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* [PATCH 0/7] perf annotate-data: Fix hangs on broken debug info, data type browser sample count, AMD mem record
@ 2026-09-19 20:40 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
  2026-09-19 20:40 ` [PATCH 1/7] perf dwarf-aux: Bound the type chases for broken debug info Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo @ 2026-09-19 20:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Namhyung Kim
  Cc: Ingo Molnar, Thomas Gleixner, James Clark, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers,
	Adrian Hunter, Clark Williams, linux-kernel, linux-perf-users,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

Hi,

This originated in another patch series, 'perf tools: Annotate fixes,
stdio progress indication, debuginfo-client in more places', and is
being split off so that these fixes can be reviewed right away; the
debuginfod download feature work from it will come later, separately,
based on this series.

  - 'perf report -s type' spins forever on the dwz compressed debug info of
    zlib-ng (libz.so.1): die_collect_vars() saves a type DIE offset that is
    relative to the file the DIE lives in, the dwz alt file for types shared
    by several CUs, and resolving it in the main file parses whatever is at
    that offset, here a typedef whose DW_AT_type refers to itself, making the
    typedef/qualifier chase spin (patch 3), with the chases bounded so that
    other kinds of broken debug info don't hang perf either (patches 1, 2
    and 4);

  - the data type browser's samples view (-n) prints a local count that is
    initialized to zero and never updated, so every member has no samples
    (patch 5);

  - 'perf mem record' requests PERF_SAMPLE_CPU (patch 6) and uses the IBS
    swfilt filter when the kernel exposes it (patch 7), with the tables
    carrying the term kept in the arch/x86 code, where the knowledge that
    IBS needs it stays, as Ravi Bangoria suggested reviewing Namhyung
    Kim's v6 review remark on this patch
    (<4349c387-5b8a-4e8d-932a-5175a7598e1e@amd.com>, replying to
    <aqsRVABj23jaaiSq@google.com>).

About PATCH 6, answering Namhyung Kim's v6 review question
(<aqsPKGVUkWk6wvYA@google.com>) about the --sample-cpu default: the
data source field is about the memory hierarchy level of the access,
it has no record of which CPU issued it, and while the TID is in
every sample and in the CTF stream, a thread time-sliced on one CPU
or moved between SMT siblings is not told apart by it from cross-core
contention, so it is the CPU id that keys it, and it is what the
false-sharing detector in pahole needs.  The TID is recorded as well.

Requires elfutils 0.160 for dwarf_cu_getdwarf(), so the libdw feature test
probes for it and Makefile.config says 0.160: older versions now disable
dwarf support with that message instead of failing to link.

Best regards,

- Arnaldo

tools/build/feature/test-libdw.c           |  13 ++-
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt      |   4 +
tools/perf/Makefile.config                 |   2 +-
tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c      |  24 +++++
tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.h      |   2 +
tools/perf/arch/x86/util/pmu.c             |  10 +-
tools/perf/builtin-mem.c                   |  11 ++-
tools/perf/tests/shell/test_data_symbol.sh |   6 +-
tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate-data.c     |   2 +-
tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c            |  53 +++++++---
tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h            |   3 +
tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c                | 150 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h                |  17 ++++
tools/perf/util/mem-events.c               |  11 ++-
14 files changed, 261 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)

base-commit: 29f320d221c1c4c082c7eafb2251fedf8a4868ec
--
Assisted-by: LLM

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* [PATCH 1/7] perf dwarf-aux: Bound the type chases for broken debug info
  2026-09-19 20:40 [PATCH 0/7] perf annotate-data: Fix hangs on broken debug info, data type browser sample count, AMD mem record Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
@ 2026-09-19 20:40 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
  2026-09-19 20:40 ` [PATCH 2/7] perf dwarf-aux: Add die_same_file() and die_get_type_die() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo @ 2026-09-19 20:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Namhyung Kim
  Cc: Ingo Molnar, Thomas Gleixner, James Clark, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers,
	Adrian Hunter, Clark Williams, linux-kernel, linux-perf-users,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

A DIE that is not what it looks like, e.g. one parsed at an offset that
is not the start of a DIE, can have a DW_AT_type that refers back to
itself, making the typedef/qualifier chases in die_get_real_type() and
die_get_pointer_type() spin forever, and the same for the type name
recursion in die_get_typename_from_type(); 'perf report -s type' did
exactly that on the dwz compressed debug info of zlib-ng (libz.so.1).

No sane chain of typedefs and qualifiers is 32 DIEs long, so give up on
the type with a pr_debug instead of hanging.

