perf/core improvements and fixes:

- Be more robust when drawing arrows in the annotation TUI, avoiding a
   segfault when jump instructions have as a target addresses in functions
   other that the one currently being annotated. The full fix will come in
   the following days, when jumping to other functions will work as call
   instructions (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)
 
 - Allow asking for the maximum allowed sample rate in 'top' and
   'record', i.e. 'perf record -F max' will read the
   kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate sysctl and use it (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)
 
 - When the user specifies a freq above kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate,
   Throttle it down to that max freq, and warn the user about it, add as
   well --strict-freq so that the previous behaviour of not starting the
   session when the desired freq can't be used can be selected (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)
 
 - Find 'call' instruction target symbol at parsing time, used so far in
   the TUI, part of the infrastructure changes that will end up allowing
   for jumps to navigate to other functions, just like 'call'
   instructions. (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)
 
 - Use xyarray dimensions to iterate fds in 'perf stat' (Andi Kleen)
 
 - Ignore threads for which the current user hasn't permissions when
   enabling system-wide --per-thread (Jin Yao)
 
 - Fix some backtrace perf test cases to use 'perf record' + 'perf script'
   instead, till 'perf trace' starts using ordered_events or equivalent
   to avoid symbol resolving artifacts due to reordering of
   PERF_RECORD_MMAP events (Jiri Olsa)
 
 - Fix crash in 'perf record' pipe mode, it needs to allocate the ID
   array even for a single event, unlike non-pipe mode (Jiri Olsa)
 
 - Make annoying fallback message on older kernels with newer 'perf top'
   binaries trying to use overwrite mode and that not being present
   in the older kernels (Kan Liang)
 
 - Switch last users of old APIs to the newer perf_mmap__read_event()
   one, then discard those old mmap read forward APIs (Kan Liang)
 
 - Fix the usage on the 'perf kallsyms' man page (Sangwon Hong)
 
 - Simplify cgroup arguments when tracking multiple events (weiping zhang)
 
 Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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Merge tag 'perf-core-for-mingo-4.17-20180305' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux into perf/core

Pull perf/core improvements and fixes from Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:

- Be more robust when drawing arrows in the annotation TUI, avoiding a
  segfault when jump instructions have as a target addresses in functions
  other that the one currently being annotated. The full fix will come in
  the following days, when jumping to other functions will work as call
  instructions (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)

- Allow asking for the maximum allowed sample rate in 'top' and
  'record', i.e. 'perf record -F max' will read the
  kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate sysctl and use it (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)

- When the user specifies a freq above kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate,
  Throttle it down to that max freq, and warn the user about it, add as
  well --strict-freq so that the previous behaviour of not starting the
  session when the desired freq can't be used can be selected (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)

- Find 'call' instruction target symbol at parsing time, used so far in
  the TUI, part of the infrastructure changes that will end up allowing
  for jumps to navigate to other functions, just like 'call'
  instructions. (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)

- Use xyarray dimensions to iterate fds in 'perf stat' (Andi Kleen)

- Ignore threads for which the current user hasn't permissions when
  enabling system-wide --per-thread (Jin Yao)

- Fix some backtrace perf test cases to use 'perf record' + 'perf script'
  instead, till 'perf trace' starts using ordered_events or equivalent
  to avoid symbol resolving artifacts due to reordering of
  PERF_RECORD_MMAP events (Jiri Olsa)

- Fix crash in 'perf record' pipe mode, it needs to allocate the ID
  array even for a single event, unlike non-pipe mode (Jiri Olsa)

- Make annoying fallback message on older kernels with newer 'perf top'
  binaries trying to use overwrite mode and that not being present
  in the older kernels (Kan Liang)

- Switch last users of old APIs to the newer perf_mmap__read_event()
  one, then discard those old mmap read forward APIs (Kan Liang)

- Fix the usage on the 'perf kallsyms' man page (Sangwon Hong)

- Simplify cgroup arguments when tracking multiple events (weiping zhang)

Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kallsyms.txt

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ perf-kallsyms - Searches running kernel for symbols
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'perf kallsyms <options> symbol_name[,symbol_name...]'
+'perf kallsyms' [<options>] symbol_name[,symbol_name...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------

tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt

@@ -191,9 +191,16 @@ OPTIONS
 -i::
 --no-inherit::
 	Child tasks do not inherit counters.
+
 -F::
 --freq=::
-	Profile at this frequency.
+	Profile at this frequency. Use 'max' to use the currently maximum
+	allowed frequency, i.e. the value in the kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate
+	sysctl. Will throttle down to the currently maximum allowed frequency.
+	See --strict-freq.
+
+--strict-freq::
+	Fail if the specified frequency can't be used.
 
 -m::
 --mmap-pages=::
@@ -308,7 +315,11 @@ can be provided. Each cgroup is applied to the corresponding event, i.e., first
 to first event, second cgroup to second event and so on. It is possible to provide
 an empty cgroup (monitor all the time) using, e.g., -G foo,,bar. Cgroups must have
 corresponding events, i.e., they always refer to events defined earlier on the command
-line.
+line. If the user wants to track multiple events for a specific cgroup, the user can
+use '-e e1 -e e2 -G foo,foo' or just use '-e e1 -e e2 -G foo'.
+
+If wanting to monitor, say, 'cycles' for a cgroup and also for system wide, this
+command line can be used: 'perf stat -e cycles -G cgroup_name -a -e cycles'.
 
