[PATCH v15 4/5] perf test: Add inject ASLR test

From: Ian Rogers

Date: Sat Jun 06 2026 - 03:25:03 EST


Add a new shell test to verify the
feature. The test covers:
- Basic address remapping for user space samples.
- Pipe mode coverage for piped into .
- Callchain address remapping.
- Consistency of output before and after injection.
- Pipe mode report consistency.
- Dropping of samples that leak ASLR info (physical addresses).
- Kernel address remapping (utilizing a dedicated kernel-intensive VFS
dd workload
to guarantee continuous timer interrupts sampling flow inside kernel
privilege states).
- Kernel report consistency with address normalization.

The test suite is hardened with global 'set -o pipefail' assertions to
catch pipeline failures, stream-consuming awk processors to handle
SIGPIPE signals, and a dedicated pipe output scenario validating raw
'perf inject -o -' stdout streams.

Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.5-flash
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/tests/shell/inject_aslr.sh | 464 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 464 insertions(+)
create mode 100755 tools/perf/tests/shell/inject_aslr.sh

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/inject_aslr.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/inject_aslr.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..d8ded16ba905
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/inject_aslr.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,464 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# perf inject --aslr test
+
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+shelldir=$(dirname "$0")
+# shellcheck source=lib/perf_has_symbol.sh
+. "${shelldir}"/lib/perf_has_symbol.sh
+
+sym="noploop"
+
+skip_test_missing_symbol ${sym}
+
+# Create global temp directory
+temp_dir=$(mktemp -d /tmp/perf-test-aslr.XXXXXXXXXX)
+
+prog="perf test -w noploop"
+[ "$(uname -m)" = "s390x" ] && prog="$prog 3"
+err=0
+kprog="dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null bs=1M count=500"
+
+cleanup() {
+ local exit_code=${1:-$?}
+ trap - EXIT TERM INT
+ if [ "${exit_code}" -ne 0 ] || [ "${err}" -ne 0 ]; then
+ echo "Test failed! Preserving temp directory: ${temp_dir}"
+ return
+ fi
+ # Check if temp_dir is set and looks sane before removing
+ if [[ "${temp_dir}" =~ ^/tmp/perf-test-aslr\. ]]; then
+ rm -rf "${temp_dir}"
+ fi
+}
+
+trap_cleanup() {
+ local exit_code=$?
+ echo "Unexpected signal in ${FUNCNAME[1]}"
+ cleanup ${exit_code}
+ exit ${exit_code}
+}
+trap trap_cleanup EXIT TERM INT
+
+get_noploop_addr() {
+ local file=$1
+ perf script -i "$file" | awk '
+ BEGIN { found=0 }
+ {
+ for (i=1; i<=NF; i++) {
+ if ($i ~ /noploop\+/) {
+ if (!found) {
+ print $(i-1)
+ found=1
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }'
+}
+
+test_basic_aslr() {
+ echo "Test basic ASLR remapping"
+ local data
+ data=$(mktemp "${temp_dir}/perf.data.basic.XXXXXX")
+ local data2
+ data2=$(mktemp "${temp_dir}/perf.data2.basic.XXXXXX")
+
+ perf record -e task-clock:u -o "${data}" ${prog}
