[PATCH 3/8] perf sched: Include file offset in event skip messages

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

Date: Tue Jun 02 2026 - 19:58:03 EST


From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

Add the perf.data file offset to the CPU out-of-bounds and
machine__resolve failure messages emitted when samples are skipped in
process_sched_switch_event(), process_sched_runtime_event(), and
timehist_sched_change_event(). Also switch event type from raw integer
to perf_event__name() string for readability.

Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/builtin-sched.c | 17 ++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index 812a1b0d56d6e5f3..9ec8e049e19b0038 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -1792,8 +1792,10 @@ static int process_sched_switch_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
u32 prev_pid = perf_sample__intval(sample, "prev_pid"),
next_pid = perf_sample__intval(sample, "next_pid");

+ /* perf.data is untrusted input — CPU may be absent or corrupted */
if (this_cpu < 0 || this_cpu >= MAX_CPUS) {
- pr_warning("Out-of-bound sample CPU %d. Skipping sample\n", this_cpu);
+ pr_warning("WARNING: at offset %#" PRIx64 ": out-of-bound sample CPU %d, skipping sample\n",
+ sample->file_offset, this_cpu);
return 0;
}

@@ -1819,8 +1821,10 @@ static int process_sched_runtime_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
{
struct perf_sched *sched = container_of(tool, struct perf_sched, tool);

+ /* perf.data is untrusted input — CPU may be absent or corrupted */
if (sample->cpu >= MAX_CPUS) {
- pr_warning("Out-of-bound sample CPU %u. Skipping sample\n", sample->cpu);
+ pr_warning("WARNING: at offset %#" PRIx64 ": out-of-bound sample CPU %u, skipping sample\n",
+ sample->file_offset, sample->cpu);
return 0;
}

@@ -2786,15 +2790,18 @@ static int timehist_sched_change_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
int rc = 0;
const char state = perf_sample__taskstate(sample, "prev_state");

+ /* perf.data is untrusted input — CPU may be absent or corrupted */
if (sample->cpu >= MAX_CPUS) {
- pr_warning("Out-of-bound sample CPU %d. Skipping sample\n", sample->cpu);
+ pr_warning("WARNING: at offset %#" PRIx64 ": out-of-bound sample CPU %d, skipping sample\n",
+ sample->file_offset, sample->cpu);
return 0;
}

addr_location__init(&al);
if (machine__resolve(machine, &al, sample) < 0) {
- pr_err("problem processing %d event. skipping it\n",
- event->header.type);
+ pr_err("problem processing %s (%u) event at offset %#" PRIx64 ", skipping it\n",
+ perf_event__name(event->header.type), event->header.type,
+ sample->file_offset);
rc = -1;
goto out;
}
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2.54.0