Re: [PATCH] perf/report: Report OOM in perf report status line

[Jiri Olsa]

On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 11:16:07AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:

SNIP

> > util/session.c: In function âperf_session__process_eventsâ:
> > util/session.c:1936:7: error: âskipâ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
> >    err = skip;
> >    ~~~~^~~~~~
> > util/session.c:1874:6: note: âskipâ was declared here
> >   s64 skip;
> >       ^~~~
> > cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
> > mv: cannot stat '/tmp/build/perf/util/.session.o.tmp': No such file or directory
> > make[4]: *** [/home/acme/git/perf/tools/build/Makefile.build:96: /tmp/build/perf/util/session.o] Error 1
> > make[3]: *** [/home/acme/git/perf/tools/build/Makefile.build:139: util] Error 2
> > make[2]: *** [Makefile.perf:559: /tmp/build/perf/perf-in.o] Error 2
> > make[1]: *** [Makefile.perf:215: sub-make] Error 2
> > make: *** [Makefile:110: install-bin] Error 2
> > make: Leaving directory '/home/acme/git/perf/tools/perf'
> 
> So, here is your patch:
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
> index b17f1c9bc965..e89716175588 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
> @@ -1930,10 +1930,10 @@ reader__process_events(struct reader *rd, struct perf_session *session,
> 
>         if (size < sizeof(struct perf_event_header) ||
>             (skip = rd->process(session, event, file_pos)) < 0) {
> -               pr_err("%#" PRIx64 " [%#x]: failed to process type: %d\n",
> +               pr_err("%#" PRIx64 " [%#x]: failed to process type: %d [%s]\n",
>                        file_offset + head, event->header.size,
> -                      event->header.type);
> -               err = -EINVAL;
> +                      event->header.type, strerror(-skip));
> +               err = skip;
>                 goto out;
>         }
> 
> [acme@quaco perf]$
> 
> What happens if (size < sizeof(struct perf_event_header)) is true? size
> will have an undefined value, so the right thing is to have this patch
> on top of yours, so that err get, as before, set to -EINVAL when the
> size is less than the perf_event_header sizeof:

I'd think you need to squash your change with the original patch
for the bisecting sake, right?

> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
> index e89716175588..bad5f87ae001 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
> @@ -1928,6 +1928,8 @@ reader__process_events(struct reader *rd, struct perf_session *session,
>  
>  	size = event->header.size;
>  
> +	skip = -EINVAL;
> +
>  	if (size < sizeof(struct perf_event_header) ||
>  	    (skip = rd->process(session, event, file_pos)) < 0) {
>  		pr_err("%#" PRIx64 " [%#x]: failed to process type: %d [%s]\n",
> 
> ---
> 
> With two Reviewed-by tags, I jumped to quickly at applying, please
> compile test next time guys ;-) :-)

ugh.. need to slow down, this is happening too often now :-\

jirka