+ perf inject -v --aslr -i "${data}" -o "${data2}"
+
+ orig_addr=$(get_noploop_addr "${data}")
+ new_addr=$(get_noploop_addr "${data2}")
+
+ echo "Basic ASLR: orig_addr=$orig_addr, new_addr=$new_addr"
+
+ if [ -z "$orig_addr" ]; then
+ echo "Basic ASLR test [Failed - no noploop samples in original file]"
+ err=1
+ elif [ -z "$new_addr" ]; then
+ echo "Basic ASLR test [Failed - could not find remapped address]"
+ err=1
+ elif [ "$orig_addr" = "$new_addr" ]; then
+ echo "Basic ASLR test [Failed - addresses are not remapped]"
+ err=1
+ else
+ echo "Basic ASLR test [Success]"
+ fi
+}
+
+test_pipe_aslr() {
+ echo "Test pipe mode ASLR remapping"
+ local data
+ data=$(mktemp "${temp_dir}/perf.data.pipe.XXXXXX")
+ local data2
+ data2=$(mktemp "${temp_dir}/perf.data2.pipe.XXXXXX")
+
+ # Use tee to save the original pipe data for comparison
+ perf record -e task-clock:u -o - ${prog} | tee "${data}" | perf inject --aslr -o "${data2}"
+
+ orig_addr=$(get_noploop_addr "${data}")
+ new_addr=$(get_noploop_addr "${data2}")
+
+ echo "Pipe ASLR: orig_addr=$orig_addr, new_addr=$new_addr"
+
+ if [ -z "$orig_addr" ]; then
+ echo "Pipe ASLR test [Failed - no noploop samples in original file]"
+ err=1
+ elif [ -z "$new_addr" ]; then
+ echo "Pipe ASLR test [Failed - could not find remapped address]"
+ err=1
+ elif [ "$orig_addr" = "$new_addr" ]; then
+ echo "Pipe ASLR test [Failed - addresses are not remapped]"
+ err=1
+ else
+ echo "Pipe ASLR test [Success]"
+ fi
+}
+
+test_callchain_aslr() {
+ echo "Test Callchain ASLR remapping"
+ local data
+ data=$(mktemp "${temp_dir}/perf.data.callchain.XXXXXX")
+ local data2
+ data2=$(mktemp "${temp_dir}/perf.data2.callchain.XXXXXX")
+
+ perf record -g -e task-clock:u -o "${data}" ${prog}
+ perf inject --aslr -i "${data}" -o "${data2}"
+
+ orig_addr=$(get_noploop_addr "${data}")
+ new_addr=$(get_noploop_addr "${data2}")
+
+ echo "Callchain ASLR: orig_addr=$orig_addr, new_addr=$new_addr"
+
+ if [ -z "$orig_addr" ]; then
+ echo "Callchain ASLR test [Failed - no noploop samples in original file]"
+ err=1
+ elif [ -z "$new_addr" ]; then
+ echo "Callchain ASLR test [Failed - could not find remapped address]"
+ err=1
+ elif [ "$orig_addr" = "$new_addr" ]; then
+ echo "Callchain ASLR test [Failed - addresses are not remapped]"
+ err=1
+ else
+ # Extract callchain addresses (indented lines starting with hex addresses)
+ orig_callchain=$(perf script -i "${data}" | awk '/^[[:space:]]+[0-9a-f]+/ {print $1}')
+ new_callchain=$(perf script -i "${data2}" | awk '/^[[:space:]]+[0-9a-f]+/ {print $1}')
+
+ if [ -z "$orig_callchain" ]; then
+ echo "Callchain ASLR test [Failed - no callchain samples in original file]"
+ err=1
+ elif [ -z "$new_callchain" ]; then
+ echo "Callchain ASLR test [Failed - callchain data was dropped]"
+ err=1
+ elif [ "$orig_callchain" = "$new_callchain" ]; then
+ echo "Callchain ASLR test [Failed - callchain addresses were not remapped]"
+ err=1
+ else
+ echo "Callchain ASLR test [Success]"
+ fi
+ fi
+}
+
+test_report_aslr() {
+ echo "Test perf report consistency"
+ local data
+ data=$(mktemp "${temp_dir}/perf.data.report.XXXXXX")
