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perf record: Fix segfault with --overwrite and --max-size
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When --overwrite and --max-size options of perf record are used
together, a segmentation fault occurs. The following is an example:

  # perf record -e sched:sched* --overwrite --max-size 1K -a -- sleep 1
  [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
  perf: Segmentation fault
  Obtained 12 stack frames.
  ./perf/perf(+0x197673) [0x55f99710b673]
  /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x3ef0f) [0x7fa45f3cff0f]
  ./perf/perf(+0x8eb40) [0x55f997002b40]
  ./perf/perf(+0x1f6882) [0x55f99716a882]
  ./perf/perf(+0x794c2) [0x55f996fed4c2]
  ./perf/perf(+0x7b7c7) [0x55f996fef7c7]
  ./perf/perf(+0x9074b) [0x55f99700474b]
  ./perf/perf(+0x12e23c) [0x55f9970a223c]
  ./perf/perf(+0x12e54a) [0x55f9970a254a]
  ./perf/perf(+0x7db60) [0x55f996ff1b60]
  /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6) [0x7fa45f3b2c86]
  ./perf/perf(+0x7dfe9) [0x55f996ff1fe9]
  Segmentation fault (core dumped)

backtrace of the core file is as follows:

  (gdb) bt
  #0  record__bytes_written (rec=0x55f99755a200 <record>) at builtin-record.c:234
  #1  record__output_max_size_exceeded (rec=0x55f99755a200 <record>) at builtin-record.c:242
  #2  record__write (map=0x0, size=12816, bf=0x55f9978da2e0, rec=0x55f99755a200 <record>) at builtin-record.c:263
  #3  process_synthesized_event (tool=tool@entry=0x55f99755a200 <record>, event=event@entry=0x55f9978da2e0, sample=sample@entry=0x0, machine=machine@entry=0x55f997893658) at builtin-record.c:618
  #4  0x000055f99716a883 in __perf_event__synthesize_id_index (tool=tool@entry=0x55f99755a200 <record>, process=process@entry=0x55f997002aa0 <process_synthesized_event>, evlist=0x55f9978928b0, machine=machine@entry=0x55f997893658,
      from=from@entry=0) at util/synthetic-events.c:1895
  #5  0x000055f99716a91f in perf_event__synthesize_id_index (tool=tool@entry=0x55f99755a200 <record>, process=process@entry=0x55f997002aa0 <process_synthesized_event>, evlist=<optimized out>, machine=machine@entry=0x55f997893658)
      at util/synthetic-events.c:1905
  #6  0x000055f996fed4c3 in record__synthesize (tail=tail@entry=true, rec=0x55f99755a200 <record>) at builtin-record.c:1997
  #7  0x000055f996fef7c8 in __cmd_record (argc=argc@entry=2, argv=argv@entry=0x7ffc67551260, rec=0x55f99755a200 <record>) at builtin-record.c:2802
  #8  0x000055f99700474c in cmd_record (argc=<optimized out>, argv=0x7ffc67551260) at builtin-record.c:4258
  #9  0x000055f9970a223d in run_builtin (p=0x55f997564d88 <commands+264>, argc=10, argv=0x7ffc67551260) at perf.c:330
  #10 0x000055f9970a254b in handle_internal_command (argc=10, argv=0x7ffc67551260) at perf.c:384
  #11 0x000055f996ff1b61 in run_argv (argcp=<synthetic pointer>, argv=<synthetic pointer>) at perf.c:428
  #12 main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=0x7ffc67551260) at perf.c:562

The reason is that record__bytes_written accesses the freed memory rec->thread_data,
The process is as follows:
  __cmd_record
    -> record__free_thread_data
      -> zfree(&rec->thread_data)         // free rec->thread_data
    -> record__synthesize
      -> perf_event__synthesize_id_index
        -> process_synthesized_event
          -> record__write
            -> record__bytes_written      // access rec->thread_data

We add a member variable "thread_bytes_written" in the struct "record"
to save the data size written by the threads.

Fixes: 6d57581 ("perf record: Add support for limit perf output file size")
Signed-off-by: Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiwei Sun <jiwei.sun@windriver.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAM9d7ci_TRrqBQVQNW8=GwakUr7SsZpYxaaty-S4bxF8zJWyqw@mail.gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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Yang Jihong authored and acmel committed Feb 15, 2023
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16 changes: 6 additions & 10 deletions tools/perf/builtin-record.c
Expand Up @@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ struct record {
struct perf_tool tool;
struct record_opts opts;
u64 bytes_written;
u64 thread_bytes_written;
struct perf_data data;
struct auxtrace_record *itr;
struct evlist *evlist;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -226,14 +227,7 @@ static bool switch_output_time(struct record *rec)

static u64 record__bytes_written(struct record *rec)
{
int t;
u64 bytes_written = rec->bytes_written;
struct record_thread *thread_data = rec->thread_data;

for (t = 0; t < rec->nr_threads; t++)
bytes_written += thread_data[t].bytes_written;

return bytes_written;
return rec->bytes_written + rec->thread_bytes_written;
}

static bool record__output_max_size_exceeded(struct record *rec)
Expand All @@ -255,10 +249,12 @@ static int record__write(struct record *rec, struct mmap *map __maybe_unused,
return -1;
}

if (map && map->file)
if (map && map->file) {
thread->bytes_written += size;
else
rec->thread_bytes_written += size;
} else {
rec->bytes_written += size;
}

if (record__output_max_size_exceeded(rec) && !done) {
fprintf(stderr, "[ perf record: perf size limit reached (%" PRIu64 " KB),"
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