[PATCH] perf session: Fix handling when buffer exceeds 2 GiB

[Leo Yan]

If a user specifies an AUX buffer larger than 2 GiB, the returned size
may exceed 0x80000000. Since the err variable is defined as a signed
32-bit integer, such a value overflows and becomes negative.

As a result, the perf record command reports an error:

  0x146e8 [0x30]: failed to process type: 71 [Unknown error 183711232]

Change the type of the err variable to a signed 64-bit integer to
accommodate large buffer sizes correctly.

Reported-by: Tamas Zsoldos <tamas.zsoldos@xxxxxxx>
Fixes: d5652d865ea7 ("perf session: Add ability to skip 4GiB or more")
Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/util/session.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 26ae078278cd67fc5894c01cbb44c4b8fa81321a..09af486c83e4ff82e74f17f3da08d3bc3989768b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ static s64 perf_session__process_user_event(struct perf_session *session,
 	const struct perf_tool *tool = session->tool;
 	struct perf_sample sample;
 	int fd = perf_data__fd(session->data);
-	int err;
+	s64 err;
 
 	perf_sample__init(&sample, /*all=*/true);
 	if ((event->header.type != PERF_RECORD_COMPRESSED &&

---
base-commit: 6235ce77749f45cac27f630337e2fdf04e8a6c73
change-id: 20250808-perf_fix_big_buffer_size-e28f618df61c

Best regards,
-- 
Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxx>