Re: [PATCH] perf kvm: fix segfault with default guest arguments

[Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>]

On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 10:41:26PM -0600, David Ahern wrote:
> (This time with actual backtrace; forgot to remove the leading '#' on the frames.)
> 
> File generated with:
> $ perf kvm --host --guest --guestkallsyms=/tmp/guest-kallsyms
>     --guestmodules=/tmp/guest-modules record -a
> 
> The report command:
> $ perf kvm --host --guest --guestkallsyms=/tmp/guest-kallsyms
>     --guestmodules=/tmp/guest-modules report
> 
> dies with a SEGFAULT:
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> 0x000000000046dd7b in machine__mmap_name (self=0x0, bf=0x7fffffffbd20 "q\021", size=4096) at util/map.c:715
> 715			snprintf(bf, size, "[%s.%d]", "guest.kernel.kallsyms", self->pid);
> 
> (gdb) bt
> 0  0x000000000046dd7b in machine__mmap_name (self=0x0, bf=0x7fffffffbd20 "q\021", size=4096) at util/map.c:715
> 1  0x0000000000444161 in perf_event__process_kernel_mmap (tool=0x7fffffffdd80, event=0x7ffff7fb4120, machine=0x0) at util/event.c:562
> 2  0x0000000000444642 in perf_event__process_mmap (tool=0x7fffffffdd80, event=0x7ffff7fb4120, sample=0x7fffffffd210, machine=0x0)
>     at util/event.c:668
> 3  0x0000000000470e0b in perf_session_deliver_event (session=0x915ca0, event=0x7ffff7fb4120, sample=0x7fffffffd210, tool=0x7fffffffdd80,
>     file_offset=8480) at util/session.c:979
> 4  0x000000000047032e in flush_sample_queue (s=0x915ca0, tool=0x7fffffffdd80) at util/session.c:679
> 5  0x0000000000471c8d in __perf_session__process_events (session=0x915ca0, data_offset=400, data_size=150448, file_size=150848, tool=
>     0x7fffffffdd80) at util/session.c:1363
> 6  0x0000000000471d42 in perf_session__process_events (self=0x915ca0, tool=0x7fffffffdd80) at util/session.c:1379
> 7  0x000000000042484a in __cmd_report (rep=0x7fffffffdd80) at builtin-report.c:368
> 8  0x0000000000425bf1 in cmd_report (argc=0, argv=0x915b00, prefix=0x0) at builtin-report.c:756
> 9  0x0000000000438505 in __cmd_report (argc=4, argv=0x7fffffffe260) at builtin-kvm.c:84
> 10 0x000000000043882a in cmd_kvm (argc=4, argv=0x7fffffffe260, prefix=0x0) at builtin-kvm.c:131
> 11 0x00000000004152cd in run_builtin (p=0x7a54e8, argc=9, argv=0x7fffffffe260) at perf.c:273
> 12 0x00000000004154c7 in handle_internal_command (argc=9, argv=0x7fffffffe260) at perf.c:345
> 13 0x0000000000415613 in run_argv (argcp=0x7fffffffe14c, argv=0x7fffffffe140) at perf.c:389
> 14 0x0000000000415899 in main (argc=9, argv=0x7fffffffe260) at perf.c:487
> 
> If no samples hit within a guest module then no build id events are written
> to the header during the record. On the report side this cases no 'machine'
> to be generated for the default guest (pid == 0) leading to a
> machine == NULL in perf_session_deliver_event.
> 
> perf's handling of default kallsyms and guest-modules needs to be reworked.
agreed ;) any plans on that?

jirka