 -b::
 --branch-any::

tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt

@@ -118,7 +118,11 @@ can be provided. Each cgroup is applied to the corresponding event, i.e., first
 to first event, second cgroup to second event and so on. It is possible to provide
 an empty cgroup (monitor all the time) using, e.g., -G foo,,bar. Cgroups must have
 corresponding events, i.e., they always refer to events defined earlier on the command
-line.
+line. If the user wants to track multiple events for a specific cgroup, the user can
+use '-e e1 -e e2 -G foo,foo' or just use '-e e1 -e e2 -G foo'.
+
+If wanting to monitor, say, 'cycles' for a cgroup and also for system wide, this
+command line can be used: 'perf stat -e cycles -G cgroup_name -a -e cycles'.
 
 -o file::
 --output file::

tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt

@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
 
 -F <freq>::
 --freq=<freq>::
-	Profile at this frequency.
+	Profile at this frequency. Use 'max' to use the currently maximum
+	allowed frequency, i.e. the value in the kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate
+	sysctl.
 
 -i::
 --inherit::

tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c

@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ int test__perf_time_to_tsc(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe
 	union perf_event *event;
 	u64 test_tsc, comm1_tsc, comm2_tsc;
 	u64 test_time, comm1_time = 0, comm2_time = 0;
+	struct perf_mmap *md;
+	u64 end, start;
 
 	threads = thread_map__new(-1, getpid(), UINT_MAX);
 	CHECK_NOT_NULL__(threads);
@@ -109,7 +111,11 @@ int test__perf_time_to_tsc(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe
 	perf_evlist__disable(evlist);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < evlist->nr_mmaps; i++) {
-		while ((event = perf_evlist__mmap_read(evlist, i)) != NULL) {
+		md = &evlist->mmap[i];
+		if (perf_mmap__read_init(md, false, &start, &end) < 0)
+			continue;
+
+		while ((event = perf_mmap__read_event(md, false, &start, end)) != NULL) {
 			struct perf_sample sample;
 
 			if (event->header.type != PERF_RECORD_COMM ||
@@ -128,8 +134,9 @@ int test__perf_time_to_tsc(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe
 				comm2_time = sample.time;
 			}
 next_event:
-			perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, i);
+			perf_mmap__consume(md, false);
 		}
+		perf_mmap__read_done(md);
 	}
 
 	if (!comm1_time || !comm2_time)

tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c

@@ -743,16 +743,24 @@ static bool verify_vcpu(int vcpu)
 static s64 perf_kvm__mmap_read_idx(struct perf_kvm_stat *kvm, int idx,
 				   u64 *mmap_time)
 {
+	struct perf_evlist *evlist = kvm->evlist;
 	union perf_event *event;
+	struct perf_mmap *md;
+	u64 end, start;
 	u64 timestamp;
 	s64 n = 0;
 	int err;
 
 	*mmap_time = ULLONG_MAX;
-	while ((event = perf_evlist__mmap_read(kvm->evlist, idx)) != NULL) {
-		err = perf_evlist__parse_sample_timestamp(kvm->evlist, event, &timestamp);
+	md = &evlist->mmap[idx];
+	err = perf_mmap__read_init(md, false, &start, &end);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return (err == -EAGAIN) ? 0 : -1;
+
+	while ((event = perf_mmap__read_event(md, false, &start, end)) != NULL) {
+		err = perf_evlist__parse_sample_timestamp(evlist, event, &timestamp);
 		if (err) {
-			perf_evlist__mmap_consume(kvm->evlist, idx);
+			perf_mmap__consume(md, false);
 			pr_err("Failed to parse sample\n");
 			return -1;
 		}
@@ -762,7 +770,7 @@ static s64 perf_kvm__mmap_read_idx(struct perf_kvm_stat *kvm, int idx,
 		 * FIXME: Here we can't consume the event, as perf_session__queue_event will
 		 *        point to it, and it'll get possibly overwritten by the kernel.
 		 */
-		perf_evlist__mmap_consume(kvm->evlist, idx);
+		perf_mmap__consume(md, false);
 
 		if (err) {
 			pr_err("Failed to enqueue sample: %d\n", err);
@@ -779,6 +787,7 @@ static s64 perf_kvm__mmap_read_idx(struct perf_kvm_stat *kvm, int idx,
 			break;
 	}
 
+	perf_mmap__read_done(md);
 	return n;
 }
 

tools/perf/builtin-record.c

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
+#include <locale.h>
 #include <poll.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sched.h>
@@ -881,6 +882,15 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If we have just single event and are sending data
+	 * through pipe, we need to force the ids allocation,
+	 * because we synthesize event name through the pipe
+	 * and need the id for that.
+	 */
+	if (data->is_pipe && rec->evlist->nr_entries == 1)
+		rec->opts.sample_id = true;
+
 	if (record__open(rec) != 0) {
 		err = -1;
 		goto out_child;
@@ -1542,7 +1552,11 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "tail-synthesize", &record.opts.tail_synthesize,
 		    "synthesize non-sample events at the end of output"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "overwrite", &record.opts.overwrite, "use overwrite mode"),
-	OPT_UINTEGER('F', "freq", &record.opts.user_freq, "profile at this frequency"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "strict-freq", &record.opts.strict_freq,
+		    "Fail if the specified frequency can't be used"),
+	OPT_CALLBACK('F', "freq", &record.opts, "freq or 'max'",
+		     "profile at this frequency",
+		      record__parse_freq),
 	OPT_CALLBACK('m', "mmap-pages", &record.opts, "pages[,pages]",
 		     "number of mmap data pages and AUX area tracing mmap pages",
 		     record__parse_mmap_pages),
@@ -1651,6 +1665,8 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 	struct record *rec = &record;
 	char errbuf[BUFSIZ];
 
+	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+
 #ifndef HAVE_LIBBPF_SUPPORT
 # define set_nobuild(s, l, c) set_option_nobuild(record_options, s, l, "NO_LIBBPF=1", c)
 	set_nobuild('\0', "clang-path", true);

tools/perf/builtin-stat.c

@@ -508,14 +508,13 @@ static int perf_stat_synthesize_config(bool is_pipe)
 
 #define FD(e, x, y) (*(int *)xyarray__entry(e->fd, x, y))
 
-static int __store_counter_ids(struct perf_evsel *counter,
-			       struct cpu_map *cpus,
-			       struct thread_map *threads)
+static int __store_counter_ids(struct perf_evsel *counter)
 {
 	int cpu, thread;
 
-	for (cpu = 0; cpu < cpus->nr; cpu++) {
-		for (thread = 0; thread < threads->nr; thread++) {
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < xyarray__max_x(counter->fd); cpu++) {
+		for (thread = 0; thread < xyarray__max_y(counter->fd);
+		     thread++) {
 			int fd = FD(counter, cpu, thread);
 
 			if (perf_evlist__id_add_fd(evsel_list, counter,
@@ -535,7 +534,7 @@ static int store_counter_ids(struct perf_evsel *counter)
 	if (perf_evsel__alloc_id(counter, cpus->nr, threads->nr))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	return __store_counter_ids(counter, cpus, threads);
+	return __store_counter_ids(counter);
 }
 
 static bool perf_evsel__should_store_id(struct perf_evsel *counter)
@@ -638,7 +637,19 @@ static int __run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
                                 if (verbose > 0)
                                         ui__warning("%s\n", msg);
                                 goto try_again;
-                        }
+			} else if (target__has_per_thread(&target) &&
+				   evsel_list->threads &&
+				   evsel_list->threads->err_thread != -1) {
+				/*
+				 * For global --per-thread case, skip current
+				 * error thread.
+				 */
+				if (!thread_map__remove(evsel_list->threads,
+							evsel_list->threads->err_thread)) {
+					evsel_list->threads->err_thread = -1;
+					goto try_again;
+				}
+			}
 
 			perf_evsel__open_strerror(counter, &target,
 						  errno, msg, sizeof(msg));

tools/perf/builtin-top.c

@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ static int perf_top_overwrite_fallback(struct perf_top *top,
 	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, counter)
 		counter->attr.write_backward = false;
 	opts->overwrite = false;
-	ui__warning("fall back to non-overwrite mode\n");
+	pr_debug2("fall back to non-overwrite mode\n");
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -1307,7 +1307,9 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv)
 	OPT_STRING(0, "sym-annotate", &top.sym_filter, "symbol name",
 		    "symbol to annotate"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('z', "zero", &top.zero, "zero history across updates"),
-	OPT_UINTEGER('F', "freq", &opts->user_freq, "profile at this frequency"),
+	OPT_CALLBACK('F', "freq", &top.record_opts, "freq or 'max'",
+		     "profile at this frequency",
+		      record__parse_freq),
 	OPT_INTEGER('E', "entries", &top.print_entries,
 		    "display this many functions"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('U', "hide_user_symbols", &top.hide_user_symbols,

tools/perf/builtin-trace.c

@@ -2472,8 +2472,14 @@ static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < evlist->nr_mmaps; i++) {
 		union perf_event *event;
+		struct perf_mmap *md;
+		u64 end, start;
 
-		while ((event = perf_evlist__mmap_read(evlist, i)) != NULL) {
+		md = &evlist->mmap[i];
+		if (perf_mmap__read_init(md, false, &start, &end) < 0)
+			continue;
+
+		while ((event = perf_mmap__read_event(md, false, &start, end)) != NULL) {
 			struct perf_sample sample;
 
 			++trace->nr_events;
@@ -2486,7 +2492,7 @@ static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
 
 			trace__handle_event(trace, event, &sample);
 next_event:
-			perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, i);
+			perf_mmap__consume(md, false);
 
 			if (interrupted)
 				goto out_disable;
@@ -2496,6 +2502,7 @@ static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
 				draining = true;
 			}
 		}
+		perf_mmap__read_done(md);
 	}
 
 	if (trace->nr_events == before) {

tools/perf/perf.h

@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ struct record_opts {
 	bool	     tail_synthesize;
 	bool	     overwrite;
 	bool	     ignore_missing_thread;
+	bool	     strict_freq;
+	bool	     sample_id;
 	unsigned int freq;
 	unsigned int mmap_pages;
 	unsigned int auxtrace_mmap_pages;
@@ -82,4 +84,6 @@ struct record_opts {
 struct option;
 extern const char * const *record_usage;
 extern struct option *record_options;
+
+int record__parse_freq(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset);
 #endif

tools/perf/tests/bpf.c

@@ -176,13 +176,20 @@ static int do_test(struct bpf_object *obj, int (*func)(void),
 
 	for (i = 0; i < evlist->nr_mmaps; i++) {
 		union perf_event *event;
+		struct perf_mmap *md;
+		u64 end, start;
 
-		while ((event = perf_evlist__mmap_read(evlist, i)) != NULL) {
+		md = &evlist->mmap[i];
+		if (perf_mmap__read_init(md, false, &start, &end) < 0)
+			continue;
+
+		while ((event = perf_mmap__read_event(md, false, &start, end)) != NULL) {
 			const u32 type = event->header.type;
 
 			if (type == PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE)
 				count ++;
 		}
+		perf_mmap__read_done(md);
 	}
 
 	if (count != expect) {

tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c

@@ -409,15 +409,22 @@ static int process_events(struct machine *machine, struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 			  struct state *state)
 {
 	union perf_event *event;
+	struct perf_mmap *md;
+	u64 end, start;
 	int i, ret;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < evlist->nr_mmaps; i++) {
-		while ((event = perf_evlist__mmap_read(evlist, i)) != NULL) {
+		md = &evlist->mmap[i];
+		if (perf_mmap__read_init(md, false, &start, &end) < 0)
+			continue;
+
+		while ((event = perf_mmap__read_event(md, false, &start, end)) != NULL) {
 			ret = process_event(machine, evlist, event, state);
-			perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, i);
+			perf_mmap__consume(md, false);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				return ret;
 		}
+		perf_mmap__read_done(md);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }

tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c

@@ -27,18 +27,24 @@
 static int find_comm(struct perf_evlist *evlist, const char *comm)
 {
 	union perf_event *event;
+	struct perf_mmap *md;
+	u64 end, start;
 	int i, found;
 
 	found = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < evlist->nr_mmaps; i++) {
-		while ((event = perf_evlist__mmap_read(evlist, i)) != NULL) {
+		md = &evlist->mmap[i];
+		if (perf_mmap__read_init(md, false, &start, &end) < 0)
+			continue;
+		while ((event = perf_mmap__read_event(md, false, &start, end)) != NULL) {
 			if (event->header.type == PERF_RECORD_COMM &&
 			    (pid_t)event->comm.pid == getpid() &&
 			    (pid_t)event->comm.tid == getpid() &&
 			    strcmp(event->comm.comm, comm) == 0)
 				found += 1;
-			perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, i);
+			perf_mmap__consume(md, false);
 		}
+		perf_mmap__read_done(md);
 	}
 	return found;
 }

tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ int test__basic_mmap(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_unuse
 		     expected_nr_events[nsyscalls], i, j;
 	struct perf_evsel *evsels[nsyscalls], *evsel;
 	char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
+	struct perf_mmap *md;
+	u64 end, start;
 
 	threads = thread_map__new(-1, getpid(), UINT_MAX);
 	if (threads == NULL) {
@@ -106,7 +108,11 @@ int test__basic_mmap(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_unuse
 			++foo;
 		}
 
-	while ((event = perf_evlist__mmap_read(evlist, 0)) != NULL) {
+	md = &evlist->mmap[0];
+	if (perf_mmap__read_init(md, false, &start, &end) < 0)
+		goto out_init;
+
+	while ((event = perf_mmap__read_event(md, false, &start, end)) != NULL) {
 		struct perf_sample sample;
 
 		if (event->header.type != PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE) {
@@ -129,9 +135,11 @@ int test__basic_mmap(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_unuse
 			goto out_delete_evlist;
 		}
 		nr_events[evsel->idx]++;
-		perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, 0);
+		perf_mmap__consume(md, false);
 	}
+	perf_mmap__read_done(md);
 
+out_init:
 	err = 0;
 	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
 		if (nr_events[evsel->idx] != expected_nr_events[evsel->idx]) {

tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-tp-fields.c

@@ -86,8 +86,14 @@ int test__syscall_openat_tp_fields(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest
 
 		for (i = 0; i < evlist->nr_mmaps; i++) {
 			union perf_event *event;
+			struct perf_mmap *md;
+			u64 end, start;
 
-			while ((event = perf_evlist__mmap_read(evlist, i)) != NULL) {
+			md = &evlist->mmap[i];
+			if (perf_mmap__read_init(md, false, &start, &end) < 0)
+				continue;
+
+			while ((event = perf_mmap__read_event(md, false, &start, end)) != NULL) {
 				const u32 type = event->header.type;
 				int tp_flags;
 				struct perf_sample sample;
@@ -95,7 +101,7 @@ int test__syscall_openat_tp_fields(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest
 				++nr_events;
 
 				if (type != PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE) {
-					perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, i);
+					perf_mmap__consume(md, false);
 					continue;
 				}
 
@@ -115,6 +121,7 @@ int test__syscall_openat_tp_fields(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest
 
 				goto out_ok;
 			}
+			perf_mmap__read_done(md);
 		}
 
 		if (nr_events == before)

tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c

@@ -164,8 +164,14 @@ int test__PERF_RECORD(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_unus
 
 		for (i = 0; i < evlist->nr_mmaps; i++) {
 			union perf_event *event;
+			struct perf_mmap *md;
+			u64 end, start;
 
-			while ((event = perf_evlist__mmap_read(evlist, i)) != NULL) {
+			md = &evlist->mmap[i];
+			if (perf_mmap__read_init(md, false, &start, &end) < 0)
+				continue;
+
+			while ((event = perf_mmap__read_event(md, false, &start, end)) != NULL) {
 				const u32 type = event->header.type;
 				const char *name = perf_event__name(type);
 
@@ -266,8 +272,9 @@ int test__PERF_RECORD(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_unus
 					++errs;
 				}
 
-				perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, i);
+				perf_mmap__consume(md, false);
 			}
+			perf_mmap__read_done(md);
 		}
 
 		/*

tools/perf/tests/shell/record+probe_libc_inet_pton.sh

@@ -15,30 +15,28 @@ nm -g $libc 2>/dev/null | fgrep -q inet_pton || exit 254
 
 trace_libc_inet_pton_backtrace() {
 	idx=0
-	expected[0]="PING.*bytes"
-	expected[1]="64 bytes from ::1.*"
-	expected[2]=".*ping statistics.*"
-	expected[3]=".*packets transmitted.*"
-	expected[4]="rtt min.*"
-	expected[5]="[0-9]+\.[0-9]+[[:space:]]+probe_libc:inet_pton:\([[:xdigit:]]+\)"
-	expected[6]=".*inet_pton[[:space:]]\($libc|inlined\)$"
+	expected[0]="ping[][0-9 \.:]+probe_libc:inet_pton: \([[:xdigit:]]+\)"
+	expected[1]=".*inet_pton[[:space:]]\($libc\)$"
 	case "$(uname -m)" in
 	s390x)
 		eventattr='call-graph=dwarf'
-		expected[7]="gaih_inet.*[[:space:]]\($libc|inlined\)$"
-		expected[8]="__GI_getaddrinfo[[:space:]]\($libc|inlined\)$"
-		expected[9]="main[[:space:]]\(.*/bin/ping.*\)$"
-		expected[10]="__libc_start_main[[:space:]]\($libc\)$"
-		expected[11]="_start[[:space:]]\(.*/bin/ping.*\)$"
+		expected[2]="gaih_inet.*[[:space:]]\($libc|inlined\)$"
+		expected[3]="__GI_getaddrinfo[[:space:]]\($libc|inlined\)$"
+		expected[4]="main[[:space:]]\(.*/bin/ping.*\)$"
+		expected[5]="__libc_start_main[[:space:]]\($libc\)$"
+		expected[6]="_start[[:space:]]\(.*/bin/ping.*\)$"
 		;;
 	*)
 		eventattr='max-stack=3'
-		expected[7]="getaddrinfo[[:space:]]\($libc\)$"
-		expected[8]=".*\(.*/bin/ping.*\)$"
+		expected[2]="getaddrinfo[[:space:]]\($libc\)$"
+		expected[3]=".*\(.*/bin/ping.*\)$"
 		;;
 	esac
 
-	perf trace --no-syscalls -e probe_libc:inet_pton/$eventattr/ ping -6 -c 1 ::1 2>&1 | grep -v ^$ | while read line ; do
+	file=`mktemp -u /tmp/perf.data.XXX`
+
+	perf record -e probe_libc:inet_pton/$eventattr/ -o $file ping -6 -c 1 ::1 > /dev/null 2>&1
+	perf script -i $file | while read line ; do
 		echo $line
 		echo "$line" | egrep -q "${expected[$idx]}"
 		if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
@@ -48,6 +46,8 @@ trace_libc_inet_pton_backtrace() {
 		let idx+=1
 		[ -z "${expected[$idx]}" ] && break
 	done
+
+	rm -f $file
 }
 
 # Check for IPv6 interface existence

tools/perf/tests/sw-clock.c

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ static int __test__sw_clock_freq(enum perf_sw_ids clock_id)
 	};
 	struct cpu_map *cpus;
 	struct thread_map *threads;
+	struct perf_mmap *md;
+	u64 end, start;
 
 	attr.sample_freq = 500;
 
@@ -93,7 +95,11 @@ static int __test__sw_clock_freq(enum perf_sw_ids clock_id)
 
 	perf_evlist__disable(evlist);
 
-	while ((event = perf_evlist__mmap_read(evlist, 0)) != NULL) {
+	md = &evlist->mmap[0];
+	if (perf_mmap__read_init(md, false, &start, &end) < 0)
+		goto out_init;
+
+	while ((event = perf_mmap__read_event(md, false, &start, end)) != NULL) {
 		struct perf_sample sample;
 
 		if (event->header.type != PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE)
@@ -108,9 +114,11 @@ static int __test__sw_clock_freq(enum perf_sw_ids clock_id)
 		total_periods += sample.period;
 		nr_samples++;
 next_event:
-		perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, 0);
+		perf_mmap__consume(md, false);
 	}
+	perf_mmap__read_done(md);
 
+out_init:
 	if ((u64) nr_samples == total_periods) {
 		pr_debug("All (%d) samples have period value of 1!\n",
 			 nr_samples);

tools/perf/tests/switch-tracking.c

@@ -258,16 +258,23 @@ static int process_events(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 	unsigned pos, cnt = 0;
 	LIST_HEAD(events);
 	struct event_node *events_array, *node;
+	struct perf_mmap *md;
+	u64 end, start;
 	int i, ret;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < evlist->nr_mmaps; i++) {
-		while ((event = perf_evlist__mmap_read(evlist, i)) != NULL) {
+		md = &evlist->mmap[i];
+		if (perf_mmap__read_init(md, false, &start, &end) < 0)
+			continue;
+
+		while ((event = perf_mmap__read_event(md, false, &start, end)) != NULL) {
 			cnt += 1;
 			ret = add_event(evlist, &events, event);
-			perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, i);
+			 perf_mmap__consume(md, false);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				goto out_free_nodes;
 		}
+		perf_mmap__read_done(md);
 	}
 
 	events_array = calloc(cnt, sizeof(struct event_node));

tools/perf/tests/task-exit.c

@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ int test__task_exit(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_unused
 	char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
 	struct cpu_map *cpus;
 	struct thread_map *threads;
+	struct perf_mmap *md;
+	u64 end, start;
 
 	signal(SIGCHLD, sig_handler);
 
@@ -110,13 +112,19 @@ int test__task_exit(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_unused
 	perf_evlist__start_workload(evlist);
 
 retry:
-	while ((event = perf_evlist__mmap_read(evlist, 0)) != NULL) {
+	md = &evlist->mmap[0];
+	if (perf_mmap__read_init(md, false, &start, &end) < 0)
+		goto out_init;
+
+	while ((event = perf_mmap__read_event(md, false, &start, end)) != NULL) {
 		if (event->header.type == PERF_RECORD_EXIT)
 			nr_exit++;
 
-		perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, 0);
+		perf_mmap__consume(md, false);
 	}
+	perf_mmap__read_done(md);
 
+out_init:
 	if (!exited || !nr_exit) {
 		perf_evlist__poll(evlist, -1);
 		goto retry;

tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c

@@ -328,7 +328,32 @@ static void annotate_browser__draw_current_jump(struct ui_browser *browser)
 	if (!disasm_line__is_valid_jump(cursor, sym))
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * This first was seen with a gcc function, _cpp_lex_token, that
+	 * has the usual jumps:
+	 *
+	 *  │1159e6c: ↓ jne    115aa32 <_cpp_lex_token@@Base+0xf92>
+	 *
+	 * I.e. jumps to a label inside that function (_cpp_lex_token), and
+	 * those works, but also this kind:
+	 *
+	 *  │1159e8b: ↓ jne    c469be <cpp_named_operator2name@@Base+0xa72>
+	 *
+	 *  I.e. jumps to another function, outside _cpp_lex_token, which
+	 *  are not being correctly handled generating as a side effect references
+	 *  to ab->offset[] entries that are set to NULL, so to make this code
+	 *  more robust, check that here.
+	 *
+	 *  A proper fix for will be put in place, looking at the function
+	 *  name right after the '<' token and probably treating this like a
+	 *  'call' instruction.
+	 */
 	target = ab->offsets[cursor->ops.target.offset];
+	if (target == NULL) {
+		ui_helpline__printf("WARN: jump target inconsistency, press 'o', ab->offsets[%#x] = NULL\n",
+				    cursor->ops.target.offset);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	bcursor = browser_line(&cursor->al);
 	btarget = browser_line(target);
@@ -543,35 +568,28 @@ static bool annotate_browser__callq(struct annotate_browser *browser,
 	struct map_symbol *ms = browser->b.priv;
 	struct disasm_line *dl = disasm_line(browser->selection);
 	struct annotation *notes;
-	struct addr_map_symbol target = {
-		.map = ms->map,
-		.addr = map__objdump_2mem(ms->map, dl->ops.target.addr),
-	};
 	char title[SYM_TITLE_MAX_SIZE];
 
 	if (!ins__is_call(&dl->ins))
 		return false;
 
-	if (map_groups__find_ams(&target) ||
-	    map__rip_2objdump(target.map, target.map->map_ip(target.map,
-							     target.addr)) !=
-	    dl->ops.target.addr) {
+	if (!dl->ops.target.sym) {
 		ui_helpline__puts("The called function was not found.");
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	notes = symbol__annotation(target.sym);
+	notes = symbol__annotation(dl->ops.target.sym);
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&notes->lock);
 
-	if (notes->src == NULL && symbol__alloc_hist(target.sym) < 0) {
+	if (notes->src == NULL && symbol__alloc_hist(dl->ops.target.sym) < 0) {
 		pthread_mutex_unlock(&notes->lock);
 		ui__warning("Not enough memory for annotating '%s' symbol!\n",
-			    target.sym->name);
+			    dl->ops.target.sym->name);
 		return true;
 	}
 
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&notes->lock);
-	symbol__tui_annotate(target.sym, target.map, evsel, hbt);
+	symbol__tui_annotate(dl->ops.target.sym, ms->map, evsel, hbt);
 	sym_title(ms->sym, ms->map, title, sizeof(title));
 	ui_browser__show_title(&browser->b, title);
 	return true;

tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c

@@ -2223,7 +2223,7 @@ static int perf_evsel_browser_title(struct hist_browser *browser,
 	u64 nr_events = hists->stats.total_period;
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel = hists_to_evsel(hists);
 	const char *ev_name = perf_evsel__name(evsel);
-	char buf[512];
+	char buf[512], sample_freq_str[64] = "";
 	size_t buflen = sizeof(buf);
 	char ref[30] = " show reference callgraph, ";
 	bool enable_ref = false;
@@ -2255,10 +2255,14 @@ static int perf_evsel_browser_title(struct hist_browser *browser,
 	if (symbol_conf.show_ref_callgraph &&
 	    strstr(ev_name, "call-graph=no"))
 		enable_ref = true;
+
+	if (!is_report_browser(hbt))
+		scnprintf(sample_freq_str, sizeof(sample_freq_str), " %d Hz,", evsel->attr.sample_freq);
+
 	nr_samples = convert_unit(nr_samples, &unit);
 	printed = scnprintf(bf, size,
-			   "Samples: %lu%c of event '%s',%sEvent count (approx.): %" PRIu64,
-			   nr_samples, unit, ev_name, enable_ref ? ref : " ", nr_events);
+			   "Samples: %lu%c of event '%s',%s%sEvent count (approx.): %" PRIu64,
+			   nr_samples, unit, ev_name, sample_freq_str, enable_ref ? ref : " ", nr_events);
 
 
 	if (hists->uid_filter_str)

tools/perf/util/annotate.c

@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ bool ins__is_fused(struct arch *arch, const char *ins1, const char *ins2)
 static int call__parse(struct arch *arch, struct ins_operands *ops, struct map *map)
 {
 	char *endptr, *tok, *name;
+	struct addr_map_symbol target = {
+		.map = map,
+	};
 
 	ops->target.addr = strtoull(ops->raw, &endptr, 16);
 
@@ -208,28 +211,29 @@ static int call__parse(struct arch *arch, struct ins_operands *ops, struct map *
 	ops->target.name = strdup(name);
 	*tok = '>';
 
-	return ops->target.name == NULL ? -1 : 0;
+	if (ops->target.name == NULL)
+		return -1;
+find_target:
+	target.addr = map__objdump_2mem(map, ops->target.addr);
+
+	if (map_groups__find_ams(&target) == 0 &&
+	    map__rip_2objdump(target.map, map->map_ip(target.map, target.addr)) == ops->target.addr)
+		ops->target.sym = target.sym;
+
+	return 0;
 
 indirect_call:
 	tok = strchr(endptr, '*');
-	if (tok == NULL) {
-		struct symbol *sym = map__find_symbol(map, map->map_ip(map, ops->target.addr));
-		if (sym != NULL)
-			ops->target.name = strdup(sym->name);
-		else
-			ops->target.addr = 0;
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	ops->target.addr = strtoull(tok + 1, NULL, 16);
-	return 0;
+	if (tok != NULL)
+		ops->target.addr = strtoull(tok + 1, NULL, 16);
+	goto find_target;
 }
 
 static int call__scnprintf(struct ins *ins, char *bf, size_t size,
 			   struct ins_operands *ops)
 {
-	if (ops->target.name)
-		return scnprintf(bf, size, "%-6s %s", ins->name, ops->target.name);
+	if (ops->target.sym)
+		return scnprintf(bf, size, "%-6s %s", ins->name, ops->target.sym->name);
 
 	if (ops->target.addr == 0)
 		return ins__raw_scnprintf(ins, bf, size, ops);
@@ -1283,8 +1287,8 @@ static int symbol__parse_objdump_line(struct symbol *sym, FILE *file,
 		dl->ops.target.offset_avail = true;
 	}
 
-	/* kcore has no symbols, so add the call target name */
-	if (dl->ins.ops && ins__is_call(&dl->ins) && !dl->ops.target.name) {
+	/* kcore has no symbols, so add the call target symbol */
+	if (dl->ins.ops && ins__is_call(&dl->ins) && !dl->ops.target.sym) {
 		struct addr_map_symbol target = {
 			.map = map,
 			.addr = dl->ops.target.addr,
@@ -1292,7 +1296,7 @@ static int symbol__parse_objdump_line(struct symbol *sym, FILE *file,
 
 		if (!map_groups__find_ams(&target) &&
 		    target.sym->start == target.al_addr)
-			dl->ops.target.name = strdup(target.sym->name);
+			dl->ops.target.sym = target.sym;
 	}
 
 	annotation_line__add(&dl->al, &notes->src->source);

tools/perf/util/annotate.h

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ struct ins_operands {
 	struct {
 		char	*raw;
 		char	*name;
+		struct symbol *sym;
 		u64	addr;
 		s64	offset;
 		bool	offset_avail;

tools/perf/util/cgroup.c

@@ -157,9 +157,11 @@ int parse_cgroups(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused, const char *str,
 		  int unset __maybe_unused)
 {
 	struct perf_evlist *evlist = *(struct perf_evlist **)opt->value;
+	struct perf_evsel *counter;
+	struct cgroup_sel *cgrp = NULL;
 	const char *p, *e, *eos = str + strlen(str);
 	char *s;
-	int ret;
+	int ret, i;
 
 	if (list_empty(&evlist->entries)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "must define events before cgroups\n");
@@ -188,5 +190,18 @@ int parse_cgroups(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused, const char *str,
 			break;
 		str = p+1;
 	}
+	/* for the case one cgroup combine to multiple events */
+	i = 0;
+	if (nr_cgroups == 1) {
+		evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, counter) {
+			if (i == 0)
+				cgrp = counter->cgrp;
+			else {
+				counter->cgrp = cgrp;
+				refcount_inc(&cgrp->refcnt);
+			}
+			i++;
+		}
+	}
 	return 0;
 }

tools/perf/util/evlist.c

@@ -702,29 +702,6 @@ static int perf_evlist__resume(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 	return perf_evlist__set_paused(evlist, false);
 }
 
-union perf_event *perf_evlist__mmap_read_forward(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx)
-{
-	struct perf_mmap *md = &evlist->mmap[idx];
-
-	/*
-	 * Check messup is required for forward overwritable ring buffer:
-	 * memory pointed by md->prev can be overwritten in this case.
-	 * No need for read-write ring buffer: kernel stop outputting when
-	 * it hit md->prev (perf_mmap__consume()).
-	 */
-	return perf_mmap__read_forward(md);
-}
-
-union perf_event *perf_evlist__mmap_read(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx)
-{
-	return perf_evlist__mmap_read_forward(evlist, idx);
-}
-
-void perf_evlist__mmap_consume(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx)
-{
-	perf_mmap__consume(&evlist->mmap[idx], false);
-}
-
 static void perf_evlist__munmap_nofree(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -761,7 +738,7 @@ static struct perf_mmap *perf_evlist__alloc_mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 		map[i].fd = -1;
 		/*
 		 * When the perf_mmap() call is made we grab one refcount, plus
-		 * one extra to let perf_evlist__mmap_consume() get the last
+		 * one extra to let perf_mmap__consume() get the last
 		 * events after all real references (perf_mmap__get()) are
 		 * dropped.
 		 *

tools/perf/util/evlist.h

@@ -129,10 +129,6 @@ struct perf_sample_id *perf_evlist__id2sid(struct perf_evlist *evlist, u64 id);
 
 void perf_evlist__toggle_bkw_mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, enum bkw_mmap_state state);
 
-union perf_event *perf_evlist__mmap_read(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx);
-
-union perf_event *perf_evlist__mmap_read_forward(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
-						 int idx);
 void perf_evlist__mmap_consume(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx);
 
 int perf_evlist__open(struct perf_evlist *evlist);

tools/perf/util/evsel.c

@@ -1915,6 +1915,9 @@ int perf_evsel__open(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct cpu_map *cpus,
 		goto fallback_missing_features;
 	}
 out_close:
+	if (err)
+		threads->err_thread = thread;
+
 	do {
 		while (--thread >= 0) {
 			close(FD(evsel, cpu, thread));

tools/perf/util/mmap.c

@@ -63,25 +63,6 @@ static union perf_event *perf_mmap__read(struct perf_mmap *map,
 	return event;
 }
 
