This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled perf intel-pt: Fix "context_switch event has no tid" error to the 4.19-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: perf-intel-pt-fix-context_switch-event-has-no-tid-er.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.19 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 427758ff9ff13a7ac3ad2d7b357c5fa19916533b Author: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed Sep 9 11:49:23 2020 +0300 perf intel-pt: Fix "context_switch event has no tid" error [ Upstream commit 7d537a8d2e76bc4fc71e34545ceaa463ac2cd928 ] A context_switch event can have no tid because pids can be detached from a task while the task is still running (in do_exit()). Note this won't happen with per-task contexts because then tracing stops at perf_event_exit_task() If a task with no tid gets preempted, or a dying task gets preempted and its parent releases it, when it subsequently gets switched back in, Intel PT will not be able to determine what task is running and prints an error "context_switch event has no tid". However, it is not really an error because the task is in kernel space and the decoder can continue to decode successfully. Fix by changing the error to be only a logged message, and make allowance for tid == -1. Example: Using 5.9-rc4 with Preemptible Kernel (Low-Latency Desktop) e.g. $ uname -r 5.9.0-rc4 $ grep PREEMPT .config # CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE is not set # CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY is not set CONFIG_PREEMPT=y CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT=y CONFIG_PREEMPTION=y CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU=y CONFIG_PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS=y CONFIG_DRM_I915_PREEMPT_TIMEOUT=640 CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT=y # CONFIG_PREEMPT_TRACER is not set # CONFIG_PREEMPTIRQ_DELAY_TEST is not set Before: $ cat forkit.c #include <sys/types.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <sys/wait.h> int main() { pid_t child; int status = 0; child = fork(); if (child == 0) return 123; wait(&status); return 0; } $ gcc -o forkit forkit.c $ sudo ~/bin/perf record --kcore -a -m,64M -e intel_pt/cyc/k & [1] 11016 $ taskset 2 ./forkit $ sudo pkill perf $ [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ] [ perf record: Captured and wrote 17.262 MB perf.data ] [1]+ Terminated sudo ~/bin/perf record --kcore -a -m,64M -e intel_pt/cyc/k $ sudo ~/bin/perf script --show-task-events --show-switch-events --itrace=iqqe-o -C 1 --ns | grep -C 2 forkit context_switch event has no tid taskset 11019 [001] 66663.270045029: 1 instructions:k: ffffffffb1d9f844 strnlen_user+0xb4 ([kernel.kallsyms]) taskset 11019 [001] 66663.270201816: 1 instructions:k: ffffffffb1a83121 unmap_page_range+0x561 ([kernel.kallsyms]) forkit 11019 [001] 66663.270327553: PERF_RECORD_COMM exec: forkit:11019/11019 forkit 11019 [001] 66663.270420028: 1 instructions:k: ffffffffb1db9537 __clear_user+0x27 ([kernel.kallsyms]) forkit 11019 [001] 66663.270648704: 1 instructions:k: ffffffffb18829e6 do_user_addr_fault+0xf6 ([kernel.kallsyms]) forkit 11019 [001] 66663.270833163: 1 instructions:k: ffffffffb230a825 irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0x15 ([kernel.kallsyms]) forkit 11019 [001] 66663.271092359: 1 instructions:k: ffffffffb1aea3d9 lock_page_memcg+0x9 ([kernel.kallsyms]) forkit 11019 [001] 66663.271207092: PERF_RECORD_FORK(11020:11020):(11019:11019) forkit 11019 [001] 66663.271234775: PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE OUT next pid/tid: 11020/11020 forkit 11020 [001] 66663.271238407: PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE IN prev pid/tid: 11019/11019 forkit 11020 [001] 66663.271312066: 1 instructions:k: