Re: [PATCH] perf record: Skip side-band event setup if HAVE_LIBBPF_SUPPORT is not set

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>]

Em Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 09:09:56AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escreveu:
> Em Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 09:08:24AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escreveu:
> > Em Thu, Aug 06, 2020 at 09:43:57PM +0200, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> > > On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 10:29:37AM +0800, Jin Yao wrote:
> > > > We received an error report that perf-record caused 'Segmentation fault'
> > > > on a newly system (e.g. on the new installed ubuntu).
> > > > 
> > > >  (gdb) backtrace
> > > >  #0  __read_once_size (size=4, res=<synthetic pointer>, p=0x14) at /root/0-jinyao/acme/tools/include/linux/compiler.h:139
> > > >  #1  atomic_read (v=0x14) at /root/0-jinyao/acme/tools/include/asm/../../arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h:28
> > > >  #2  refcount_read (r=0x14) at /root/0-jinyao/acme/tools/include/linux/refcount.h:65
> > > >  #3  perf_mmap__read_init (map=map@entry=0x0) at mmap.c:177
> > > >  #4  0x0000561ce5c0de39 in perf_evlist__poll_thread (arg=0x561ce68584d0) at util/sideband_evlist.c:62
> > > >  #5  0x00007fad78491609 in start_thread (arg=<optimized out>) at pthread_create.c:477
> > > >  #6  0x00007fad7823c103 in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:95
> > > 
> > > hum, I recall discussing the same issue,
> > > I thought it was already fixed :-\ in any case:
> > > 
> > > Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
> > 
> > I added this:
> > 
> > Fixes: 23cbb41c939a ("perf record: Move side band evlist setup to separate routine")
> > 
> > To help this fixe go back to a few stable kernels. Technically the
> > problem was introduced much earlier, when the side band thread was
> > added, but then this would require more cherry-picking of patches and
> > since we have a workaround, i.e. build with libbpf, I think this is
> > enough.
> 
> I backtrack on that, as the sideband event is not just for BPF... The
> switch-output-event code uses it as well, so it can't be dependent on
> LIBBPF being built...
> 
> I'll see what I can do

So this is the change I made, the side band thread is may have been
already created by 

[acme@quaco ~]$ perf record -h switch-output-event

 Usage: perf record [<options>] [<command>]
    or: perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]

        --switch-output-event <switch output event>
                          switch output event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events

[acme@quaco ~]$

I'm doing some extra checking now on your report, and the patch below
has skews because it clashed with the clockid patches by Jiri so I had
to resolve its merge.

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 7d97c8e9f7f9..c12b5b072519 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1511,6 +1511,7 @@ static int record__synthesize(struct record *rec, bool tail)
 	return err;
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBBPF_SUPPORT
 static int record__process_signal_event(union perf_event *event __maybe_unused, void *data)
 {
 	struct record *rec = data;
@@ -1592,6 +1593,12 @@ static int record__init_clock(struct record *rec)
 	session->header.env.clock.clockid_ns = ref;
 	return 0;
 }
+#else
+static int record__setup_sb_evlist(struct record *rec __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
 
 static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
 {