kernel.git/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c, branch master

perf bpf-event: Constify variables storing the result of strchr() on const tables

2026-01-27T05:35:29Z

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

perf tools: Switch printf("...%s", strerror(errno)) to printf("...%m")

2026-01-14T20:22:50Z

strerror() has thread safety issues, strerror_r() requires stack allocated buffers. Code in perf has already been using the "%m" formatting flag that is a widely support glibc extension to print the current errno's description. Expand the usage of this formatting flag and remove usage of strerror()/strerror_r(). Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Acked-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Blake Jones Cc: Chun-Tse Shao Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert Cc: Haibo Xu Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephen Brennan Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Yunseong Kim Cc: Zhongqiu Han Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf bpf-event: Fix use-after-free in synthesis

2025-09-02T21:55:05Z

Calls to perf_env__insert_bpf_prog_info may fail as a sideband thread may already have inserted the bpf_prog_info. Such failures may yield info_linear being freed which then causes use-after-free issues with the internal bpf_prog_info info struct. Make it so that perf_env__insert_bpf_prog_info trigger early non-error paths and fix the use-after-free in perf_event__synthesize_one_bpf_prog. Add proper return error handling to perf_env__add_bpf_info (that calls perf_env__insert_bpf_prog_info) and propagate the return value in its callers. Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAP-5=fWJQcmUOP7MuCA2ihKnDAHUCOBLkQFEkQES-1ZZTrgf8Q@mail.gmail.com/ Fixes: 03edb7020bb9 ("perf bpf: Fix two memory leakages when calling perf_env__insert_bpf_prog_info()") Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250902181713.309797-2-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf env: Remove global perf_env

2025-07-25T17:37:58Z

The global perf_env was used for the host, but if a perf_env wasn't easy to come by it was used in a lot of places where potentially recorded and host data could be confused. Remove the global variable as now the majority of accesses retrieve the perf_env for the host from the session. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250724163302.596743-20-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf session: Add accessor for session->header.env

2025-07-25T17:37:56Z

The perf_env from the header in the session is frequently accessed, add an accessor function rather than access directly. Cache the value to avoid repeated calls. No behavioral change. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250724163302.596743-10-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf record: collect BPF metadata from new programs

2025-06-20T21:48:49Z

This collects metadata for any BPF programs that were loaded during a "perf record" run, and emits it at the end of the run. Signed-off-by: Blake Jones Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250612194939.162730-4-blakejones@google.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf record: collect BPF metadata from existing BPF programs

2025-06-20T21:48:35Z

Look for .rodata maps, find ones with 'bpf_metadata_' variables, extract their values as strings, and create a new PERF_RECORD_BPF_METADATA synthetic event using that data. The code gets invoked from the existing routine perf_event__synthesize_one_bpf_prog(). For example, a BPF program with the following variables: const char bpf_metadata_version[] SEC(".rodata") = "3.14159"; int bpf_metadata_value[] SEC(".rodata") = 42; would generate a PERF_RECORD_BPF_METADATA record with: .prog_name = .nr_entries = 2 .entries[0].key = "version" .entries[0].value = "3.14159" .entries[1].key = "value" .entries[1].value = "42" Each of the BPF programs and subprograms that share those variables would get a distinct PERF_RECORD_BPF_METADATA record, with the ".prog_name" showing the name of each program or subprogram. The prog_name is deliberately the same as the ".name" field in the corresponding PERF_RECORD_KSYMBOL record. This code only gets invoked if support for displaying BTF char arrays as strings is detected. Signed-off-by: Blake Jones Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250612194939.162730-3-blakejones@google.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf bpf: Fix two memory leakages when calling perf_env__insert_bpf_prog_info()

2024-12-10T19:59:32Z

If perf_env__insert_bpf_prog_info() returns false due to a duplicate bpf prog info node insertion, the temporary info_node and info_linear memory will leak. Add a check to ensure the memory is freed if the function returns false. Fixes: d56354dc49091e33 ("perf tools: Save bpf_prog_info and BTF of new BPF programs") Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim Signed-off-by: Zhongqiu Han Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Song Liu Cc: Yicong Yang Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241205084500.823660-4-quic_zhonhan@quicinc.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tool: Constify tool pointers

2024-08-12T21:05:14Z

The tool pointer (to a struct largely of function pointers) is passed around but is unchanged except at initialization. Change parameter and variable types to be const to lower the possibilities of what could happen with a tool. Reviewed-by: Adrian Hunter Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Tested-by: Adrian Hunter Tested-by: Leo Yan Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Anshuman Khandual Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Huacai Chen Cc: Ilkka Koskinen Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Jonathan Cameron Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Nick Desaulniers Cc: Nick Terrell Cc: Oliver Upton Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Song Liu Cc: Sun Haiyong Cc: Suzuki Poulouse Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Yanteng Si Cc: Yicong Yang Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240812204720.631678-4-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf dso: Add reference count checking and accessor functions

2024-05-06T18:28:49Z

Add reference count checking to struct dso, this can help with implementing correct reference counting discipline. To avoid RC_CHK_ACCESS everywhere, add accessor functions for the variables in struct dso. The majority of the change is mechanical in nature and not easy to split up. Committer testing: 'perf test' up to this patch shows no regressions. But: util/symbol.c: In function ‘dso__load_bfd_symbols’: util/symbol.c:1683:9: error: too few arguments to function ‘dso__set_adjust_symbols’ 1683 | dso__set_adjust_symbols(dso); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In file included from util/symbol.c:21: util/dso.h:268:20: note: declared here 268 | static inline void dso__set_adjust_symbols(struct dso *dso, bool val) | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ make[6]: *** [/home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/build/Makefile.build:106: /tmp/tmp.ZWHbQftdN6/util/symbol.o] Error 1 MKDIR /tmp/tmp.ZWHbQftdN6/tests/workloads/ make[6]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... This was updated: - symbols__fixup_end(&dso->symbols, false); - symbols__fixup_duplicate(&dso->symbols); - dso->adjust_symbols = 1; + symbols__fixup_end(dso__symbols(dso), false); + symbols__fixup_duplicate(dso__symbols(dso)); + dso__set_adjust_symbols(dso); But not build tested with BUILD_NONDISTRO and libbfd devel files installed (binutils-devel on fedora). Add the missing argument: symbols__fixup_end(dso__symbols(dso), false); symbols__fixup_duplicate(dso__symbols(dso)); - dso__set_adjust_symbols(dso); + dso__set_adjust_symbols(dso, true); Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Ahelenia Ziemiańska Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Ben Gainey Cc: Changbin Du Cc: Chengen Du Cc: Colin Ian King Cc: Dima Kogan Cc: Ilkka Koskinen Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: K Prateek Nayak Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Li Dong Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paran Lee Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Song Liu Cc: Sun Haiyong Cc: Thomas Richter Cc: Tiezhu Yang Cc: Yanteng Si Cc: zhaimingbing Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240504213803.218974-6-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo