From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo" <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] perf dwarf-aux: Bound the type chases for broken debug info
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:56:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260921165623.6CE921F000FF@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260921164813.6727-2-acme@kernel.org>
> From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
>
> A DIE that is not what it looks like, e.g. one parsed at an offset that
> is not the start of a DIE, can have a DW_AT_type that refers back to
> itself, making the typedef/qualifier chases in die_get_real_type() and
> die_get_pointer_type() spin forever, and the same for the type name
> recursion in die_get_typename_from_type(); 'perf report -s type' did
> exactly that on the dwz compressed debug info of zlib-ng (libz.so.1).
>
> No sane chain of typedefs and qualifiers is 32 DIEs long, so give up on
> the type with a pr_debug instead of hanging.
>
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues. It looks great!
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-21 16:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-21 16:48 [PATCH v2 0/7] perf annotate-data: Fix hangs on broken debug info, data type browser sample count, AMD mem record Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-09-21 16:48 ` [PATCH 1/7] perf dwarf-aux: Bound the type chases for broken debug info Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-09-21 16:56 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-09-21 16:48 ` [PATCH 2/7] perf dwarf-aux: Add die_same_file() and die_get_type_die() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-09-21 16:56 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-21 16:48 ` [PATCH 3/7] perf annotate-data: Resolve type DIEs in the debug file they came from Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-09-21 16:57 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-21 16:48 ` [PATCH 4/7] perf annotate-data: Bound the member nesting recursion Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-09-21 16:57 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-21 16:48 ` [PATCH 5/7] perf annotate-data: Show the sample count in the data-type browser Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-09-21 16:55 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-21 16:48 ` [PATCH 6/7] perf mem record: Request PERF_SAMPLE_CPU by default Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-09-21 16:55 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-21 16:48 ` [PATCH 7/7] perf mem record: Use the IBS swfilt filter when available Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-09-21 16:58 ` sashiko-bot
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-09-19 20:40 [PATCH 0/7] perf annotate-data: Fix hangs on broken debug info, data type browser sample count, AMD mem record Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-09-19 20:40 ` [PATCH 1/7] perf dwarf-aux: Bound the type chases for broken debug info Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-09-19 20:48 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-21 6:12 ` Namhyung Kim
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