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c | 88 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 68 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
index d7160f87ac7d7ab3..b5ffeea54446408d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
@@ -266,16 +266,29 @@ Dwarf_Die *die_get_type(Dwarf_Die *vr_die, Dwarf_Die *die_mem)
 		return NULL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * A DIE that is not what it looks like, e.g. one parsed at an offset
+ * that is not the start of a DIE, can have a DW_AT_type that refers
+ * back to itself, making these chases spin forever: bound them and
+ * report, instead of hanging.
+ */
+#define MAX_TYPE_CHASE 32
+
 /* Get a type die, but skip qualifiers */
 Dwarf_Die *__die_get_real_type(Dwarf_Die *vr_die, Dwarf_Die *die_mem)
 {
-	int tag;
+	int tag, chase = 0;
 
 	do {
 		vr_die = die_get_type(vr_die, die_mem);
 		if (!vr_die)
-			break;
+			return NULL;
 		tag = dwarf_tag(vr_die);
+		if (++chase > MAX_TYPE_CHASE) {
+			pr_debug("DWARF: qualifier chase limit reached at DIE 0x%lx\n",
+				 (unsigned long)dwarf_dieoffset(vr_die));
+			return NULL;
+		}
 	} while (tag == DW_TAG_const_type ||
 		 tag == DW_TAG_restrict_type ||
 		 tag == DW_TAG_volatile_type ||
@@ -296,8 +309,15 @@ Dwarf_Die *__die_get_real_type(Dwarf_Die *vr_die, Dwarf_Die *die_mem)
  */
 Dwarf_Die *die_get_real_type(Dwarf_Die *vr_die, Dwarf_Die *die_mem)
 {
+	int chase = 0;
+
 	do {
 		vr_die = __die_get_real_type(vr_die, die_mem);
+		if (++chase > MAX_TYPE_CHASE) {
+			pr_debug("DWARF: typedef chase limit reached at DIE 0x%lx\n",
+				 vr_die ? (unsigned long)dwarf_dieoffset(vr_die) : 0);
+			return NULL;
+		}
 	} while (vr_die && dwarf_tag(vr_die) == DW_TAG_typedef);
 
 	return vr_die;
@@ -314,7 +334,7 @@ Dwarf_Die *die_get_real_type(Dwarf_Die *vr_die, Dwarf_Die *die_mem)
  */
 Dwarf_Die *die_get_pointer_type(Dwarf_Die *type_die, Dwarf_Die *die_mem)
 {
-	int tag;
+	int tag, chase = 0;
 
 	do {
 		tag = dwarf_tag(type_die);
@@ -324,6 +344,11 @@ Dwarf_Die *die_get_pointer_type(Dwarf_Die *type_die, Dwarf_Die *die_mem)
 		    tag != DW_TAG_restrict_type && tag != DW_TAG_volatile_type &&
 		    tag != DW_TAG_shared_type)
 			return NULL;
+		if (++chase > MAX_TYPE_CHASE) {
+			pr_debug("DWARF: pointer type chase limit reached at DIE 0x%lx\n",
+				 (unsigned long)dwarf_dieoffset(type_die));
+			return NULL;
+		}
 		type_die = die_get_type(type_die, die_mem);
 	} while (type_die);
 
@@ -1118,17 +1143,25 @@ Dwarf_Die *die_find_member(Dwarf_Die *st_die, const char *name,
 			      die_mem);
 }
 
-/**
- * die_get_typename_from_type - Get the name of given type DIE
- * @type_die: a type DIE
- * @buf: a strbuf for result type name
- *
- * Get the name of @type_die and stores it to @buf. Return 0 if succeeded.
- * and Return -ENOENT if failed to find type name.
- * Note that the result will stores typedef name if possible, and stores
- * "*(function_type)" if the type is a function pointer.
+/*
+ * The name follows DW_AT_type, so a self-referring DIE makes this
+ * recurse forever: bound it like the chases above.
  */
-int die_get_typename_from_type(Dwarf_Die *type_die, struct strbuf *buf)
+static int __die_get_typename_from_type(Dwarf_Die *type_die, struct strbuf *buf,
+					int depth);
+
+static int __die_get_typename(Dwarf_Die *vr_die, struct strbuf *buf, int depth)
+{
+	Dwarf_Die type;
+
+	if (__die_get_real_type(vr_die, &type) == NULL)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	return __die_get_typename_from_type(&type, buf, depth);
+}
+
+static int __die_get_typename_from_type(Dwarf_Die *type_die, struct strbuf *buf,
+					int depth)
 {
 	int tag, ret;
 	const char *tmp = "";
@@ -1155,7 +1188,12 @@ int die_get_typename_from_type(Dwarf_Die *type_die, struct strbuf *buf)
 		/* Write a base name */
 		return strbuf_addf(buf, "%s%s", tmp, name ?: "");
 	}
-	ret = die_get_typename(type_die, buf);
+	if (depth >= MAX_TYPE_CHASE) {
+		pr_debug("DWARF: type name recursion limit reached at DIE 0x%lx\n",
+			 (unsigned long)dwarf_dieoffset(type_die));
+		return -ENOENT;
+	}
+	ret = __die_get_typename(type_die, buf, depth + 1);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		/* void pointer has no type attribute */
 		if (tag == DW_TAG_pointer_type && ret == -ENOENT)
@@ -1166,6 +1204,21 @@ int die_get_typename_from_type(Dwarf_Die *type_die, struct strbuf *buf)
 	return strbuf_addstr(buf, tmp);
 }
 
