kernel/linux.git/tools/perf/util/disasm.c, branch linux-7.1.y

perf annotate: Use jump__delete when freeing LoongArch jumps

2026-04-14T06:41:11+00:00

Currently, the initialization of loongarch_jump_ops does not contain an assignment to its .free field. This causes disasm_line__free() to fall through to ins_ops__delete() for LoongArch jump instructions. ins_ops__delete() will free ins_operands.source.raw and ins_operands.source.name, and these fields overlaps with ins_operands.jump.raw_comment and ins_operands.jump.raw_func_start. Since in loongarch_jump__parse(), these two fields are populated by strchr()-ing the same buffer, trying to free them will lead to undefined behavior. This invalid free usually leads to crashes: Process 1712902 (perf) of user 1000 dumped core. Stack trace of thread 1712902: #0 0x00007fffef155c58 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x95c58) #1 0x00007fffef0f7a94 raise (libc.so.6 + 0x37a94) #2 0x00007fffef0dd6a8 abort (libc.so.6 + 0x1d6a8) #3 0x00007fffef145490 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x85490) #4 0x00007fffef1646f4 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0xa46f4) #5 0x00007fffef164718 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0xa4718) #6 0x00005555583a6764 __zfree (/home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf + 0x106764) #7 0x000055555854fb70 disasm_line__free (/home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf + 0x2afb70) #8 0x000055555853d618 annotated_source__purge (/home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf + 0x29d618) #9 0x000055555852300c __hist_entry__tui_annotate (/home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf + 0x28300c) #10 0x0000555558526718 do_annotate (/home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf + 0x286718) #11 0x000055555852ed94 evsel__hists_browse (/home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf + 0x28ed94) #12 0x000055555831fdd0 cmd_report (/home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf + 0x7fdd0) #13 0x000055555839b644 handle_internal_command (/home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf + 0xfb644) #14 0x00005555582fe6ac main (/home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf + 0x5e6ac) #15 0x00007fffef0ddd90 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x1dd90) #16 0x00007fffef0ddf0c __libc_start_main (libc.so.6 + 0x1df0c) #17 0x00005555582fed10 _start (/home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf + 0x5ed10) ELF object binary architecture: LoongArch ... and it can be confirmed with Valgrind: ==1721834== Invalid free() / delete / delete[] / realloc() ==1721834== at 0x4EA9014: free (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-loongarch64-linux.so) ==1721834== by 0x4106287: __zfree (zalloc.c:13) ==1721834== by 0x42ADC8F: disasm_line__free (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== by 0x429B737: annotated_source__purge (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== by 0x42811EB: __hist_entry__tui_annotate (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== by 0x42848D7: do_annotate (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== by 0x428CF33: evsel__hists_browse (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== Address 0x7d34303 is 35 bytes inside a block of size 62 alloc'd ==1721834== at 0x4EA59B8: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-loongarch64-linux.so) ==1721834== by 0x6B80B6F: strdup (strdup.c:42) ==1721834== by 0x42AD917: disasm_line__new (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== by 0x42AE5A3: symbol__disassemble_objdump (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== by 0x42AF0A7: symbol__disassemble (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== by 0x429B3CF: symbol__annotate (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== by 0x429C233: symbol__annotate2 (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== by 0x42804D3: __hist_entry__tui_annotate (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== by 0x42848D7: do_annotate (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== by 0x428CF33: evsel__hists_browse (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) This patch adds the missing free() specialization in loongarch_jump_ops, which prevents disasm_line__free() from invoking the default cleanup function. Fixes: fb7fd2a14a503b9a ("perf annotate: Move raw_comment and raw_func_start fields out of 'struct ins_operands'") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: WANG Rui Cc: Huacai Chen Cc: WANG Xuerui Cc: loongarch@lists.linux.dev Signed-off-by: Rong Bao Tested-by: WANG Rui Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf tools: Use calloc() where applicable

2026-04-09T02:21:05+00:00

Instead of using zalloc(nr_entries * sizeof_entry) that is what calloc() does. In some places where linux/zalloc.h isn't needed, remove it, add when needed and was getting it indirectly. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

Merge tag 'perf-tools-fixes-for-v7.0-2-2026-03-23' into perf-tools-next

2026-03-25T07:06:23+00:00

To get the various fixes for v7.0. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf disasm: Fix potential use-after-free on fileloc

