Re: [PATCH v4] perf report: Skip unsupported new event types

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 03:46:21PM -0700, Chun-Tse Shao wrote:
> Ping.

Thanks for the ping, I just applied it with these changes, please check,

Thanks,

- Arnaldo

⬢ [acme@toolbox perf-tools-next]$ git diff
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index ba32f8461a4b6438..81cc56503a2d0f51 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1645,7 +1645,7 @@ static s64 perf_session__process_event(struct perf_session *session,
                        return -EINVAL;
 
                /* This perf is outdated and does not support the latest event type. */
-               ui__warning("Unsupported type %u, please considering update perf.\n",
+               ui__warning("Unsupported header type %u, please consider updating perf.\n",
                            event->header.type);
                /* Skip unsupported event by returning its size. */
                return event->header.size;
⬢ [acme@toolbox perf-tools-next]$
 
> Thanks,
> CT
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@google.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > `perf report` currently halts with an error when encountering
> > > unsupported new event types (`event.type >= PERF_RECORD_HEADER_MAX`).
> > > This patch modifies the behavior to skip these samples and continue
> > > processing the remaining events. Additionally, stops reporting if the
> > > new event size is not 8-byte aligned.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@google.com>
> > > Suggested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
> > > Suggested-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ian
> >
> > > ---
> > >  tools/perf/util/session.c | 13 +++++++++++--
> > >  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
> > > index 60fb9997ea0d..ba32f8461a4b 100644
> > > --- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
> > > +++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
> > > @@ -1639,8 +1639,17 @@ static s64 perf_session__process_event(struct perf_session *session,
> > >         if (session->header.needs_swap)
> > >                 event_swap(event, evlist__sample_id_all(evlist));
> > >
> > > -       if (event->header.type >= PERF_RECORD_HEADER_MAX)
> > > -               return -EINVAL;
> > > +       if (event->header.type >= PERF_RECORD_HEADER_MAX) {
> > > +               /* perf should not support unaligned event, stop here. */
> > > +               if (event->header.size % sizeof(u64))
> > > +                       return -EINVAL;
> > > +
> > > +               /* This perf is outdated and does not support the latest event type. */
> > > +               ui__warning("Unsupported type %u, please considering update perf.\n",
> > > +                           event->header.type);
> > > +               /* Skip unsupported event by returning its size. */
> > > +               return event->header.size;
> > > +       }
> > >
> > >         events_stats__inc(&evlist->stats, event->header.type);
> > >
> > > --
> > > 2.49.0.604.gff1f9ca942-goog
> > >