ffffffffb1a88140 handle_mm_fault+0x10 ([kernel.kallsyms]) forkit 11020 [001] 66663.271476225: PERF_RECORD_EXIT(11020:11020):(11019:11019) forkit 11020 [001] 66663.271497488: PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE OUT preempt next pid/tid: 11019/11019 forkit 11019 [001] 66663.271500523: PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE IN prev pid/tid: 11020/11020 forkit 11019 [001] 66663.271517241: 1 instructions:k: ffffffffb24012cd error_entry+0x6d ([kernel.kallsyms]) forkit 11019 [001] 66663.271664080: PERF_RECORD_EXIT(11019:11019):(1386:1386) After: $ sudo ~/bin/perf script --show-task-events --show-switch-events --itrace=iqqe-o -C 1 --ns | grep -C 2 forkit taskset 11019 [001] 66663.270045029: 1 instructions:k: ffffffffb1d9f844 strnlen_user+0xb4 ([kernel.kallsyms]) taskset 11019 [001] 66663.270201816: 1 instructions:k: ffffffffb1a83121 unmap_page_range+0x561 ([kernel.kallsyms]) forkit 11019 [001] 66663.270327553: PERF_RECORD_COMM exec: forkit:11019/11019 forkit 11019 [001] 66663.270420028: 1 instructions:k: ffffffffb1db9537 __clear_user+0x27 ([kernel.kallsyms]) forkit 11019 [001] 66663.270648704: 1 instructions:k: ffffffffb18829e6 do_user_addr_fault+0xf6 ([kernel.kallsyms]) forkit 11019 [001] 66663.270833163: 1 instructions:k: ffffffffb230a825 irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0x15 ([kernel.kallsyms]) forkit 11019 [001] 66663.271092359: 1 instructions:k: ffffffffb1aea3d9 lock_page_memcg+0x9 ([kernel.kallsyms]) forkit 11019 [001] 66663.271207092: PERF_RECORD_FORK(11020:11020):(11019:11019) forkit 11019 [001] 66663.271234775: PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE OUT next pid/tid: 11020/11020 forkit 11020 [001] 66663.271238407: PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE IN prev pid/tid: 11019/11019 forkit 11020 [001] 66663.271312066: 1 instructions:k: ffffffffb1a88140 handle_mm_fault+0x10 ([kernel.kallsyms]) forkit 11020 [001] 66663.271476225: PERF_RECORD_EXIT(11020:11020):(11019:11019) forkit 11020 [001] 66663.271497488: PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE OUT preempt next pid/tid: 11019/11019 forkit 11019 [001] 66663.271500523: PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE IN prev pid/tid: 11020/11020 forkit 11019 [001] 66663.271517241: 1 instructions:k: ffffffffb24012cd error_entry+0x6d ([kernel.kallsyms]) forkit 11019 [001] 66663.271664080: PERF_RECORD_EXIT(11019:11019):(1386:1386) forkit 11019 [001] 66663.271688752: PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE OUT next pid/tid: -1/-1 :-1 -1 [001] 66663.271692086: PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE IN prev pid/tid: 11019/11019 :-1 -1 [001] 66663.271707466: 1 instructions:k: ffffffffb18eb096 update_load_avg+0x306 ([kernel.kallsyms]) Fixes: 86c2786994bd7c ("perf intel-pt: Add support for PERF_RECORD_SWITCH") Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@xxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200909084923.9096-3-adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c index ff2c41ea94c8c..2434a0014491f 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c @@ -876,6 +876,8 @@ static void intel_pt_set_pid_tid_cpu(struct intel_pt *pt, if (queue->tid == -1 || pt->have_sched_switch) { ptq->tid = machine__get_current_tid(pt->machine, ptq->cpu); + if (ptq->tid == -1) + ptq->pid = -1; thread__zput(ptq->thread); } @@ -1915,10 +1917,8 @@ static int intel_pt_context_switch(struct intel_pt *pt, union perf_event *event, tid = sample->tid; } - if (tid == -1) { - pr_err("context_switch event has no tid\n"); - return -EINVAL; - } + if (tid == -1) + intel_pt_log("context_switch event has no tid\n"); intel_pt_log("context_switch: cpu %d pid %d tid %d time %"PRIu64" tsc %#"PRIx64"\n", cpu, pid, tid, sample->time, perf_time_to_tsc(sample->time,