+ local data2
+ data2=$(mktemp "${temp_dir}/perf.data2.report.XXXXXX")
+ local data_clean
+ data_clean=$(mktemp "${temp_dir}/perf.data.clean.XXXXXX")
+
+ perf record -e task-clock:u -o "${data}" ${prog}
+ # Use -b to inject build-ids and force ordered events processing in both
+ perf inject -b -i "${data}" -o "${data_clean}"
+ perf inject -v -b --aslr -i "${data}" -o "${data2}"
+
+ local report1="${temp_dir}/report1"
+ local report2="${temp_dir}/report2"
+ local report1_clean="${temp_dir}/report1.clean"
+ local report2_clean="${temp_dir}/report2.clean"
+ local diff_file="${temp_dir}/diff"
+
+ perf report -i "${data_clean}" --stdio > "${report1}"
+ perf report -i "${data2}" --stdio > "${report2}"
+
+ # Strip headers and compare lines with percentages
+ grep '%' "${report1}" | grep -v '^#' | sort > "${report1_clean}" || true
+ grep '%' "${report2}" | grep -v '^#' | sort > "${report2_clean}" || true
+
+ diff -u -w "${report1_clean}" "${report2_clean}" > "${diff_file}" || true
+
+ if [ ! -s "${report1_clean}" ]; then
+ echo "Report ASLR test [Failed - no samples captured]"
+ err=1
+ elif [ -s "${diff_file}" ]; then
+ echo "Report ASLR test [Failed - reports differ]"
+ echo "Showing first 20 lines of diff:"
+ head -n 20 "${diff_file}"
+ err=1
+ else
+ echo "Report ASLR test [Success]"
+ fi
+}
+
+test_pipe_report_aslr() {
+ echo "Test pipe mode perf report consistency"
+ local data
+ data=$(mktemp "${temp_dir}/perf.data.pipe_report.XXXXXX")
+ local data2
+ data2=$(mktemp "${temp_dir}/perf.data2.pipe_report.XXXXXX")
+ local data_clean
+ data_clean=$(mktemp "${temp_dir}/perf.data.clean.XXXXXX")
+
+ # Use tee to save the original pipe data, then process it with inject -b
+ perf record -e task-clock:u -o - ${prog} | \
+ tee "${data}" | \
+ perf inject -b --aslr -o "${data2}"
+ perf inject -b -i "${data}" -o "${data_clean}"
+
+ local report1="${temp_dir}/report1"
+ local report2="${temp_dir}/report2"
+ local report1_clean="${temp_dir}/report1.clean"
+ local report2_clean="${temp_dir}/report2.clean"
+ local diff_file="${temp_dir}/diff"
+
+ perf report -i "${data_clean}" --stdio > "${report1}"
+ perf report -i "${data2}" --stdio > "${report2}"
+
+ # Strip headers and compare lines with percentages
+ grep '%' "${report1}" | grep -v '^#' | sort > "${report1_clean}" || true
+ grep '%' "${report2}" | grep -v '^#' | sort > "${report2_clean}" || true
+
+ diff -u -w "${report1_clean}" "${report2_clean}" > "${diff_file}" || true
+
+ if [ ! -s "${report1_clean}" ]; then
+ echo "Pipe Report ASLR test [Failed - no samples captured]"
+ err=1
+ elif [ -s "${diff_file}" ]; then
+ echo "Pipe Report ASLR test [Failed - reports differ]"
+ echo "Showing first 20 lines of diff:"
+ head -n 20 "${diff_file}"
+ err=1
+ else
+ echo "Pipe Report ASLR test [Success]"
+ fi
+}
+
+test_pipe_out_report_aslr() {
+ echo "Test pipe output mode perf report consistency"
+ local data
+ data=$(mktemp "${temp_dir}/perf.data.pipe_out_report.XXXXXX")
+ local data_clean
+ data_clean=$(mktemp "${temp_dir}/perf.data.clean.XXXXXX")
+
+ perf record -e task-clock:u -o "${data}" ${prog}
