* [PATCH v1 1/2] perf/core: Include attr.defer_output in is_sb_event()
@ 2026-10-25 21:55 Ian Rogers
2026-10-25 21:55 ` [PATCH v1 2/2] perf/core: Clamp deferred callchain entry count to fit u16 header.size Ian Rogers
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From: Ian Rogers @ 2026-10-25 21:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Peter Zijlstra, Ingo Molnar, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
Namhyung Kim, Mark Rutland, Alexander Shishkin, Jiri Olsa,
Ian Rogers, Adrian Hunter, James Clark, linux-perf-users,
linux-kernel, bpf
Events configured with attr.defer_output = 1 receive deferred callchain
sideband records (PERF_RECORD_CALLCHAIN_DEFERRED) via perf_iterate_sb().
Include attr->defer_output in is_sb_event() so that such events are
attached to the sideband event list even when no other sideband flags
(such as mmap or comm) are enabled on the event.
Fixes: c69993ecdd4d ("perf: Support deferred user unwind")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
kernel/events/core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index c4217c996f5a..b43883a42566 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -5347,7 +5347,7 @@ static bool is_sb_event(struct perf_event *event)
attr->comm || attr->comm_exec ||
attr->task || attr->ksymbol ||
attr->context_switch || attr->text_poke ||
- attr->bpf_event)
+ attr->bpf_event || attr->defer_output)
return true;
return false;
--
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* [PATCH v1 2/2] perf/core: Clamp deferred callchain entry count to fit u16 header.size
2026-10-25 21:55 [PATCH v1 1/2] perf/core: Include attr.defer_output in is_sb_event() Ian Rogers
@ 2026-10-25 21:55 ` Ian Rogers
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From: Ian Rogers @ 2026-10-25 21:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Peter Zijlstra, Ingo Molnar, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
Namhyung Kim, Mark Rutland, Alexander Shishkin, Jiri Olsa,
Ian Rogers, Adrian Hunter, James Clark, linux-perf-users,
linux-kernel, bpf
In perf_callchain_deferred_output(), if trace->nr is large enough that
sizeof(deferred_event->event) + trace->nr * sizeof(u64) + id_header_size
exceeds U16_MAX, header.size wraps while the output loop still writes
all trace->nr entries into the ring buffer. Clamp nr per event (accounting
for event->id_header_size when sample_id_all is enabled) so the record
never overflows u16 header.size.
Fixes: c69993ecdd4d ("perf: Support deferred user unwind")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
kernel/events/core.c | 16 +++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index b43883a42566..37824ca7fe97 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -10385,8 +10385,6 @@ struct perf_callchain_deferred_event {
struct {
struct perf_event_header header;
u64 cookie;
- u64 nr;
- u64 ips[];
} event;
};
@@ -10395,12 +10393,19 @@ static void perf_callchain_deferred_output(struct perf_event *event, void *data)
struct perf_callchain_deferred_event *deferred_event = data;
struct perf_output_handle handle;
struct perf_sample_data sample;
+ u64 nr = deferred_event->trace->nr;
+ u16 size, id_size, max_payload;
int ret;
- u16 size = sizeof(deferred_event->event) + (deferred_event->trace->nr * sizeof(u64));
if (!event->attr.defer_output)
return;
+ id_size = event->attr.sample_id_all ? event->id_header_size : 0;
+ max_payload = round_down(U16_MAX - sizeof(deferred_event->event) -
+ sizeof(u64) - id_size, sizeof(u64));
+ nr = min_t(u64, nr, max_payload / sizeof(u64));
+ size = sizeof(deferred_event->event) + sizeof(u64) + nr * sizeof(u64);
+
/* XXX do we really need sample_id_all for this ??? */
perf_event_header__init(&deferred_event->event.header, &sample,
PERF_RECORD_CALLCHAIN_DEFERRED,
@@ -10414,8 +10419,10 @@ static void perf_callchain_deferred_output(struct perf_event *event, void *data)
return;
perf_output_put(&handle, deferred_event->event);
- for (int i = 0; i < deferred_event->trace->nr; i++) {
+ perf_output_put(&handle, nr);
+ for (u64 i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
u64 entry = deferred_event->trace->entries[i];
+
perf_output_put(&handle, entry);
}
perf_event__output_id_sample(event, &handle, &sample);
@@ -10430,7 +10437,6 @@ static void perf_unwind_deferred_callback(struct unwind_work *work,
.trace = trace,
.event = {
.cookie = cookie,
- .nr = trace->nr,
},
};
--
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