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Date:   Thu, 17 Mar 2022 18:54:08 +0530
From:   "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf trace: Fix SIGSEGV when processing augmented args
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
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Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 02:52:05PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escrev=
eu:
>> Em Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 10:57:57PM +0530, Naveen N. Rao escreveu:
>> > Yes, it looks like the current check in 'perf' isn't working. The belo=
w
>> > patch also resolves the crash we are seeing:
>> =20
>> > diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
>> > index 2f1d20553a0aa3..86b459f4ebdd61 100644
>> > --- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
>> > +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
>> > @@ -2326,7 +2326,7 @@ static int trace__sys_enter(struct trace *trace,=
 struct evsel *evsel,
>> >         * thinking that the extra 2 u64 args are the augmented filenam=
e, so just check
>> >         * here and avoid using augmented syscalls when the evsel is th=
e raw_syscalls one.
>> >         */
>> > -       if (evsel !=3D trace->syscalls.events.sys_enter)
>> > +       if (strcmp(evsel__name(evsel), "raw_syscalls:sys_enter"))
>> >                augmented_args =3D syscall__augmented_args(sc, sample, =
&augmented_args_size, trace->raw_augmented_syscalls_args_size);
>> >        ttrace->entry_time =3D sample->time;
>> >        msg =3D ttrace->entry_str;
>>=20
>> Interesting, that should be equivalent :-\ humm, not really, understood,
>> when processing perf.data files we don't setup
>> trace->syscalls.events.sys_enter...
>>=20
>> switching from strcmp() to something cheaper but equivalent should be
>> the fix for now.
>=20
> I'll add a trace->use_augmented_args boolean that will do this test
> once, and then use it in this case and will audit to check if this
> should be used in other places.

Thanks! That sounds better.


- Naveen