I oddly didn't run into this issue on every machine I tried, but
there's some issues here:
$ sudo perf test 21
21: Test object code reading :***
Error in `perf': corrupted double-linked list: 0x00000000023ffcd0 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/usr/lib/libc.so.6(+0x72055)[0x7f25be0f3055]
/usr/lib/libc.so.6(+0x779b6)[0x7f25be0f89b6]
/usr/lib/libc.so.6(+0x7a0ed)[0x7f25be0fb0ed]
/usr/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_calloc+0xba)[0x7f25be0fceda]
perf(parse_events_lex_init_extra+0x38)[0x4cfff8]
perf(parse_events+0x55)[0x4a0615]
perf(perf_evlist__config+0xcf)[0x4eeb2f]
perf[0x479f82]
perf(test__code_reading+0x1e)[0x47ad4e]
perf(cmd_test+0x5dd)[0x46452d]
perf[0x47f4e3]
perf(main+0x603)[0x42c723]
/usr/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf0)[0x7f25be0a1610]
perf(_start+0x29)[0x42c859]
======= Memory map: ========
00400000-0068d000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2384296
/usr/bin/perf
0088d000-008a1000 r--p 0028d000 08:03 2384296
/usr/bin/perf
008a1000-008c2000 rw-p 002a1000 08:03 2384296
/usr/bin/perf
008c2000-0194f000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
02193000-021b4000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap]
021b4000-0254a000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap]
7f25b8000000-7f25b8021000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7f25b8021000-7f25bc000000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
7f25bcdff000-7f25bce15000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2378588
/usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
7f25bce15000-7f25bd014000 ---p 00016000 08:03 2378588
/usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
7f25bd014000-7f25bd015000 rw-p 00015000 08:03 2378588
/usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
7f25bd015000-7f25bd017000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2361423
/usr/lib/libutil-2.22.so
7f25bd017000-7f25bd216000 ---p 00002000 08:03 2361423
/usr/lib/libutil-2.22.so
7f25bd216000-7f25bd217000 r--p 00001000 08:03 2361423
/usr/lib/libutil-2.22.so
7f25bd217000-7f25bd218000 rw-p 00002000 08:03 2361423
/usr/lib/libutil-2.22.so
7f25bd218000-7f25bd220000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2361358
/usr/lib/libcrypt-2.22.so
7f25bd220000-7f25bd420000 ---p 00008000 08:03 2361358
/usr/lib/libcrypt-2.22.so
7f25bd420000-7f25bd421000 r--p 00008000 08:03 2361358
/usr/lib/libcrypt-2.22.so
7f25bd421000-7f25bd422000 rw-p 00009000 08:03 2361358
/usr/lib/libcrypt-2.22.so
7f25bd422000-7f25bd450000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7f25bd450000-7f25bd45f000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2365752
/usr/lib/libbz2.so.1.0.6
7f25bd45f000-7f25bd65e000 ---p 0000f000 08:03 2365752
/usr/lib/libbz2.so.1.0.6
7f25bd65e000-7f25bd660000 rw-p 0000e000 08:03 2365752
/usr/lib/libbz2.so.1.0.6
7f25bd660000-7f25bd66a000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2379940
/usr/lib/libnuma.so.1.0.0
7f25bd66a000-7f25bd86a000 ---p 0000a000 08:03 2379940
/usr/lib/libnuma.so.1.0.0
7f25bd86a000-7f25bd86b000 r--p 0000a000 08:03 2379940
/usr/lib/libnuma.so.1.0.0
7f25bd86b000-7f25bd86c000 rw-p 0000b000 08:03 2379940
/usr/lib/libnuma.so.1.0.0
7f25bd86c000-7f25bd891000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2365772
/usr/lib/liblzma.so.5.2.2
7f25bd891000-7f25bda90000 ---p 00025000 08:03 2365772
/usr/lib/liblzma.so.5.2.2
7f25bda90000-7f25bda91000 r--p 00024000 08:03 2365772
/usr/lib/liblzma.so.5.2.2
7f25bda91000-7f25bda92000 rw-p 00025000 08:03 2365772
/usr/lib/liblzma.so.5.2.2
7f25bda92000-7f25bdaa7000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2365728
/usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.8
7f25bdaa7000-7f25bdca6000 ---p 00015000 08:03 2365728
/usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.8
7f25bdca6000-7f25bdca7000 r--p 00014000 08:03 2365728
/usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.8
7f25bdca7000-7f25bdca8000 rw-p 00015000 08:03 2365728
/usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.8
7f25bdca8000-7f25bde33000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2380612
/usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0
7f25bde33000-7f25be032000 ---p 0018b000 08:03 2380612
/usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0
7f25be032000-7f25be034000 r--p 0018a000 08:03 2380612
/usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0
7f25be034000-7f25be072000 rw-p 0018c000 08:03 2380612
/usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0
7f25be072000-7f25be081000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7f25be081000-7f25be21b000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2361437
/usr/lib/libc-2.22.so
7f25be21b000-7f25be41b000 ---p 0019a000 08:03 2361437
/usr/lib/libc-2.22.so
7f25be41b000-7f25be41f000 r--p 0019a000 08:03 2361437
/usr/lib/libc-2.22.so
