The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From f952eaceb089b691eba7c4e13686e742a8f26bf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 11:17:07 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] perf intel-pt: Ensure never to set 'last_ip' when packet 'count' is zero Intel PT uses IP compression based on the last IP. For decoding purposes, 'last IP' is not updated when a branch target has been suppressed, which is indicated by IPBytes == 0. IPBytes is stored in the packet 'count', so ensure never to set 'last_ip' when packet 'count' is zero. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1495786658-18063-7-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c index 62e2c2ad3f1d..72b9dc8135a2 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c @@ -1470,7 +1470,8 @@ static int intel_pt_walk_psbend(struct intel_pt_decoder *decoder) case INTEL_PT_FUP: decoder->pge = true; - intel_pt_set_last_ip(decoder); + if (decoder->packet.count) + intel_pt_set_last_ip(decoder); break; case INTEL_PT_MODE_TSX: @@ -1756,8 +1757,9 @@ static int intel_pt_walk_trace(struct intel_pt_decoder *decoder) static inline bool intel_pt_have_ip(struct intel_pt_decoder *decoder) { - return decoder->have_last_ip || decoder->packet.count == 0 || - decoder->packet.count == 3 || decoder->packet.count == 6; + return decoder->packet.count && + (decoder->have_last_ip || decoder->packet.count == 3 || + decoder->packet.count == 6); } /* Walk PSB+ packets to get in sync. */