See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> Fixes segmentation fault using, for instance: (gdb) run record -I -e intel_pt/tsc=1,noretcomp=1/u /bin/ls Starting program: /home/acme/bin/perf record -I -e intel_pt/tsc=1,noretcomp=1/u /bin/ls Missing separate debuginfos, use: dnf debuginfo-install glibc-2.22-7.fc23.x86_64 [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1". Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0 x00000000004b9ea5 in tracepoint_error (e=0x0, err=13, sys=0x19b1370 "sched", name=0x19a5d00 "sched_switch") at util/parse-events.c:410 (gdb) bt #0 0x00000000004b9ea5 in tracepoint_error (e=0x0, err=13, sys=0x19b1370 "sched", name=0x19a5d00 "sched_switch") at util/parse-events.c:410 #1 0x00000000004b9fc5 in add_tracepoint (list=0x19a5d20, idx=0x7fffffffb8c0, sys_name=0x19b1370 "sched", evt_name=0x19a5d00 "sched_switch", err=0x0, head_config=0x0) at util/parse-events.c:433 #2 0x00000000004ba334 in add_tracepoint_event (list=0x19a5d20, idx=0x7fffffffb8c0, sys_name=0x19b1370 "sched", evt_name=0x19a5d00 "sched_switch", err=0x0, head_config=0x0) at util/parse-events.c:498 #3 0x00000000004bb699 in parse_events_add_tracepoint (list=0x19a5d20, idx=0x7fffffffb8c0, sys=0x19b1370 "sched", event=0x19a5d00 "sched_switch", err=0x0, head_config=0x0) at util/parse-events.c:936 #4 0x00000000004f6eda in parse_events_parse (_data=0x7fffffffb8b0, scanner=0x19a49d0) at util/parse-events.y:391 #5 0x00000000004bc8e5 in parse_events__scanner (str=0x663ff2 "sched:sched_switch", data=0x7fffffffb8b0, start_token=258) at util/parse-events.c:1361 #6 0x00000000004bca57 in parse_events (evlist=0x19a5220, str=0x663ff2 "sched:sched_switch", err=0x0) at util/parse-events.c:1401 #7 0x0000000000518d5f in perf_evlist__can_select_event (evlist=0x19a3b90, str=0x663ff2 "sched:sched_switch") at util/record.c:253 #8 0x0000000000553c42 in intel_pt_track_switches (evlist=0x19a3b90) at arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c:364 #9 0x00000000005549d1 in intel_pt_recording_options (itr=0x19a2c40, evlist=0x19a3b90, opts=0x8edf68 <record+232>) at arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c:664 #10 0x000000000051e076 in auxtrace_record__options (itr=0x19a2c40, evlist=0x19a3b90, opts=0x8edf68 <record+232>) at util/auxtrace.c:539 #11 0x0000000000433368 in cmd_record (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffde60, prefix=0x0) at builtin-record.c:1264 #12 0x000000000049bec2 in run_builtin (p=0x8fa2a8 <commands+168>, argc=5, argv=0x7fffffffde60) at perf.c:390 #13 0x000000000049c12a in handle_internal_command (argc=5, argv=0x7fffffffde60) at perf.c:451 #14 0x000000000049c278 in run_argv (argcp=0x7fffffffdcbc, argv=0x7fffffffdcb0) at perf.c:495 #15 0x000000000049c60a in main (argc=5, argv=0x7fffffffde60) at perf.c:618 (gdb) Intel PT attempts to find the sched:sched_switch tracepoint but that seg faults if tracefs is not readable, because the error reporting structure is null, as errors are not reported when automatically adding tracepoints. Fix by checking before using. Committer note: This doesn't take place in a kernel that supports perf_event_attr.context_switch, that is the default way that will be used for tracking context switches, only in older kernels, like 4.2, in a machine with Intel PT (e.g. Broadwell) for non-priviledged users. Further info from a similar patch by Wang: The error is in tracepoint_error: it assumes the 'e' parameter is valid. However, there are many situation a parse_event() can be called without parse_events_error. See result of $ grep 'parse_events(.*NULL)' ./tools/perf/ -r' Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tong Zhang <ztong@xxxxxx> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v4.4+ Fixes: 196581717d85 ("perf tools: Enhance parsing events tracepoint error output") Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1453809921-24596-2-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c index 4f7b0efdde2f..813d9b272c81 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c @@ -399,6 +399,9 @@ static void tracepoint_error(struct parse_events_error *e, int err, { char help[BUFSIZ]; + if (!e) + return; + /* * We get error directly from syscall errno ( > 0), * or from encoded pointer's error ( < 0). -- 2.5.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html