This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
perf tools: Fix dso_id inode generation comparison
to the 5.18-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-tools-fix-dso_id-inode-generation-comparison.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.18 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit ba0aa2e06d39c3f3767c442051a20824f645b517
Author: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon Jul 11 12:31:44 2022 +0300
perf tools: Fix dso_id inode generation comparison
[ Upstream commit 68566a7cf56bf3148797c218ed45a9de078ef47c ]
Synthesized MMAP events have zero ino_generation, so do not compare
them to DSOs with a real ino_generation otherwise we end up with a DSO
without a build id.
Fixes: 0e3149f86b99ddab ("perf dso: Move dso_id from 'struct map' to 'struct dso'")
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220711093218.10967-2-adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx
[ Added clarification to the comment from Ian + more detailed explanation from Adrian ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dsos.c b/tools/perf/util/dsos.c
index b97366f77bbf..2bd23e4cf19e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dsos.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dsos.c
@@ -23,8 +23,19 @@ static int __dso_id__cmp(struct dso_id *a, struct dso_id *b)
if (a->ino > b->ino) return -1;
if (a->ino < b->ino) return 1;
- if (a->ino_generation > b->ino_generation) return -1;
- if (a->ino_generation < b->ino_generation) return 1;
+ /*
+ * Synthesized MMAP events have zero ino_generation, avoid comparing
+ * them with MMAP events with actual ino_generation.
+ *
+ * I found it harmful because the mismatch resulted in a new
+ * dso that did not have a build ID whereas the original dso did have a
+ * build ID. The build ID was essential because the object was not found
+ * otherwise. - Adrian
+ */
+ if (a->ino_generation && b->ino_generation) {
+ if (a->ino_generation > b->ino_generation) return -1;
+ if (a->ino_generation < b->ino_generation) return 1;
+ }
return 0;
}
