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From: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
	 Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	 Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,  Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
	 James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>,
	linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,  linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	bpf@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v1 2/2] perf/core: Clamp deferred callchain entry count to fit u16 header.size
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 14:55:08 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261025215508.1237480-2-irogers@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261025215508.1237480-1-irogers@google.com>

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,
 		},
 	};
 
-- 
2.56.0.307.g5fe7bd680c-goog


      reply	other threads:[~2026-10-25 21:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-25 21:55 [PATCH v1 1/2] perf/core: Include attr.defer_output in is_sb_event() Ian Rogers
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