Commit 163e5f2
perf record: skip synthesize event when open evsel failed
When using perf record with the `--overwrite` option, a segmentation fault
occurs if an event fails to open. For example:
perf record -e cycles-ct -F 1000 -a --overwrite
Error:
cycles-ct:H: PMU Hardware doesn't support sampling/overflow-interrupts. Try 'perf stat'
perf: Segmentation fault
#0 0x6466b6 in dump_stack debug.c:366
#1 0x646729 in sighandler_dump_stack debug.c:378
#2 0x453fd1 in sigsegv_handler builtin-record.c:722
#3 0x7f8454e65090 in __restore_rt libc-2.32.so[54090]
#4 0x6c5671 in __perf_event__synthesize_id_index synthetic-events.c:1862
#5 0x6c5ac0 in perf_event__synthesize_id_index synthetic-events.c:1943
#6 0x458090 in record__synthesize builtin-record.c:2075
#7 0x45a85a in __cmd_record builtin-record.c:2888
#8 0x45deb6 in cmd_record builtin-record.c:4374
#9 0x4e5e33 in run_builtin perf.c:349
#10 0x4e60bf in handle_internal_command perf.c:401
#11 0x4e6215 in run_argv perf.c:448
#12 0x4e653a in main perf.c:555
#13 0x7f8454e4fa72 in __libc_start_main libc-2.32.so[3ea72]
#14 0x43a3ee in _start ??:0
The --overwrite option implies --tail-synthesize, which collects non-sample
events reflecting the system status when recording finishes. However, when
evsel opening fails (e.g., unsupported event 'cycles-ct'), session->evlist
is not initialized and remains NULL. The code unconditionally calls
record__synthesize() in the error path, which iterates through the NULL
evlist pointer and causes a segfault.
To fix it, move the record__synthesize() call inside the error check block, so
it's only called when there was no error during recording, ensuring that evlist
is properly initialized.
Fixes: 4ea648a ("perf record: Add --tail-synthesize option")
Signed-off-by: Shuai Xue <xueshuai@linux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>1 parent 553d18c commit 163e5f2
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