-/*
- * legacy interface for mmap read.
- * Don't use it. Use perf_mmap__read_event().
- */
-union perf_event *perf_mmap__read_forward(struct perf_mmap *map)
-{
-	u64 head;
-
-	/*
-	 * Check if event was unmapped due to a POLLHUP/POLLERR.
-	 */
-	if (!refcount_read(&map->refcnt))
-		return NULL;
-
-	head = perf_mmap__read_head(map);
-
-	return perf_mmap__read(map, &map->prev, head);
-}
-
 /*
  * Read event from ring buffer one by one.
  * Return one event for each call.
@@ -191,7 +172,7 @@ void perf_mmap__munmap(struct perf_mmap *map)
 int perf_mmap__mmap(struct perf_mmap *map, struct mmap_params *mp, int fd)
 {
 	/*
-	 * The last one will be done at perf_evlist__mmap_consume(), so that we
+	 * The last one will be done at perf_mmap__consume(), so that we
 	 * make sure we don't prevent tools from consuming every last event in
 	 * the ring buffer.
 	 *

tools/perf/util/python.c

@@ -983,13 +983,19 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_evlist__read_on_cpu(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist,
 	union perf_event *event;
 	int sample_id_all = 1, cpu;
 	static char *kwlist[] = { "cpu", "sample_id_all", NULL };
+	struct perf_mmap *md;
+	u64 end, start;
 	int err;
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "i|i", kwlist,
 					 &cpu, &sample_id_all))
 		return NULL;
 
-	event = perf_evlist__mmap_read(evlist, cpu);
+	md = &evlist->mmap[cpu];
+	if (perf_mmap__read_init(md, false, &start, &end) < 0)
+		goto end;
+
+	event = perf_mmap__read_event(md, false, &start, end);
 	if (event != NULL) {
 		PyObject *pyevent = pyrf_event__new(event);
 		struct pyrf_event *pevent = (struct pyrf_event *)pyevent;
@@ -1007,14 +1013,14 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_evlist__read_on_cpu(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist,
 		err = perf_evsel__parse_sample(evsel, event, &pevent->sample);
 
 		/* Consume the even only after we parsed it out. */
-		perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, cpu);
+		perf_mmap__consume(md, false);
 
 		if (err)
 			return PyErr_Format(PyExc_OSError,
 					    "perf: can't parse sample, err=%d", err);
 		return pyevent;
 	}
-
+end:
 	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
 	return Py_None;
 }

tools/perf/util/record.c

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "parse-events.h"
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <api/fs/fs.h>
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util.h"
 #include "cloexec.h"
 
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ void perf_evlist__config(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct record_opts *opts,
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 	bool use_sample_identifier = false;
 	bool use_comm_exec;
+	bool sample_id = opts->sample_id;
 
 	/*
 	 * Set the evsel leader links before we configure attributes,
@@ -163,8 +165,7 @@ void perf_evlist__config(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct record_opts *opts,
 		 * match the id.
 		 */
 		use_sample_identifier = perf_can_sample_identifier();
-		evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel)
-			perf_evsel__set_sample_id(evsel, use_sample_identifier);
+		sample_id = true;
 	} else if (evlist->nr_entries > 1) {
 		struct perf_evsel *first = perf_evlist__first(evlist);
 
@@ -174,6 +175,10 @@ void perf_evlist__config(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct record_opts *opts,
 			use_sample_identifier = perf_can_sample_identifier();
 			break;
 		}
+		sample_id = true;
+	}
+
+	if (sample_id) {
 		evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel)
 			perf_evsel__set_sample_id(evsel, use_sample_identifier);
 	}
@@ -215,11 +220,21 @@ static int record_opts__config_freq(struct record_opts *opts)
 	 * User specified frequency is over current maximum.
 	 */
 	if (user_freq && (max_rate < opts->freq)) {
-		pr_err("Maximum frequency rate (%u) reached.\n"
-		   "Please use -F freq option with lower value or consider\n"
-		   "tweaking /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate.\n",
-		   max_rate);
-		return -1;
+		if (opts->strict_freq) {
+			pr_err("error: Maximum frequency rate (%'u Hz) exceeded.\n"
+			       "       Please use -F freq option with a lower value or consider\n"
+			       "       tweaking /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate.\n",
+			       max_rate);
+			return -1;
+		} else {
+			pr_warning("warning: Maximum frequency rate (%'u Hz) exceeded, throttling from %'u Hz to %'u Hz.\n"
+				   "         The limit can be raised via /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate.\n"
+				   "         The kernel will lower it when perf's interrupts take too long.\n"
+				   "         Use --strict-freq to disable this throttling, refusing to record.\n",
+				   max_rate, opts->freq, max_rate);
+
+			opts->freq = max_rate;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -287,3 +302,25 @@ bool perf_evlist__can_select_event(struct perf_evlist *evlist, const char *str)
 	perf_evlist__delete(temp_evlist);
 	return ret;
 }
+
+int record__parse_freq(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset __maybe_unused)
+{
+	unsigned int freq;
+	struct record_opts *opts = opt->value;
+
+	if (!str)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (strcasecmp(str, "max") == 0) {
+		if (get_max_rate(&freq)) {
+			pr_err("couldn't read /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+		pr_info("info: Using a maximum frequency rate of %'d Hz\n", freq);
+	} else {
+		freq = atoi(str);
+	}
+
+	opts->user_freq = freq;
+	return 0;
+}

tools/perf/util/thread_map.c

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ static void thread_map__reset(struct thread_map *map, int start, int nr)
 	size_t size = (nr - start) * sizeof(map->map[0]);
 
 	memset(&map->map[start], 0, size);
+	map->err_thread = -1;
 }
 
 static struct thread_map *thread_map__realloc(struct thread_map *map, int nr)

tools/perf/util/thread_map.h

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ struct thread_map_data {
 struct thread_map {
 	refcount_t refcnt;
 	int nr;
+	int err_thread;
 	struct thread_map_data map[];
 };