+/**
+ * die_get_typename_from_type - Get the name of given type DIE
+ * @type_die: a type DIE
+ * @buf: a strbuf for result type name
+ *
+ * Get the name of @type_die and stores it to @buf. Return 0 if succeeded.
+ * and Return -ENOENT if failed to find type name.
+ * Note that the result will stores typedef name if possible, and stores
+ * "*(function_type)" if the type is a function pointer.
+ */
+int die_get_typename_from_type(Dwarf_Die *type_die, struct strbuf *buf)
+{
+	return __die_get_typename_from_type(type_die, buf, 0);
+}
+
 /**
  * die_get_typename - Get the name of given variable DIE
  * @vr_die: a variable DIE
@@ -1178,12 +1231,7 @@ int die_get_typename_from_type(Dwarf_Die *type_die, struct strbuf *buf)
  */
 int die_get_typename(Dwarf_Die *vr_die, struct strbuf *buf)
 {
-	Dwarf_Die type;
-
-	if (__die_get_real_type(vr_die, &type) == NULL)
-		return -ENOENT;
-
-	return die_get_typename_from_type(&type, buf);
+	return __die_get_typename(vr_die, buf, 0);
 }
 
 /**
-- 
2.53.0


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* [PATCH 2/7] perf dwarf-aux: Add die_same_file() and die_get_type_die()
  2026-09-19 20:40 [PATCH 0/7] perf annotate-data: Fix hangs on broken debug info, data type browser sample count, AMD mem record Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
  2026-09-19 20:40 ` [PATCH 1/7] perf dwarf-aux: Bound the type chases for broken debug info Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
@ 2026-09-19 20:40 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
  2026-09-19 20:40 ` [PATCH 3/7] perf annotate-data: Resolve type DIEs in the debug file they came from Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
                   ` (4 subsequent siblings)
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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo @ 2026-09-19 20:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Namhyung Kim
  Cc: Ingo Molnar, Thomas Gleixner, James Clark, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers,
	Adrian Hunter, Clark Williams, linux-kernel, linux-perf-users,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

dwarf_dieoffset() is relative to the file the DIE is in, so an offset
saved by die_collect_vars()/die_collect_global_vars() is only
meaningful in that file: add die_same_file(), comparing the Dwarf each
DIE's CU belongs to, to record which file that is, and
die_get_type_die() to resolve the offset in it, with the saved tag as a
sanity check.  Resolving the offset in the main file instead parses
whatever is at it when it came from the dwz common file.

dwarf_cu_getdwarf() is new in elfutils 0.160, so the libdw feature test
probes for it and Makefile.config says 0.160.

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/build/feature/test-libdw.c | 13 ++++++-
 tools/perf/Makefile.config       |  2 +-
 tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c      | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h      | 17 +++++++++
 4 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-libdw.c b/tools/build/feature/test-libdw.c
index aabd63ca76b4d7e6..0ebe7bb4adf9d0bc 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/test-libdw.c
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-libdw.c
@@ -49,8 +49,19 @@ int test_elfutils(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * dwarf_cu_getdwarf() needs elfutils 0.160: take its address only, so
+ * that older versions fail the probe instead of the link.
+ */
+int test_libdw_cu_getdwarf(void)
+{
+	void *sym = (void *)dwarf_cu_getdwarf;
+
+	return sym == NULL;
+}
+
 int main(void)
 {
 	return test_libdw() + test_libdw_unwind() + test_libdw_getlocations() +
-	       test_libdw_getcfi() + test_elfutils();
+	       test_libdw_getcfi() + test_libdw_cu_getdwarf() + test_elfutils();
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 4ee7393a39f91d85..0585d71e3182c6dd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ else
   else
     ifneq ($(feature-libdw), 1)
       ifndef NO_LIBDW
-        $(warning No libdw.h found or old libdw.h found or elfutils is older than 0.157, disables dwarf support. Please install new elfutils-devel/libdw-dev)
+        $(warning No libdw.h found or old libdw.h found or elfutils is older than 0.160, disables dwarf support. Please install new elfutils-devel/libdw-dev)
         NO_LIBDW := 1
       endif
     endif # Dwarf support
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
index b5ffeea54446408d..de14d18a9d2f87d8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
@@ -1680,6 +1680,16 @@ Dwarf_Die *die_find_variable_by_addr(Dwarf_Die *sc_die, Dwarf_Addr addr,
 	return result;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Whether two DIEs live in the same debug file, i.e. whether their
+ * offsets have to be resolved in the same file: dwarf_dieoffset() is
+ * relative to the file the DIE is in.
+ */
+bool die_same_file(Dwarf_Die *die_a, Dwarf_Die *die_b)
+{
+	return dwarf_cu_getdwarf(die_a->cu) == dwarf_cu_getdwarf(die_b->cu);
+}
+
 static int __die_collect_vars_cb(Dwarf_Die *die_mem, void *arg)
 {
 	struct die_var_type **var_types = arg;
@@ -1724,6 +1734,8 @@ static int __die_collect_vars_cb(Dwarf_Die *die_mem, void *arg)
 			vt->is_reg_var_addr = true;
 
 		vt->die_off = dwarf_dieoffset(&type_die);
+		vt->die_tag = dwarf_tag(&type_die);
+		vt->from_alt = !die_same_file(die_mem, &type_die);
 		vt->addr = start;
 		vt->end = end;
 		vt->has_range = (end != 0 || start != 0);
@@ -1743,7 +1755,8 @@ static int __die_collect_vars_cb(Dwarf_Die *die_mem, void *arg)
  *
  * Save all variables and parameters in the @sc_die and save them to @var_types.
  * The @var_types is a singly-linked list containing type and location info.
- * Actual type can be retrieved using dwarf_offdie() with 'die_off' later.
+ * Actual type can be retrieved using die_get_type_die() with 'die_off',
+ * 'die_tag' and 'from_alt' later.
  *
  * Callers should free @var_types.
  */
@@ -1789,6 +1802,8 @@ static int __die_collect_global_vars_cb(Dwarf_Die *die_mem, void *arg)
 		return DIE_FIND_CB_END;
 
 	vt->die_off = dwarf_dieoffset(&type_die);
+	vt->die_tag = dwarf_tag(&type_die);
+	vt->from_alt = !die_same_file(die_mem, &type_die);
 	vt->addr = ops->number;
 	vt->end = 0;
 	vt->has_range = false;
@@ -1800,6 +1815,48 @@ static int __die_collect_global_vars_cb(Dwarf_Die *die_mem, void *arg)
 	return DIE_FIND_CB_SIBLING;
 }
 
+/**
+ * die_get_type_die - Get a type DIE saved by die_collect_vars()
+ * @dbg: the main debug info
+ * @die_off: offset of the type DIE, from dwarf_dieoffset()
+ * @die_tag: tag that DIE had when the offset was saved
+ * @from_alt: whether the type DIE is in the dwz alt file
+ * @die_mem: where to store the resulting DIE
+ *
+ * Resolve @die_off in the file it was recorded as belonging to: the
+ * offset is only meaningful there, and there is deliberately no
+ * fallback, as resolving an alt file offset in the main file parses
+ * whatever is at it.  @die_tag is a sanity check.
+ */
+Dwarf_Die *die_get_type_die(Dwarf *dbg, u64 die_off, int die_tag, bool from_alt,
+			    Dwarf_Die *die_mem)
+{
+	Dwarf *target = dbg;
+	Dwarf_Die die;
+
+	if (from_alt) {
+		/*
+		 * No fallback to the main file: resolving an alt file offset in it
+		 * does not fail, it parses whatever is there as a DIE.
+		 */
+		target = dwarf_getalt(dbg);
+		if (target == NULL) {
+			pr_debug("DWARF: no alt (dwz) debug file to resolve the type DIE at offset 0x%lx in\n",
+				 (unsigned long)die_off);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (dwarf_offdie(target, die_off, &die) && dwarf_tag(&die) == die_tag) {
+		*die_mem = die;
+		return die_mem;
+	}
+
+	pr_debug("DWARF: no DIE with tag %d at offset 0x%lx in the %s debug file\n",
+		 die_tag, (unsigned long)die_off, from_alt ? "alt" : "main");
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /**
  * die_collect_global_vars - Save all global variables
  * @cu_die: a CU DIE
@@ -1807,7 +1864,8 @@ static int __die_collect_global_vars_cb(Dwarf_Die *die_mem, void *arg)
  *
  * Save all global variables in the @cu_die and save them to @var_types.
  * The @var_types is a singly-linked list containing type and location info.
- * Actual type can be retrieved using dwarf_offdie() with 'die_off' later.
+ * Actual type can be retrieved using die_get_type_die() with 'die_off',
+ * 'die_tag' and 'from_alt' later.
  *
  * Callers should free @var_types.
  */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h
index 161f0bf980b6ee6a..299ffddab0358baa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ int die_get_scopes(Dwarf_Die *cu_die, Dwarf_Addr pc, Dwarf_Die **scopes);
 struct die_var_type {
 	struct die_var_type *next;
 	u64 die_off;
+	int die_tag;
+	bool from_alt;	/* die_off is relative to the alt (dwz) file */
 	u64 addr;
 	u64 end;        /* end address of location range */
 	int reg;
@@ -183,6 +185,21 @@ Dwarf_Die *die_find_variable_by_addr(Dwarf_Die *sc_die, Dwarf_Addr addr,
 /* Save all variables and parameters in this scope */
 void die_collect_vars(Dwarf_Die *sc_die, struct die_var_type **var_types);
 
+/*
+ * Get the type DIE saved by die_collect_vars()/die_collect_global_vars().
+ *
+ * Those save the dwarf_dieoffset() of the type DIE, which is relative
+ * to the file it lives in, so @from_alt, recorded when the offset was
+ * saved, says which file to resolve it in; @die_tag is a sanity check.
+ * Resolving an alt file offset in the main file parses whatever is at
+ * it, which is what hung 'perf report -s type'.
+ */
+Dwarf_Die *die_get_type_die(Dwarf *dbg, u64 die_off, int die_tag, bool from_alt,
+			    Dwarf_Die *die_mem);
+
+/* Whether two DIEs live in the same debug file */
+bool die_same_file(Dwarf_Die *die_a, Dwarf_Die *die_b);
+
 /* Save all global variables in this CU */
 void die_collect_global_vars(Dwarf_Die *cu_die, struct die_var_type **var_types);
 
