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    perf report: Fix memory corruption in --branch-history mode --branch-history · e3ebaa46
    Jiri Olsa authored
    Jin Yao reported memory corrupton in perf report with
    branch info used for stack trace:
    
      > Following command lines will cause perf crash.
    
      > perf record -j call -g -a <application>
      > perf report --branch-history
      >
      > *** Error in `perf': double free or corruption (!prev): 0x00000000104aa040 ***
      > ======= Backtrace: =========
      > /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x77725)[0x7f6b37254725]
      > /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x7ff4a)[0x7f6b3725cf4a]
      > /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(cfree+0x4c)[0x7f6b37260abc]
      > perf[0x51b914]
      > perf(hist_entry_iter__add+0x1e5)[0x51f305]
      > perf[0x43cf01]
      > perf[0x4fa3bf]
      > perf[0x4fa923]
      > perf[0x4fd396]
      > perf[0x4f9614]
      > perf(perf_session__process_events+0x89e)[0x4fc38e]
      > perf(cmd_report+0x15d2)[0x43f202]
      > perf[0x4a059f]
      > perf(main+0x631)[0x427b71]
      > /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf0)[0x7f6b371fd830]
      > perf(_start+0x29)[0x427d89]
    
    For the cumulative output, we allocate the he_cache array based on the
    --max-stack option value and populate it with data from 'callchain_cursor'.
    
    The --max-stack option value does not ensure now the limit for number of
    callchain_cursor nodes, so the cumulative iter code will allocate smaller array
    than it's actually needed and cause above corruption.
    
    I think the --max-stack limit does not apply here anyway, because we add
    callchain data as normal hist entries, while the --max-stack control the limit
    of single entry callchain depth.
    
    Using the callchain_cursor.nr as he_cache array count to fix this. Also
    removing struct hist_entry_iter::max_stack, because there's no longer any use
    for it.
    
    We need more fixes to ensure that the branch stack code follows properly the
    logic of --max-stack, which is not the case at the moment.
    Original-patch-by: default avatarJin Yao <yao.jin@linux.intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
    Reported-by: default avatarJin Yao <yao.jin@linux.intel.com>
    Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
    Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
    Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
    Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180216123619.GA9945@kravaSigned-off-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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