + size = event->header.size; + if (!size) + size = 8; + if (head + event->header.size >= page_size * mmap_window) { unsigned long shift = page_size * (head / page_size); int ret; @@ -692,12 +697,9 @@ more: goto remap; } - - if (!event->header.size) { - fprintf(stderr, "zero-sized event at file offset %ld\n", offset + head); - fprintf(stderr, "skipping %ld bytes of events.\n", stat.st_size - offset - head); - goto done; - } + size = event->header.size; + if (!size) + goto broken_event; if (event->header.misc & PERF_EVENT_MISC_OVERFLOW) { char level; @@ -787,15 +789,26 @@ more: break; } default: { +broken_event: fprintf(stderr, "%p [%p]: skipping unknown header type: %d\n", (void *)(offset + head), (void *)(long)(event->header.size), event->header.type); total_unknown++; + + /* + * assume we lost track of the stream, check alignment, and + * increment a single u64 in the hope to catch on again 'soon'. + */ + + if (unlikely(head & 7)) + head &= ~7ULL; + + size = 8; } } - head += event->header.size; + head += size; if (offset + head < stat.st_size) goto more; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html