-- 
2.53.0


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* [PATCH 3/7] perf annotate-data: Resolve type DIEs in the debug file they came from
  2026-09-19 20:40 [PATCH 0/7] perf annotate-data: Fix hangs on broken debug info, data type browser sample count, AMD mem record Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
  2026-09-19 20:40 ` [PATCH 1/7] perf dwarf-aux: Bound the type chases for broken debug info Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
  2026-09-19 20:40 ` [PATCH 2/7] perf dwarf-aux: Add die_same_file() and die_get_type_die() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
@ 2026-09-19 20:40 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
  2026-09-19 20:40 ` [PATCH 4/7] perf annotate-data: Bound the member nesting recursion Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
                   ` (3 subsequent siblings)
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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo @ 2026-09-19 20:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Namhyung Kim
  Cc: Ingo Molnar, Thomas Gleixner, James Clark, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers,
	Adrian Hunter, Clark Williams, linux-kernel, linux-perf-users,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

'perf report -s type' hangs, burning all of a CPU with no output, when
resolving a hist entry on the dwz compressed debug info of libz.so.1
(zlib-ng): die_collect_vars() saves the dwarf_dieoffset() of the type
DIE, which is relative to the file it lives in - the dwz alt file for
the types shared by more than one CU - and update_var_state() resolves
that offset in the main debug file, where it parses whatever is at that
offset, here a typedef whose DW_AT_type refers to itself, making the
type chase spin forever.

Record whether the type DIE came from the alt file and resolve the
offset with die_get_type_die() in that file, with no fallback:
resolving an alt file offset in the main file is exactly the misparse
above.

Fixes: 06b2ce75386df04b ("perf annotate-data: Maintain variable type info")
Fixes: 55ee3d005d62279d ("perf annotate-data: Add a cache for global variable types")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c | 21 +++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
index aff60a630fd05b01..2ad6d012e069c522 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
@@ -645,6 +645,8 @@ struct global_var_entry {
 	u64 start;
 	u64 end;
 	u64 die_offset;
+	int die_tag;
+	bool from_alt;	/* die_offset is relative to the alt (dwz) file */
 };
 
 static int global_var_cmp(const void *_key, const struct rb_node *node)
@@ -682,7 +684,7 @@ static struct global_var_entry *global_var__find(struct data_loc_info *dloc, u64
 }
 
 static bool global_var__add(struct data_loc_info *dloc, u64 addr,
-			    const char *name, Dwarf_Die *type_die)
+			    const char *name, Dwarf_Die *type_die, bool from_alt)
 {
 	struct dso *dso = map__dso(dloc->ms->map);
 	struct global_var_entry *gvar;
@@ -704,6 +706,8 @@ static bool global_var__add(struct data_loc_info *dloc, u64 addr,
 	gvar->start = addr;
 	gvar->end = addr + size;
 	gvar->die_offset = dwarf_dieoffset(type_die);
+	gvar->die_tag = dwarf_tag(type_die);
+	gvar->from_alt = from_alt;
 
 	rb_add(&gvar->node, dso__global_vars(dso), global_var_less);
 	return true;
@@ -778,12 +782,14 @@ static void global_var__collect(struct data_loc_info *dloc)
 			if (pos->reg != -1)
 				continue;
 
-			if (!dwarf_offdie(dwarf, pos->die_off, &type_die))
+			if (!die_get_type_die(dwarf, pos->die_off, pos->die_tag,
+					      pos->from_alt, &type_die))
 				continue;
 
 			get_global_var_info(dloc, pos->addr, &var_name, &var_offset);
 
-			global_var__add(dloc, pos->addr, var_name, &type_die);
+			global_var__add(dloc, pos->addr, var_name, &type_die,
+					pos->from_alt);
 		}
 
 		delete_var_types(var_types);
@@ -808,7 +814,8 @@ bool get_global_var_type(Dwarf_Die *cu_die, struct data_loc_info *dloc,
 
 	gvar = global_var__find(dloc, var_addr);
 	if (gvar) {
-		if (!dwarf_offdie(dloc->di->dbg, gvar->die_offset, type_die))
+		if (!die_get_type_die(dloc->di->dbg, gvar->die_offset,
+				      gvar->die_tag, gvar->from_alt, type_die))
 			return false;
 
 		*var_offset = var_addr - gvar->start;
@@ -838,7 +845,8 @@ bool get_global_var_type(Dwarf_Die *cu_die, struct data_loc_info *dloc,
 
 ok:
 	/* The address should point to the start of the variable */
-	global_var__add(dloc, var_addr - *var_offset, var_name, type_die);
+	global_var__add(dloc, var_addr - *var_offset, var_name, type_die,
+			!die_same_file(cu_die, type_die));
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -893,7 +901,8 @@ static void update_var_state(struct type_state *state, struct data_loc_info *dlo
 				continue;
 		}
 		/* Get the type DIE using the offset */
-		if (!dwarf_offdie(dloc->di->dbg, var->die_off, &mem_die))
+		if (!die_get_type_die(dloc->di->dbg, var->die_off,
+				      var->die_tag, var->from_alt, &mem_die))
 			continue;
 
 		if (var->reg == DWARF_REG_FB || var->reg == fbreg || var->reg == state->stack_reg) {
-- 
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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo @ 2026-09-19 20:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Namhyung Kim
  Cc: Ingo Molnar, Thomas Gleixner, James Clark, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers,
	Adrian Hunter, Clark Williams, linux-kernel, linux-perf-users,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

Members are added recursively, and the same kind of broken DIE can make
a member's type point back at one of its own ancestors, recursing until
the stack is gone; nothing usable comes out of nesting members 8 deep
anyway, so stop there, marking the member as truncated (reported by the
JSON exporter added in a later series) and giving up on member types
that don't resolve.

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
index 2ad6d012e069c522..c67bb6005e23c516 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
@@ -221,6 +221,13 @@ static bool data_type_less(struct rb_node *node_a, const struct rb_node *node_b)
 	return strcmp(a->self.type_name, b->self.type_name) < 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Members are added recursively; bound the nesting so that a broken
+ * type that points back at one of its own ancestors doesn't recurse
+ * until the stack is gone.
+ */
+#define MAX_MEMBER_DEPTH 8
+
 /* Recursively add new members for struct/union */
 static int __add_member_cb(Dwarf_Die *die, void *arg)
 {
@@ -235,6 +242,16 @@ static int __add_member_cb(Dwarf_Die *die, void *arg)
 	if (dwarf_tag(die) != DW_TAG_member)
 		return DIE_FIND_CB_SIBLING;
 
+	if (__die_get_real_type(die, &member_type) == NULL)
+		return DIE_FIND_CB_SIBLING;
+
+	if (dwarf_tag(&member_type) == DW_TAG_typedef) {
+		if (die_get_real_type(&member_type, &die_mem) == NULL)
+			return DIE_FIND_CB_SIBLING;
+	} else {
+		die_mem = member_type;
+	}
+
 	member = zalloc(sizeof(*member));
 	if (member == NULL)
 		return DIE_FIND_CB_END;
@@ -242,12 +259,6 @@ static int __add_member_cb(Dwarf_Die *die, void *arg)
 	strbuf_init(&sb, 32);
 	die_get_typename(die, &sb);
 
-	__die_get_real_type(die, &member_type);
-	if (dwarf_tag(&member_type) == DW_TAG_typedef)
-		die_get_real_type(&member_type, &die_mem);
-	else
-		die_mem = member_type;
-
 	if (dwarf_aggregate_size(&die_mem, &size) < 0)
 		size = 0;
 
@@ -289,10 +300,19 @@ static int __add_member_cb(Dwarf_Die *die, void *arg)
 	}
 	member->size = size;
 	member->offset = loc + parent->offset;
+	member->depth = parent->depth + 1;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&member->children);
 	list_add_tail(&member->node, &parent->children);
 
 	tag = dwarf_tag(&die_mem);
+	if (member->depth >= MAX_MEMBER_DEPTH) {
+		/* Reported by the JSON exporter so consumers can tell a truncated tree. */
+		member->truncated = true;
+		pr_debug_dtp("member nesting limit reached at %s\n",
+			     member->type_name ?: "(unknown type)");
+		return DIE_FIND_CB_SIBLING;
+	}
+
 	switch (tag) {
 	case DW_TAG_structure_type:
 	case DW_TAG_union_type:
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h
index ca2096a9ee62cbfe..cc576232f55b5fb0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ struct annotated_member {
 	char *var_name;
 	int offset;
 	int size;
+	unsigned int depth;
+	/* Children not expanded because the nesting limit was reached */
+	bool truncated;
 };
 
 /**
-- 
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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo @ 2026-09-19 20:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Namhyung Kim
  Cc: Ingo Molnar, Thomas Gleixner, James Clark, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers,
	Adrian Hunter, Clark Williams, linux-kernel, linux-perf-users,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

The samples view (-n, annotate.show_nr_samples) prints a local
nr_samples variable that is initialized to zero and never updated, so
every member is listed as having no samples while the period and percent
columns for the same entry are filled in.  Print the histogram entry's
own count instead.

Fixes: d001c7a7f4736743 ("perf annotate-data: Add hist_entry__annotate_data_tui()")
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate-data.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate-data.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate-data.c
index c6e07a9b64089ab5..a15608f6ee53335f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate-data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate-data.c
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static void browser__write_overhead(struct ui_browser *uib,
 	u64 period = hist->period;
 	double percent = total->period ? (100.0 * period / total->period) : 0;
 	bool current = ui_browser__is_current_entry(uib, row);
-	int nr_samples = 0;
+	int nr_samples = hist->nr_samples;
 
 	ui_browser__set_percent_color(uib, percent, current);
 
-- 
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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo @ 2026-09-19 20:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Namhyung Kim
  Cc: Ingo Molnar, Thomas Gleixner, James Clark, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers,
	Adrian Hunter, Clark Williams, linux-kernel, linux-perf-users,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

The data type profiling per-sample stream keys cross-CPU contention on
sample->cpu; without PERF_SAMPLE_CPU that field is the (u32)-1 "no CPU
info" sentinel, so same-instance accesses from different cores are
indistinguishable from same-CPU traffic.  'perf mem record' already
passes -d (addr) and -W (weight) explicitly to the record parser, add
--sample-cpu as well and document it in perf-mem(1).

The rec_argv array only had room for nine arguments per PMU plus the
user arguments, not counting the up to eight __cmd_record() adds itself,
which a new argument would overflow on PMUs with separate load and store
events; reserve space for the fixed arguments too.

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt |  4 ++++
 tools/perf/builtin-mem.c              | 11 +++++++++--
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt
index 4d164836d0943119..fe51c5e3333dc4a0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 "perf mem record" runs a command and gathers memory operation data
 from it, into perf.data. Perf record options are accepted and are passed through.
+It also requests the address (-d), the weight (-W, where supported) and the
+CPU id (--sample-cpu) of every sampled access by default; the CPU id is what
+lets per-sample analysis tell reads and writes to the same data from
+different cores apart from same-CPU traffic.
 
 "perf mem report" displays the result. It invokes perf report with the
 right set of options to display a memory access profile. By default, loads
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
index 6101a26b3a781e69..f25592bc52728655 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, struct perf_mem *mem,
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, record_usage,
 			     PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN);
 
-	/* Max number of arguments multiplied by number of PMUs that can support them. */
-	rec_argc = argc + 9 * (perf_pmu__mem_events_num_mem_pmus(pmu) + 1);
+	/* Max number of arguments per PMU plus the fixed ones added below. */
+	rec_argc = argc + 8 + 9 * (perf_pmu__mem_events_num_mem_pmus(pmu) + 1);
 
 	if (mem->cpu_list)
 		rec_argc += 2;
@@ -135,6 +135,13 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, struct perf_mem *mem,
 
 	rec_argv[i++] = "-d";
 
+	/*
+	 * The data type profiling per-sample stream keys cross-CPU contention
+	 * on sample->cpu; without PERF_SAMPLE_CPU it is the (u32)-1 'no CPU
+	 * info' sentinel.
+	 */
+	rec_argv[i++] = "--sample-cpu";
+
 	if (mem->phys_addr)
 		rec_argv[i++] = "--phys-data";
 
-- 
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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo @ 2026-09-19 20:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Namhyung Kim
  Cc: Ingo Molnar, Thomas Gleixner, James Clark, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers,
	Adrian Hunter, Clark Williams, linux-kernel, linux-perf-users,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, Ravi Bangoria

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

IBS events with exclude_{user,kernel} bits, as used for per-thread
recording when kernel samples are not allowed, are rejected by the
kernel on hardware without the privilege filter, so per-thread 'perf mem
record' fails on AMD:

  $ perf mem record -o /dev/null -- true
  Error:
  Failure to open event 'ibs_op/ldlat=0/u' on PMU 'ibs_op' which will be removed.
  Invalid event (ibs_op/ldlat=0/u) in per-thread mode, enable system wide with '-a'.

Kernel v6.14 added swfilt, a software privilege filter exposed as the
'swfilt' format term, making those events usable per-thread:

  $ perf record -e ibs_op/ldlat=0,swfilt=1/ -- true

Give the ibs_op memory events extra tables with the swfilt term in the
event names, selected in perf_pmu__arch_init() when the PMU exposes the
term, keeping the names that need system wide mode otherwise, with the
knowledge that IBS needs this staying in the arch code: the generic
mem-events table and name builder don't know about it.  The variant is
used even for records that end up without exclude bits: 'perf record'
adds those bits itself when the first open fails, after the name was
built, and that retry needs the term.  With the term in the event name,
the per-thread 'perf mem record' done by the 'data type profiling' shell
test works on AMD kernels with swfilt, so the skip 29f320d2 added to it
no longer triggers there, and the 'Test data symbol' shell test adjusts
its event regex for the added term.

Suggested-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@amd.com>
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c      | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.h      |  2 ++
 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/pmu.c             | 10 +++++++--
 tools/perf/tests/shell/test_data_symbol.sh |  6 ++++--
 tools/perf/util/mem-events.c               | 11 ++++++----
 5 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c
index b38f519020ff8c6f..2052750cd707c7e5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c
@@ -21,14 +21,38 @@ struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events_intel_aux[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX] = {
 	E(NULL,			NULL,				NULL,		false,	0),
 };
 
+/*
+ * IBS events with exclude_{user,kernel} bits set, as used by perf to
+ * record per-thread when kernel samples are not allowed, are rejected
+ * by the kernel on hardware without the privilege filter unless the
+ * swfilt software filter is used, so there are extra sets of tables
+ * with the swfilt term in the event names, selected in
+ * perf_pmu__arch_init() when the PMU exposes the term.  The term is not
+ * conditional on the event already having exclude bits: perf record
+ * adds those bits itself when the first open fails with EACCES on an
+ * unprivileged setup, after the name was built, and that retry only
+ * succeeds with the term in it.
+ */
 struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events_amd[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX] = {
 	E(NULL,		NULL,		NULL,	false,	0),
 	E(NULL,		NULL,		NULL,	false,	0),
 	E("mem-ldst",	"%s//",		NULL,	false,	0),
 };
 
+struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events_amd_swfilt[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX] = {
+	E(NULL,		NULL,		NULL,	false,	0),
+	E(NULL,		NULL,		NULL,	false,	0),
+	E("mem-ldst",	"%s/swfilt=1/",	NULL,	false,	0),
+};
+
 struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events_amd_ldlat[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX] = {
 	E(NULL,		NULL,		NULL,	false,	0),
 	E(NULL,		NULL,		NULL,	false,	0),
 	E("mem-ldst",	"%s/ldlat=%u/",	NULL,	true,	0),
 };
+
+struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events_amd_ldlat_swfilt[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX] = {
+	E(NULL,		NULL,			NULL,	false,	0),
+	E(NULL,		NULL,			NULL,	false,	0),
+	E("mem-ldst",	"%s/ldlat=%u,swfilt=1/",	NULL,	true,	0),
+};
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.h b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.h
index 11e09a256f5bb084..f707de38037017c1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.h
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ extern struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events_intel[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX];
 extern struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events_intel_aux[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX];
 
 extern struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events_amd[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX];
+extern struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events_amd_swfilt[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX];
 extern struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events_amd_ldlat[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX];
+extern struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events_amd_ldlat_swfilt[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX];
 
 #endif /* _X86_MEM_EVENTS_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/pmu.c
index 2c24ef3140da5e9b..fd4491fda117e51a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/pmu.c
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ static void uncore_cha_imc_adjust_cpumask_for_snc(struct perf_pmu *pmu, bool cha
 void perf_pmu__arch_init(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
 {
 	struct perf_pmu_caps *ldlat_cap;
+	bool swfilt_format;
 
 	if (!strcmp(pmu->name, INTEL_PT_PMU_NAME)) {
 		pmu->auxtrace = true;
@@ -348,7 +349,10 @@ void perf_pmu__arch_init(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
 		if (strcmp(pmu->name, "ibs_op"))
 			return;
 
-		pmu->mem_events = perf_mem_events_amd;
+		swfilt_format = perf_pmu__has_format(pmu, "swfilt");
+		pmu->mem_events = swfilt_format ?
+				  perf_mem_events_amd_swfilt :
+				  perf_mem_events_amd;
 
 		if (!perf_pmu__caps_parse(pmu))
 			return;
@@ -358,7 +362,9 @@ void perf_pmu__arch_init(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
 			return;
 
 		perf_mem_events__loads_ldlat = 0;
-		pmu->mem_events = perf_mem_events_amd_ldlat;
+		pmu->mem_events = swfilt_format ?
+				  perf_mem_events_amd_ldlat_swfilt :
+				  perf_mem_events_amd_ldlat;
 	} else {
 		if (pmu->is_core) {
 			if (perf_pmu__have_event(pmu, "mem-loads-aux"))
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_data_symbol.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_data_symbol.sh
index d61b5659a46d9a77..52c837fddb639595 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_data_symbol.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_data_symbol.sh
@@ -65,15 +65,17 @@ if (($is_amd >= 1)); then
 	# --ldlat on AMD:
 	# o Zen4 and earlier uarch does not support ldlat
 	# o Even on supported platforms, it's disabled (--ldlat=0) by default.
+	# o Kernels with the swfilt term add it even when ldlat is not
+	#   supported, so only check ldlat when the term is present.
 	ldlat=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
-	if [[ -n $ldlat ]]; then
+	if [[ $ldlat == *ldlat=* ]]; then
 		if ! [[ "$ldlat" =~ ldlat=0 ]]; then
 			echo "ERROR: ldlat not initialized to 0?"
 			exit 1
 		fi
 
 		mem_events="$(perf mem record -v --ldlat=150 -e list 2>&1)"
-		if ! [[ "$mem_events" =~ ^mem-ldst.*ibs_op/ldlat=150/.*available ]]; then
+		if ! [[ "$mem_events" =~ ^mem-ldst.*ibs_op/ldlat=150[,/].*available ]]; then
 			echo "ERROR: --ldlat not honored?"
 			exit 1
 		fi
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
index 0b49fce251fcc184..0b07011939d7d7c3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static const char *perf_pmu__mem_events_name(struct perf_pmu *pmu, int i,
 					     char *buf, size_t buf_size)
 {
 	struct perf_mem_event *e;
+	const char *name;
 
 	if (i >= PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX || !pmu)
 		return NULL;
@@ -90,24 +91,26 @@ static const char *perf_pmu__mem_events_name(struct perf_pmu *pmu, int i,
 	if (!e || !e->name)
 		return NULL;
 
+	name = e->name;
+
 	if (i == PERF_MEM_EVENTS__LOAD || i == PERF_MEM_EVENTS__LOAD_STORE) {
 		if (e->ldlat) {
 			if (!e->aux_event) {
 				/* ARM and Most of Intel */
 				scnprintf(buf, buf_size,
-					  e->name, pmu->name,
+					  name, pmu->name,
 					  perf_mem_events__loads_ldlat);
 			} else {
 				/* Intel with mem-loads-aux event */
 				scnprintf(buf, buf_size,
-					  e->name, pmu->name, pmu->name,
+					  name, pmu->name, pmu->name,
 					  perf_mem_events__loads_ldlat);
 			}
 		} else {
 			if (!e->aux_event) {
 				/* AMD and POWER */
 				scnprintf(buf, buf_size,
-					  e->name, pmu->name);
+					  name, pmu->name);
 			} else {
 				return NULL;
 			}
@@ -117,7 +120,7 @@ static const char *perf_pmu__mem_events_name(struct perf_pmu *pmu, int i,
 
 	if (i == PERF_MEM_EVENTS__STORE) {
 		scnprintf(buf, buf_size,
-			  e->name, pmu->name);
+			  name, pmu->name);
 		return buf;
 	}
 
-- 
2.53.0


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