From: Amir Ayupov <aaupov@fb.com>
To: <linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org>, <coresight@lists.linaro.org>,
<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>, Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
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Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
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John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>,
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Cc: <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>, Mike Leach <mike.leach@arm.com>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
Swapnil Sapkal <swapnil.sapkal@amd.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/9] perf thread-stack: Bound wrapped branch stack copy
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 02:06:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260803090640.2412336-3-aaupov@fb.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260803090640.2412336-1-aaupov@fb.com>
When the internal branch ring has wrapped, thread_stack__br_sample()
computes the number of entries that still fit in the destination:
nr = min(ts->br_stack_pos, sz);
but then copies ts->br_stack_pos entries regardless, overrunning the
destination whenever sz is smaller than ts->br_stack_pos.
No caller can trigger this today: both intel-pt and cs-etm size the
thread stack ring and the output buffer from the same
synth_opts.last_branch_sz, so sz is never less than ts->br_stack_sz and
the two values always agree. It becomes reachable as soon as a caller
keeps a larger reconstruction ring than the requested output depth,
which is what --itrace=L does for late branch sampling.
Copy nr entries instead, so the destination bound is honoured whatever
the caller asks for.
Signed-off-by: Amir Ayupov <aaupov@fb.com>
---
tools/perf/util/thread-stack.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread-stack.c b/tools/perf/util/thread-stack.c
index 1a3dffa83bde2..51eaedb47bb1d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread-stack.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread-stack.c
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ void thread_stack__br_sample(struct thread *thread, int cpu,
sz -= nr;
be = &dst->entries[nr];
nr = min(ts->br_stack_pos, sz);
- memcpy(be, &src->entries[0], bsz * ts->br_stack_pos);
+ memcpy(be, &src->entries[0], bsz * nr);
}
}
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-03 9:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-03 9:06 [PATCH 1/9] perf header: Tolerate inconsistent HEADER_GROUP_DESC Amir Ayupov
2026-08-03 9:06 ` [PATCH 2/9] perf thread-stack: Report branch stack hw_idx as not available Amir Ayupov
2026-08-03 9:19 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-11 15:58 ` Adrian Hunter
2026-08-12 15:48 ` Adrian Hunter
2026-08-12 16:04 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-08-13 5:32 ` Adrian Hunter
2026-08-12 13:16 ` James Clark
2026-08-03 9:06 ` Amir Ayupov [this message]
2026-08-03 9:26 ` [PATCH 3/9] perf thread-stack: Bound wrapped branch stack copy sashiko-bot
2026-08-11 15:31 ` Adrian Hunter
2026-08-03 9:06 ` [PATCH 4/9] perf dlfilter: Add non-empty branch stack filter Amir Ayupov
2026-08-13 8:31 ` James Clark
2026-08-03 9:06 ` [PATCH 5/9] perf cs-etm: Split up cs_etm__process_timestamped_queues() Amir Ayupov
2026-08-03 9:06 ` [PATCH 6/9] perf cs-etm: Add branch history to existing samples Amir Ayupov
2026-08-03 9:23 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-03 9:06 ` [PATCH 7/9] perf test cs-etm: Test branch history on " Amir Ayupov
2026-08-03 9:21 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-12 14:13 ` James Clark
2026-08-12 14:29 ` James Clark
2026-08-12 14:15 ` James Clark
2026-08-03 9:06 ` [PATCH 8/9] perf cs-etm: Consume branch history when attaching it to a sample Amir Ayupov
2026-08-03 9:06 ` [PATCH 9/9] Documentation: coresight: Document context-sensitive PGO workflow Amir Ayupov
2026-08-11 14:38 ` [PATCH 1/9] perf header: Tolerate inconsistent HEADER_GROUP_DESC Adrian Hunter
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