2026-03-11T06:17:13+00:00

The fileloc is a copy of a pointer to a string but in places like symbol_disassemble__llvm this string appears to be freed setting up potential use-after-frees: llvm.c: ``` dl = disasm_line__new(args); if (dl == NULL) goto err; annotation_line__add(&dl->al, ¬es->src->source); free(args->fileloc); ``` disasm.c: ``` static void annotation_line__init(struct annotation_line *al, struct annotate_args *args, int nr) { al->offset = args->offset; al->line = strdup(args->line); al->line_nr = args->line_nr; al->fileloc = args->fileloc; al->data_nr = nr; } struct disasm_line *disasm_line__new(struct annotate_args *args) { struct disasm_line *dl = NULL; struct annotation *notes = symbol__annotation(args->ms->sym); int nr = notes->src->nr_events; dl = zalloc(disasm_line_size(nr)); if (!dl) return NULL; annotation_line__init(&dl->al, args, nr); ``` Fix this by making the fileloc a copy of the underlying string in its init/exit. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf disasm: Fix off-by-one bug in outside check

2026-03-05T19:51:09+00:00

If a branch target points to one past the end of a function, the branch should be treated as a branch to another function. This can happen e.g. with a tail call to a function that is laid out immediately after the caller. Fixes: 751b1783da784299 ("perf annotate: Mark jumps to outher functions with the call arrow") Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Peter Collingbourne Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Bill Wendling Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Justin Stitt Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Nathan Chancellor Cc: Nick Desaulniers Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: https://linux-review.googlesource.com/id/Ide471112e82d68177e0faf08ca411d9fcf0a7bdf Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf disasm: Constify variables storing the result of bsearch() on const tables

2026-01-27T04:44:21+00:00

As newer glibcs will propagate the const attribute of the searched table to its return. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf thread: Add optional e_flags output argument to thread__e_machine

2026-01-26T21:21:20+00:00

The e_flags are needed to accurately compute complete perf register information for CSKY. Add the ability to read and have this value associated with a thread. This change doesn't wire up the use of the e_flags except in disasm where use already exists but just wasn't set up yet. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Aditya Bodkhe Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Chun-Tse Shao Cc: Guo Ren Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Sergei Trofimovich Cc: Shimin Guo Cc: Stephen Brennan Cc: Swapnil Sapkal Cc: Tianyou Li Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf annotate: Fix memcpy size in arch__grow_instructions()

2026-01-23T19:58:39+00:00

The memcpy() in arch__grow_instructions() is copying the wrong number of bytes when growing from a non-allocated table. It should copy arch->nr_instructions * sizeof(struct ins) bytes, not just arch->nr_instructions bytes. This bug causes data corruption as only a partial copy of the instruction table is made, leading to garbage data in most entries and potential crashes Fixes: 2a1ff812c40be982 ("perf annotate: Introduce alternative method of keeping instructions table") Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Suchit Karunakaran Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf disasm: Refactor arch__find and initialization of arch structs

2026-01-23T19:58:39+00:00

Switch arch__find to using an ELF machine number rather than a string. Rather than an array of fixed size arch structs turn the init functions into new functions indexed by the ELF machine they correspond to. This allows data to be stored with a struct arch with the container_of trick, so the priv variable can be removed. Switch to using the thread to find the arch rather than the evsel as the evsel only has limited notions of the running thread upon which disassembly is performed. Factor out the e_machine and e_flags into their own struct to make them easier to pass around. Reviewed-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Aditya Bodkhe Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Albert Ou Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Bill Wendling Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert Cc: Guo Ren Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Julia Lawall Cc: Justin Stitt Cc: Krzysztof Łopatowski Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Nathan Chancellor Cc: Nick Desaulniers Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Sergei Trofimovich Cc: Shimin Guo Cc: Suchit Karunakaran Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Tianyou Li Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Zecheng Li [ Include elf.h for EM_CSKY and friends and also conditionally define EM_CSKY_ABIMASK for old distros ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf map_symbol: Switch from holding maps to holding thread

2026-01-23T19:58:39+00:00

maps may belong to >1 thread. In contexts like symbolization information from the thread may be useful, such as the ELF machine. As the maps can be gained from the thread switch from holding maps in struct map_symbol to holding the thread. Holding the maps in addr_location is also redundant, switch this to using thread__maps. Reviewed-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Aditya Bodkhe Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Albert Ou Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Bill Wendling Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert Cc: Guo Ren Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Julia Lawall Cc: Justin Stitt Cc: Krzysztof Łopatowski Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Nathan Chancellor Cc: Nick Desaulniers Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Sergei Trofimovich Cc: Shimin Guo Cc: Suchit Karunakaran Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Tianyou Li Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Zecheng Li Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo