[PATCH v4 3/3] perf tools: fix GTK4 leftover show/hide calls and error-loop list race

From: Matt Turner

Date: Sun Sep 06 2026 - 13:18:29 EST


Sashiko AI review of the GTK2-to-GTK4 port flagged two real issues:

- gtk_widget_show()/gtk_widget_hide() were removed in GTK4 but three
call sites were missed during the port. Replace with
gtk_widget_set_visible(), adding a small wrapper for the
info-bar "response" signal callback since gtk_widget_hide() no
longer exists to pass directly.

- perf_gtk__error_loops is updated with g_slist_prepend()/
g_slist_remove() in perf_gtk__error(), but perf_gtk__quit_error_dialog()
walks the same list from a signal handler (perf_gtk__signal() ->
perf_gtk__exit()) that can fire mid-update, corrupting the list.
Block the relevant signals around the two list updates.
---
tools/perf/ui/gtk/browser.c | 10 ++++++++--
tools/perf/ui/gtk/util.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/browser.c b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/browser.c
index e1d286945832..40a413787192 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/browser.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/browser.c
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ const char *perf_gtk__get_percent_color(double percent)
return NULL;
}

+static void perf_gtk__hide_widget(GtkWidget *widget, gint response_id __maybe_unused,
+ gpointer data __maybe_unused)
+{
+ gtk_widget_set_visible(widget, FALSE);
+}
+
GtkWidget *perf_gtk__setup_info_bar(void)
{
GtkWidget *info_bar;
@@ -83,14 +89,14 @@ GtkWidget *perf_gtk__setup_info_bar(void)
gtk_widget_set_visible(info_bar, FALSE);

label = gtk_label_new("");
- gtk_widget_show(label);
+ gtk_widget_set_visible(label, TRUE);

gtk_info_bar_add_child(GTK_INFO_BAR(info_bar), label);

gtk_info_bar_add_button(GTK_INFO_BAR(info_bar), "_OK",
GTK_RESPONSE_OK);
g_signal_connect(info_bar, "response",
- G_CALLBACK(gtk_widget_hide), NULL);
+ G_CALLBACK(perf_gtk__hide_widget), NULL);

pgctx->info_bar = info_bar;
pgctx->message_label = label;
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/util.c b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/util.c
index 8a922851257e..f1dbd96e2370 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/util.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
#include "../util.h"
#include "gtk.h"

+#include <signal.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
@@ -48,6 +49,25 @@ void perf_gtk__quit_error_dialog(void)
g_slist_foreach(perf_gtk__error_loops, perf_gtk__quit_loop, NULL);
}

+/*
+ * perf_gtk__signal() runs perf_gtk__quit_error_dialog() from a signal
+ * handler, which can preempt perf_gtk__error() while it is updating
+ * perf_gtk__error_loops below. Block those signals around the update so
+ * the list is never traversed half-modified.
+ */
+static void perf_gtk__block_exit_signals(sigset_t *old_set)
+{
+ sigset_t set;
+
+ sigemptyset(&set);
+ sigaddset(&set, SIGSEGV);
+ sigaddset(&set, SIGFPE);
+ sigaddset(&set, SIGINT);
+ sigaddset(&set, SIGQUIT);
+ sigaddset(&set, SIGTERM);
+ sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &set, old_set);
+}
+
static void perf_gtk__dialog_response(GtkDialog *dialog,
gint response_id __maybe_unused,
gpointer data __maybe_unused)
@@ -61,6 +81,7 @@ static int perf_gtk__error(const char *format, va_list args)
GtkWidget *dialog;
GMainLoop *loop;
va_list args_copy;
+ sigset_t old_set;

va_copy(args_copy, args);
if (!perf_gtk__is_active_context(pgctx) ||
@@ -86,7 +107,9 @@ static int perf_gtk__error(const char *format, va_list args)
* outlive the dialog and hang.
*/
loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);
+ perf_gtk__block_exit_signals(&old_set);
perf_gtk__error_loops = g_slist_prepend(perf_gtk__error_loops, loop);
+ sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &old_set, NULL);
g_signal_connect(dialog, "response",
G_CALLBACK(perf_gtk__dialog_response), NULL);
g_signal_connect_swapped(dialog, "destroy",
@@ -94,7 +117,9 @@ static int perf_gtk__error(const char *format, va_list args)

gtk_widget_set_visible(dialog, TRUE);
g_main_loop_run(loop);
+ perf_gtk__block_exit_signals(&old_set);
perf_gtk__error_loops = g_slist_remove(perf_gtk__error_loops, loop);
+ sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &old_set, NULL);
g_main_loop_unref(loop);

free(msg);
@@ -120,7 +145,7 @@ static int perf_gtk__warning_info_bar(const char *format, va_list args)
gtk_label_set_text(GTK_LABEL(pgctx->message_label), msg);
gtk_info_bar_set_message_type(GTK_INFO_BAR(pgctx->info_bar),
GTK_MESSAGE_WARNING);
- gtk_widget_show(pgctx->info_bar);
+ gtk_widget_set_visible(pgctx->info_bar, TRUE);

free(msg);
return 0;

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2.54.0