From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> commit bb69c912c4e8005cf1ee6c63782d2fc28838dee2 upstream. If the --itrace option is used more than once, the options are combined, but "i" and "y" (sub-)options can be corrupted because itrace_do_parse_synth_opts() incorrectly overwrites the period type and period with default values. For example, with: --itrace=i0ns --itrace=e The processing of "--itrace=e", resets the "i" period from 0 nanoseconds to the default 100 microseconds. Fix by performing the default setting of period type and period only if "i" or "y" are present in the currently processed --itrace value. Fixes: f6986c95af84ff2a ("perf session: Add instruction tracing options") Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240315071334.3478-2-adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c @@ -1466,6 +1466,7 @@ int itrace_do_parse_synth_opts(struct it char *endptr; bool period_type_set = false; bool period_set = false; + bool iy = false; synth_opts->set = true; @@ -1484,6 +1485,7 @@ int itrace_do_parse_synth_opts(struct it switch (*p++) { case 'i': case 'y': + iy = true; if (p[-1] == 'y') synth_opts->cycles = true; else @@ -1649,7 +1651,7 @@ int itrace_do_parse_synth_opts(struct it } } out: - if (synth_opts->instructions || synth_opts->cycles) { + if (iy) { if (!period_type_set) synth_opts->period_type = PERF_ITRACE_DEFAULT_PERIOD_TYPE; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx are queue-6.9/perf-script-show-also-errors-for-insn-trace-option.patch queue-6.9/perf-auxtrace-fix-multiple-use-of-itrace-option.patch