+ perf inject -b -i "${data}" -o "${data_clean}"
+
+ local report1="${temp_dir}/report1"
+ local report2="${temp_dir}/report2"
+ local report1_clean="${temp_dir}/report1.clean"
+ local report2_clean="${temp_dir}/report2.clean"
+ local diff_file="${temp_dir}/diff"
+
+ perf report -i "${data_clean}" --stdio > "${report1}"
+ perf inject -b --aslr -i "${data}" -o - | perf report -i - --stdio > "${report2}"
+
+ # Strip headers and compare lines with percentages
+ grep '%' "${report1}" | grep -v '^#' | sort > "${report1_clean}" || true
+ grep '%' "${report2}" | grep -v '^#' | sort > "${report2_clean}" || true
+
+ diff -u -w "${report1_clean}" "${report2_clean}" > "${diff_file}" || true
+
+ if [ ! -s "${report1_clean}" ]; then
+ echo "Pipe Output Report ASLR test [Failed - no samples captured]"
+ err=1
+ elif [ -s "${diff_file}" ]; then
+ echo "Pipe Output Report ASLR test [Failed - reports differ]"
+ echo "Showing first 20 lines of diff:"
+ head -n 20 "${diff_file}"
+ err=1
+ else
+ echo "Pipe Output Report ASLR test [Success]"
+ fi
+}
+
+test_dropped_samples() {
+ echo "Test dropped samples (phys-data)"
+ local data
+ data=$(mktemp "${temp_dir}/perf.data.dropped.XXXXXX")
+ local data2
+ data2=$(mktemp "${temp_dir}/perf.data2.dropped.XXXXXX")
+
+ # Check if --phys-data is supported by recording a short run
+ if ! perf record -e task-clock:u --phys-data -o "${data}" -- sleep 0.1 > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+ echo "Skipping dropped samples test as --phys-data is not supported"
+ return
+ fi
+
+ perf record -e task-clock:u --phys-data -o "${data}" ${prog}
+ perf inject --aslr -i "${data}" -o "${data2}"
+
+ # Verify that the original file actually contained samples!
+ orig_samples=$(perf script -i "${data}" | wc -l)
+ if [ "$orig_samples" -eq 0 ]; then
+ echo "Dropped samples test [Failed - no samples in original file]"
+ err=1
+ else
+ # Verify that samples are dropped.
+ samples_count=$(perf script -i "${data2}" | wc -l)
+
+ if [ "$samples_count" -gt 0 ]; then
+ echo "Dropped samples test [Failed - samples were not dropped]"
+ err=1
+ else
+ echo "Dropped samples test [Success]"
+ fi
+ fi
+}
+
+test_kernel_aslr() {
+ echo "Test kernel ASLR remapping"
+ local kdata
+ kdata=$(mktemp "${temp_dir}/perf.data.kernel.XXXXXX")
+ local kdata2
+ kdata2=$(mktemp "${temp_dir}/perf.data2.kernel.XXXXXX")
+ local log_file
+ log_file=$(mktemp "${temp_dir}/kernel_record.log.XXXXXX")
+
+ # Try to record kernel samples
+ if ! perf record -e task-clock:k -o "${kdata}" ${kprog} > "${log_file}" 2>&1; then
+ echo "Skipping kernel ASLR test as recording failed (maybe no permissions)"
+ return
+ fi
+
+ # Check for warning about kernel map restriction
+ if grep -q "Couldn't record kernel reference relocation symbol" "${log_file}"; then
+ echo "Skipping kernel ASLR test as kernel map could not be recorded (permissions restricted)"
+ return
+ fi
+
+ perf inject -v --aslr -i "${kdata}" -o "${kdata2}"
+
+ # Check if kernel addresses are remapped.
+ # Find the field that ends with :k: (the event name) and take the next field!