7f25be41f000-7f25be421000 rw-p 0019e000 08:03 2361437
/usr/lib/libc-2.22.so
7f25be421000-7f25be425000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7f25be425000-7f25be5ff000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2367396
/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/CORE/libperl.so
7f25be5ff000-7f25be7ff000 ---p 001da000 08:03 2367396
/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/CORE/libperl.so
7f25be7ff000-7f25be804000 r--p 001da000 08:03 2367396
/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/CORE/libperl.so
7f25be804000-7f25be808000 rw-p 001df000 08:03 2367396
/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/CORE/libperl.so
7f25be808000-7f25be905000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2392491
/usr/lib/libslang.so.2.3.0
7f25be905000-7f25beb04000 ---p 000fd000 08:03 2392491
/usr/lib/libslang.so.2.3.0
7f25beb04000-7f25beb09000 r--p 000fc000 08:03 2392491
/usr/lib/libslang.so.2.3.0
7f25beb09000-7f25beb22000 rw-p 00101000 08:03 2392491
/usr/lib/libslang.so.2.3.0
7f25beb22000-7f25beb77000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7f25beb77000-7f25beb87000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2384494
/usr/lib/libunwind-x86_64.so.8.0.1
7f25beb87000-7f25bed86000 ---p 00010000 08:03 2384494
/usr/lib/libunwind-x86_64.so.8.0.1
7f25bed86000-7f25bed87000 r--p 0000f000 08:03 2384494
/usr/lib/libunwind-x86_64.so.8.0.1
7f25bed87000-7f25bed88000 rw-p 00010000 08:03 2384494
/usr/lib/libunwind-x86_64.so.8.0.1
7f25bed88000-7f25bed96000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7f25bed96000-7f25beda1000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2384491
/usr/lib/libunwind.so.8.0.1
7f25beda1000-7f25befa0000 ---p 0000b000 08:03 2384491
/usr/lib/libunwind.so.8.0.1
7f25befa0000-7f25befa1000 r--p 0000a000 08:03 2384491
/usr/lib/libunwind.so.8.0.1
7f25befa1000-7f25befa2000 rw-p 0000b000 08:03 2384491
/usr/lib/libunwind.so.8.0.1
7f25befa2000-7f25befb0000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7f25befb0000-7f25beff7000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2365854
/usr/lib/libdw-0.165.so
7f25beff7000-7f25bf1f7000 ---p 00047000 08:03 2365854
/usr/lib/libdw-0.165.so
7f25bf1f7000-7f25bf1f9000 r--p 00047000 08:03 2365854
/usr/lib/libdw-0.165.so
7f25bf1f9000-7f25bf1fa000 rw-p 00049000 08:03 2365854
/usr/lib/libdw-0.165.so
7f25bf1fa000-7f25bf211000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2365856
/usr/lib/libelf-0.165.so
7f25bf211000-7f25bf410000 ---p 00017000 08:03 2365856
/usr/lib/libelf-0.165.so
7f25bf410000-7f25bf411000 r--p 00016000 08:03 2365856
/usr/lib/libelf-0.165.so
7f25bf411000-7f25bf412000 rw-p 00017000 08:03 2365856
/usr/lib/libelf-0.165.so
7f25bf412000-7f25bf415000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2361340
/usr/lib/libdl-2.22.so
7f25bf415000-7f25bf614000 ---p 00003000 08:03 2361340
/usr/lib/libdl-2.22.so
7f25bf614000-7f25bf615000 r--p 00002000 08:03 2361340
/usr/lib/libdl-2.22.so
7f25bf615000-7f25bf616000 rw-p 00003000 08:03 2361340
/usr/lib/libdl-2.22.so
7f25bf616000-7f25bf713000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2361395
/usr/lib/libm-2.22.so
7f25bf713000-7f25bf912000 ---p 000fd000 08:03 2361395
/usr/lib/libm-2.22.so
7f25bf912000-7f25bf913000 r--p 000fc000 08:03 2361395
/usr/lib/libm-2.22.so
7f25bf913000-7f25bf914000 rw-p 000fd000 08:03 2361395
/usr/lib/libm-2.22.so
7f25bf914000-7f25bf91b000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2361374
/usr/lib/librt-2.22.so
7f25bf91b000-7f25bfb1a000 ---p 00007000 08:03 2361374
/usr/lib/librt-2.22.so
7f25bfb1a000-7f25bfb1b000 r--p 00006000 08:03 2361374
/usr/lib/librt-2.22.so
7f25bfb1b000-7f25bfb1c000 rw-p 00007000 08:03 2361374
/usr/lib/librt-2.22.so
7f25bfb1c000-7f25bfb34000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2361457
/usr/lib/libpthread-2.22.so
7f25bfb34000-7f25bfd33000 ---p 00018000 08:03 2361457
/usr/lib/libpthread-2.22.so
7f25bfd33000-7f25bfd34000 r--p 00017000 08:03 2361457
/usr/lib/libpthread-2.22.so
7f25bfd34000-7f25bfd35000 rw-p 00018000 08:03 2361457
/usr/lib/libpthread-2.22.so
7f25bfd35000-7f25bfd39000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7f25bfd39000-7f25bfd5b000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2361373
/usr/lib/ld-2.22.so
7f25bff13000-7f25bff1e000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7f25bff59000-7f25bff5a000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7f25bff5a000-7f25bff5b000 r--p 00021000 08:03 2361373
/usr/lib/ld-2.22.so
7f25bff5b000-7f25bff5c000 rw-p 00022000 08:03 2361373
/usr/lib/ld-2.22.so
7f25bff5c000-7f25bff5d000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7ffc284af000-7ffc284d0000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [stack]
7ffc28585000-7ffc28587000 r--p 00000000 00:00 0 [vvar]
7ffc28587000-7ffc28589000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vdso]
FAILED!
