[PATCH v1 2/2] perf inject: Fix itrace branch stack synthesis

[Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>]

When using "perf inject --itrace=L" to synthesize branch stacks from
AUX data, several issues caused failures with the generated file:

1. The synthesized samples were delivered without the
   PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK flag if it was not in the original event's
   sample_type. Fixed by using sample_type | evsel->synth_sample_type
   in intel_pt_deliver_synth_event.

2. The record layout was misaligned because of inconsistent handling
   of PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HW_INDEX. Fixed by explicitly writing nr and
   hw_idx in perf_event__synthesize_sample.

3. Modifying evsel->core.attr.sample_type early in __cmd_inject caused
   parse failures for subsequent records in the input file. Fixed by
   moving this modification to just before writing the header.

4. perf_event__repipe_sample was narrowed to only synthesize samples
   when branch stack injection was requested, and restored the use of
   perf_inject__cut_auxtrace_sample as a fallback to preserve
   functionality.

5. Potential Heap Overflow in perf_event__repipe_sample : Addressed by
   adding a check that prints an error and returns -EFAULT if the
   calculated event size exceeds PERF_SAMPLE_MAX_SIZE , as you
   requested.

6. Header vs Payload Mismatch in __cmd_inject : Addressed by narrowing
   the condition so that HEADER_BRANCH_STACK is only set in the file
   header if add_last_branch was true.

7. NULL Pointer Dereference in intel-pt.c : Addressed by updating the
   condition in intel_pt_do_synth_pebs_sample to fill sample.
   branch_stack if it was synthesized, even if not in the original
   sample_type .

Assisted-by: Gemini:gemini-3.1-pro-preview
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-inject.c | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c  |  6 ++-
 2 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
index 0c51cb4250d1..1f4d25a0efba 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
@@ -223,6 +223,11 @@ static int perf_event__repipe_attr(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 						  tool);
 	int ret;
 
+	if (inject->itrace_synth_opts.add_last_branch) {
+		event->attr.attr.sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK;
+		event->attr.attr.branch_sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HW_INDEX;
+	}
+
 	ret = perf_event__process_attr(tool, event, pevlist);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -375,7 +380,60 @@ static int perf_event__repipe_sample(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 
 	build_id__mark_dso_hit(tool, event, sample, evsel, machine);
 
-	if (inject->itrace_synth_opts.set && sample->aux_sample.size) {
+	if (inject->itrace_synth_opts.set &&
+	    (inject->itrace_synth_opts.last_branch ||
+	     inject->itrace_synth_opts.add_last_branch)) {
+		union perf_event *event_copy = (void *)inject->event_copy;
+		struct branch_stack dummy_bs = { .nr = 0, .hw_idx = 0 };
+		int err;
+		size_t sz;
+		u64 orig_type = evsel->core.attr.sample_type;
+		u64 orig_branch_type = evsel->core.attr.branch_sample_type;
+
+		if (event_copy == NULL) {
+			inject->event_copy = malloc(PERF_SAMPLE_MAX_SIZE);
+			if (!inject->event_copy)
+				return -ENOMEM;
+
+			event_copy = (void *)inject->event_copy;
+		}
+
+		if (!sample->branch_stack)
+			sample->branch_stack = &dummy_bs;
+
+		if (inject->itrace_synth_opts.add_last_branch) {
+			/* Temporarily add in type bits for synthesis. */
+			evsel->core.attr.sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK;
+			evsel->core.attr.branch_sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HW_INDEX;
+		}
+		evsel->core.attr.sample_type &= ~PERF_SAMPLE_AUX;
+
+		sz = perf_event__sample_event_size(sample, evsel->core.attr.sample_type,
+						   evsel->core.attr.read_format,
+						   evsel->core.attr.branch_sample_type);
+
+		if (sz > PERF_SAMPLE_MAX_SIZE) {
+			pr_err("Sample size %zu exceeds max size %d\n", sz, PERF_SAMPLE_MAX_SIZE);
+			return -EFAULT;
+		}
+
+		event_copy->header.type = PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE;
+		event_copy->header.misc = event->header.misc;
+		event_copy->header.size = sz;
+
+		err = perf_event__synthesize_sample(event_copy, evsel->core.attr.sample_type,
+						    evsel->core.attr.read_format,
+						    evsel->core.attr.branch_sample_type, sample);
+
+		evsel->core.attr.sample_type = orig_type;
+		evsel->core.attr.branch_sample_type = orig_branch_type;
+
+		if (err) {
+			pr_err("Failed to synthesize sample\n");
+			return err;
+		}
+		event = event_copy;
+	} else if (inject->itrace_synth_opts.set && sample->aux_sample.size) {
 		event = perf_inject__cut_auxtrace_sample(inject, event, sample);
 		if (IS_ERR(event))
 			return PTR_ERR(event);
@@ -463,13 +521,9 @@ static int perf_event__convert_sample_callchain(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 	/* remove sample_type {STACK,REGS}_USER for synthesize */
 	sample_type &= ~(PERF_SAMPLE_STACK_USER | PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_USER);
 
