Re: [BUG PATCH] perf: kvm - finding struct machine fails for PERF_RECORD_MMAP

[David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>]

On 4/9/12 9:40 PM, Nikunj A Dadhania wrote:
> I can think of two places where it can happen:
>
> 1) perf_event__synthesize_kernel_mmap
>
>          [...]
>   	mmap_name = machine__mmap_name(machine, name_buff, sizeof(name_buff));
> 	if (machine__is_host(machine)) {
>             ...
> 	} else {
> 		event->header.misc = PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_KERNEL;
> 		if (machine__is_default_guest(machine))
> 			filename = (char *) symbol_conf.default_guest_kallsyms;
> 		else {
> 			sprintf(path, "%s/proc/kallsyms", machine->root_dir);
> 			filename = path;
> 		}
> 	}
>          [...]
> 	event->mmap.header.type = PERF_RECORD_MMAP;
>          [...]
>          event->mmap.pid   = machine->pid;
>
> 2) perf_event__synthesize_modules
>
>          [...]
> 	if (machine__is_host(machine))
> 		event->header.misc = PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL;
> 	else
> 		event->header.misc = PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_KERNEL;
>          [...]
> 	event->mmap.header.type = PERF_RECORD_MMAP;
>          [...]
>          event->mmap.pid   = machine->pid;
>
> BTW, i am testing this on latest -tip(498c911).
>
> In my case, I am able to recreate this everytime. And have verified that
> the event->header.type that I hit here is of type PERF_RECORD_MMAP.

I was thinking runtime, not initialization. Adding -o direct_io to the 
sshfs mount did the trick. Reading guest /proc files exposes the segfault.

David