Valgrind seems to suggest that the cpu map is getting freed too early:
==11450== 3 errors in context 25 of 25:
==11450== Invalid read of size 4
==11450== at 0x4CC64D: atomic_inc (atomic.h:48)
==11450== by 0x4CC64D: cpu_map__get (cpumap.c:235)
==11450== by 0x484DF0: __perf_evlist__propagate_maps (evlist.c:137)
==11450== by 0x4857D9: perf_evlist__add (evlist.c:165)
==11450== by 0x48588E: perf_evlist__splice_list_tail (evlist.c:182)
==11450== by 0x4947F9: parse_events (parse-events.c:1411)
==11450== by 0x476383: do_test_code_reading (code-reading.c:534)
==11450== by 0x476575: test__code_reading (code-reading.c:608)
==11450== by 0x45D7CD: run_test (builtin-test.c:219)
==11450== by 0x45D982: __cmd_test (builtin-test.c:268)
==11450== by 0x45DBD1: cmd_test (builtin-test.c:338)
==11450== by 0x47B580: run_builtin (perf.c:386)
==11450== by 0x47B77D: handle_internal_command (perf.c:447)
==11450== Address 0x875b8a0 is 0 bytes inside a block of size 136 free'd
==11450== at 0x4C29D2A: free (in
/usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==11450== by 0x4CBD49: cpu_map__delete (cpumap.c:228)
==11450== by 0x4CC690: cpu_map__put (cpumap.c:242)
==11450== by 0x484DE3: __perf_evlist__propagate_maps (evlist.c:136)
==11450== by 0x484E87: perf_evlist__propagate_maps (evlist.c:152)
==11450== by 0x486948: perf_evlist__set_maps (evlist.c:1222)
==11450== by 0x4763FC: do_test_code_reading (code-reading.c:552)
==11450== by 0x476575: test__code_reading (code-reading.c:608)
==11450== by 0x45D7CD: run_test (builtin-test.c:219)
==11450== by 0x45D982: __cmd_test (builtin-test.c:268)
==11450== by 0x45DBD1: cmd_test (builtin-test.c:338)
==11450== by 0x47B580: run_builtin (perf.c:386)
==11450== Block was alloc'd at
==11450== at 0x4C28C10: malloc (in
/usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==11450== by 0x4CBC10: cpu_map__trim_new (cpumap.c:35)
==11450== by 0x4CC1FD: cpu_map__read (cpumap.c:93)
==11450== by 0x4CC286: cpu_map__read_all_cpu_map (cpumap.c:110)
==11450== by 0x4CC2E3: cpu_map__new (cpumap.c:125)
==11450== by 0x4762BC: do_test_code_reading (code-reading.c:512)
==11450== by 0x476575: test__code_reading (code-reading.c:608)
==11450== by 0x45D7CD: run_test (builtin-test.c:219)
==11450== by 0x45D982: __cmd_test (builtin-test.c:268)
==11450== by 0x45DBD1: cmd_test (builtin-test.c:338)
==11450== by 0x47B580: run_builtin (perf.c:386)
==11450== by 0x47B77D: handle_internal_command (perf.c:447)
I tried this, and the problem goes away:
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c b/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
index a767a64..00d30b9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
@@ -514,6 +514,7 @@ static int do_test_code_reading(bool try_kcore)
pr_debug("cpu_map__new failed\n");
goto out_put;
}
+ cpu_map__get(cpus);
while (1) {
const char *str;
But the above change seems totally bogus, because cpu_map__new should
have set the reference count to 1 already, so we must have unbalanced
get/put calls somehow. Anyone see the issue?