-	ret = perf_event__synthesize_sample(event_copy, evsel->core.attr.sample_type,
-					    evsel->core.attr.read_format,
-					    evsel->core.attr.branch_sample_type, sample);
-	if (ret) {
-		pr_err("Failed to synthesize sample\n");
-		return ret;
-	}
+	perf_event__synthesize_sample(event_copy, sample_type,
+				      evsel->core.attr.read_format,
+				      evsel->core.attr.branch_sample_type, sample);
 	return perf_event__repipe_synth(tool, event_copy);
 }
 
@@ -2440,12 +2494,25 @@ static int __cmd_inject(struct perf_inject *inject)
 		 * synthesized hardware events, so clear the feature flag.
 		 */
 		if (inject->itrace_synth_opts.set) {
+			struct evsel *evsel;
+
 			perf_header__clear_feat(&session->header,
 						HEADER_AUXTRACE);
-			if (inject->itrace_synth_opts.last_branch ||
-			    inject->itrace_synth_opts.add_last_branch)
+
+			evlist__for_each_entry(session->evlist, evsel) {
+				evsel->core.attr.sample_type &= ~PERF_SAMPLE_AUX;
+			}
+
+			if (inject->itrace_synth_opts.add_last_branch) {
 				perf_header__set_feat(&session->header,
 						      HEADER_BRANCH_STACK);
+
+				evlist__for_each_entry(session->evlist, evsel) {
+					evsel->core.attr.sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK;
+					evsel->core.attr.branch_sample_type |=
+						PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HW_INDEX;
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
index 5142983e3243..2dce6106c038 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
@@ -1731,6 +1731,7 @@ static void intel_pt_prep_b_sample(struct intel_pt *pt,
 static int intel_pt_inject_event(union perf_event *event,
 				 struct perf_sample *sample, u64 type)
 {
+	event->header.type = PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE;
 	event->header.size = perf_event__sample_event_size(sample, type, /*read_format=*/0,
 							   /*branch_sample_type=*/0);
 
@@ -2489,7 +2490,7 @@ static int intel_pt_do_synth_pebs_sample(struct intel_pt_queue *ptq, struct evse
 		intel_pt_add_xmm(intr_regs, pos, items, regs_mask);
 	}
 
-	if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK) {
+	if ((sample_type | evsel->synth_sample_type) & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK) {
 		if (items->mask[INTEL_PT_LBR_0_POS] ||
 		    items->mask[INTEL_PT_LBR_1_POS] ||
 		    items->mask[INTEL_PT_LBR_2_POS]) {
@@ -2560,7 +2561,8 @@ static int intel_pt_do_synth_pebs_sample(struct intel_pt_queue *ptq, struct evse
 		sample.transaction = txn;
 	}
 
-	ret = intel_pt_deliver_synth_event(pt, event, &sample, sample_type);
+	ret = intel_pt_deliver_synth_event(pt, event, &sample,
+					   sample_type | evsel->synth_sample_type);
 	perf_sample__exit(&sample);
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
2.54.0.545.g6539524ca2-goog