+ orig_addr=$(perf script -i "${kdata}" | awk '
+ BEGIN { found=0 }
+ {
+ for (i=1; i<NF; i++) {
+ if ($i ~ /:[k]+:?$/) {
+ if (!found) {
+ print $(i+1)
+ found=1
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }')
+ new_addr=$(perf script -i "${kdata2}" | awk '
+ BEGIN { found=0 }
+ {
+ for (i=1; i<NF; i++) {
+ if ($i ~ /:[k]+:?$/) {
+ if (!found) {
+ print $(i+1)
+ found=1
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }')
+
+ echo "Kernel ASLR: orig_addr=$orig_addr, new_addr=$new_addr"
+
+ if [ -z "$orig_addr" ]; then
+ echo "Kernel ASLR test [Failed - no kernel samples in original file]"
+ err=1
+ elif [ -z "$new_addr" ]; then
+ echo "Kernel ASLR test [Failed - could not find remapped address]"
+ err=1
+ elif [ "$orig_addr" = "$new_addr" ]; then
+ echo "Kernel ASLR test [Failed - addresses are not remapped]"
+ err=1
+ else
+ echo "Kernel ASLR test [Success]"
+ fi
+}
+
+test_kernel_report_aslr() {
+ echo "Test kernel perf report consistency"
+ local kdata
+ kdata=$(mktemp "${temp_dir}/perf.data.kernel_report.XXXXXX")
+ local kdata2
+ kdata2=$(mktemp "${temp_dir}/perf.data2.kernel_report.XXXXXX")
+ local data_clean
+ data_clean=$(mktemp "${temp_dir}/perf.data.clean.XXXXXX")
+ local log_file
+ log_file=$(mktemp "${temp_dir}/kernel_report_record.log.XXXXXX")
+
+ # Try to record kernel samples
+ if ! perf record -e task-clock:k -o "${kdata}" ${kprog} > "${log_file}" 2>&1; then
+ echo "Skipping kernel report test as recording failed (maybe no permissions)"
+ return
+ fi
+
+ # Check for warning about kernel map restriction
+ if grep -q "Couldn't record kernel reference relocation symbol" "${log_file}"; then
+ echo "Skipping kernel report test as kernel map could not be recorded (permissions restricted)"
+ return
+ fi
+
+ # Use -b to inject build-ids and force ordered events processing in both
+ perf inject -b -i "${kdata}" -o "${data_clean}"
+ perf inject -v -b --aslr -i "${kdata}" -o "${kdata2}"
+
+ local report1="${temp_dir}/report_kernel1"
+ local report2="${temp_dir}/report_kernel2"
+ local report1_clean="${temp_dir}/report_kernel1.clean"
+ local report2_clean="${temp_dir}/report_kernel2.clean"
+
+ perf report -i "${data_clean}" --stdio > "${report1}"
+ perf report -i "${kdata2}" --stdio > "${report2}"
+
+ # Strip headers and compare lines with percentages
+ grep '%' "${report1}" | grep -v '^#' > "${report1_clean}" || true
+ grep '%' "${report2}" | grep -v '^#' > "${report2_clean}" || true
+
+ # Normalize kernel DSOs and addresses in clean reports
+ # This allows kernel modules to be either a module or kernel.kallsyms
+ local report1_norm="${temp_dir}/report_kernel1.norm"
+ local report2_norm="${temp_dir}/report_kernel2.norm"
+ local diff_file="${temp_dir}/diff_kernel"
+
+ grep -v -E '0x[0-9a-f]{8,}|0000000000000000' "${report1_clean}" | \
+ awk '{gsub(/\[[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]{2,}\](\.[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/, "[kernel]", $0); print}' | \
+ sort > "${report1_norm}" || true
+ grep -v -E '0x[0-9a-f]{8,}|0000000000000000' "${report2_clean}" | \
+ awk '{gsub(/\[[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]{2,}\](\.[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/, "[kernel]", $0); print}' | \
+ sort > "${report2_norm}" || true
+
+ diff -u -w "${report1_norm}" "${report2_norm}" > "${diff_file}" || true
+
+ if [ ! -s "${report1_norm}" ]; then
+ echo "Kernel Report ASLR test [Failed - no samples captured]"
+ err=1
+ elif [ -s "${diff_file}" ]; then
+ echo "Kernel Report ASLR test [Failed - reports differ]"
+ echo "Showing first 20 lines of diff:"
+ head -n 20 "${diff_file}"
+ err=1
+ else
+ echo "Kernel Report ASLR test [Success]"
+ fi
+}
+
+test_basic_aslr
+test_pipe_aslr
+test_callchain_aslr
+test_report_aslr
+test_pipe_report_aslr
+test_pipe_out_report_aslr
+test_dropped_samples
+test_kernel_aslr
+test_kernel_report_aslr
+
+cleanup ${err}
+exit $err
--
2.54.0.1032.g2f8565e1d1-goog