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Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/session.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c index 60fb9997ea0d..81cc56503a2d 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/session.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c @@ -1639,8 +1639,17 @@ static s64 perf_session__process_event(struct perf_session *session, if (session->header.needs_swap) event_swap(event, evlist__sample_id_all(evlist)); - if (event->header.type >= PERF_RECORD_HEADER_MAX) - return -EINVAL; + if (event->header.type >= PERF_RECORD_HEADER_MAX) { + /* perf should not support unaligned event, stop here. */ + if (event->header.size % sizeof(u64)) + return -EINVAL; + + /* This perf is outdated and does not support the latest event type. */ + ui__warning("Unsupported header type %u, please consider updating perf.\n", + event->header.type); + /* Skip unsupported event by returning its size. */ + return event->header.size; + } events_stats__inc(&evlist->stats, event->header.type); |