Re: [PATCH -tip] bpf: Check flags for branch stack in bpf_read_branch_records helper

Song Liu
2022-09-27T21:49:53Z

> On Sep 27, 2022, at 1:32 PM, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Recent commit [1] changed branch stack data indication from
> br_stack pointer to sample_flags in perf_sample_data struct.
>
> We need to check sample_flags for PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK
> bit for valid branch stack data.
>
> [1] a9a931e26668 ("perf: Use sample_flags for branch stack")
>
> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
> Fixes: a9a931e26668 ("perf: Use sample_flags for branch stack")
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>

Thanks for the fix! I noticed the issue last week, but haven't
got time to look into it.

Song

> ---
> NOTE sending on top of tip/master because [1] is not
> merged in bpf-next/master yet
>
> kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> index 68e5cdd24cef..1fcd1234607e 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> @@ -1507,6 +1507,9 @@ BPF_CALL_4(bpf_read_branch_records, struct bpf_perf_event_data_kern *, ctx,
> if (unlikely(flags & ~BPF_F_GET_BRANCH_RECORDS_SIZE))
> return -EINVAL;
>
> + if (unlikely(!(ctx->data->sample_flags & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK)))
> + return -ENOENT;
> +
> if (unlikely(!br_stack))
> return -ENOENT;
>
> --
> 2.37.3
>