linux/tools
David Ahern 207b579269 perf kvm: Fix regression with guest machine creation
Commit 743eb86865 reworked when the
machines were created. Prior to this commit guest machines could be
created in perf_event__process_kernel_mmap() while processing kernel
MMAP events. This commit assumes that the machines exist by the time
perf_session_deliver_event is called (e.g., during processing of build
id events) - which is not always correct.

One example is the use of default guest args (--guestkallsyms and
--guestmodules) for short times where no samples hit within a guest
module. For this case no build id is added to the file header. No build
id == no machine created. That leads to the next example -- the use of
no-buildid (-B) on the record for all perf-kvm invocations. In both
cases perf report dies with a SEGFAULT of the form:

(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

Fix by allowing the machine to be created in perf_session_deliver_event.

Tested with --guestmount option and default guest args, with and without
-B arg on record for both and for short (10 seconds) and long (10
minutes) windows.

Reported-by: Pradeep Kumar Surisetty <psuriset@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Pradeep Kumar Surisetty <psuriset@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1341180697-64515-1-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2012-07-02 11:08:17 -03:00
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firewire
hv Tools: hv: verify origin of netlink connector message 2012-06-10 00:29:46 +09:00
include/tools tools/include: Add byteshift headers for endian access 2012-02-28 10:22:51 -08:00
lguest lguest: move the lguest tool to the tools directory 2012-01-12 15:44:47 +10:30
lib/traceevent tools lib traceevent: Silence compiler warning on 32bit build 2012-05-26 14:14:58 -03:00
nfsd NFSD: Added fault injection script 2011-11-07 21:10:47 -05:00
perf perf kvm: Fix regression with guest machine creation 2012-07-02 11:08:17 -03:00
power tools/power turbostat: fix IVB support 2012-06-03 23:47:49 -04:00
scripts perf: Build libtraceevent.a 2012-04-25 13:01:40 +02:00
testing syscalls, x86: add __NR_kcmp syscall 2012-05-31 17:49:32 -07:00
usb USB: testusb: add path /dev/bus/usb to default search paths for usbfs 2012-05-15 08:41:13 -07:00
virtio virtio/tools: add delayed interupt mode 2012-05-02 18:22:14 +03:00
vm tools/vm/page-types.c: cleanups 2012-05-29 16:22:21 -07:00
Makefile tools: Connect to the kernel build system 2012-04-11 15:00:17 -03:00