[PATCH v1 6/7] perf inject: Set ordering_requires_timestamps before creating session
From: Ian Rogers
Date: Sun Oct 25 2026 - 18:06:28 EST
In cmd_inject(), inject.tool.ordering_requires_timestamps was initialized
after delegating tools (such as aslr_tool__new()) and __perf_session__new()
had already been called, leaving delegate tools with the uninitialized
value. Set ordering_requires_timestamps on inject.tool before creating
delegate tools and the session.
Fixes: febea9ec382f ("perf inject/aslr: Add ASLR tool infrastructure and MMAP tracking")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/builtin-inject.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
index c30f5aaabf4c..3f3108fd3981 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
@@ -2463,13 +2463,18 @@ static int __cmd_inject(struct perf_inject *inject)
#endif
}
} else if (inject->itrace_synth_opts.vm_time_correlation) {
+ bool ordered_events = inject->tool.ordered_events;
+ bool ordering_requires_timestamps =
+ inject->tool.ordering_requires_timestamps;
+
session->itrace_synth_opts = &inject->itrace_synth_opts;
- perf_tool__init(&inject->tool, /*ordered_events=*/true);
+ perf_tool__init(&inject->tool, ordered_events);
inject->tool.id_index = perf_event__process_id_index;
inject->tool.auxtrace_info = perf_event__process_auxtrace_info;
inject->tool.auxtrace = perf_event__process_auxtrace;
inject->tool.auxtrace_error = perf_event__process_auxtrace_error;
- inject->tool.ordering_requires_timestamps = true;
+ inject->tool.ordering_requires_timestamps =
+ ordering_requires_timestamps;
} else if (inject->itrace_synth_opts.set) {
session->itrace_synth_opts = &inject->itrace_synth_opts;
inject->itrace_synth_opts.inject = true;
@@ -2482,8 +2487,6 @@ static int __cmd_inject(struct perf_inject *inject)
inject->tool.aux = perf_event__drop_aux;
inject->tool.itrace_start = perf_event__drop_aux;
inject->tool.aux_output_hw_id = perf_event__drop_aux;
- inject->tool.ordered_events = true;
- inject->tool.ordering_requires_timestamps = true;
/* Allow space in the header for new attributes */
output_data_offset = roundup(8192 + session->header.data_offset, 4096);
if (inject->strip)
@@ -2514,12 +2517,6 @@ static int __cmd_inject(struct perf_inject *inject)
inject->tool.finished_round = host__finished_round;
/* Keep track of which CPU a VCPU is runnng on */
inject->tool.context_switch = host__context_switch;
- /*
- * Must order events to be able to obey finished round
- * ordering.
- */
- inject->tool.ordered_events = true;
- inject->tool.ordering_requires_timestamps = true;
/* Set up a separate session to process guest perf.data file */
ret = guest_session__start(gs, name, session->data->force);
if (ret) {
@@ -2536,8 +2533,6 @@ static int __cmd_inject(struct perf_inject *inject)
inject->tool.exit = perf_event__repipe_exit;
inject->tool.mmap = perf_event__repipe_mmap;
inject->tool.mmap2 = perf_event__repipe_mmap2;
- inject->tool.ordered_events = true;
- inject->tool.ordering_requires_timestamps = true;
}
if (!inject->itrace_synth_opts.set)
@@ -2816,6 +2811,10 @@ int cmd_inject(int argc, const char **argv)
data.path = inject.input_name;
ordered_events = inject.jit_mode || inject.sched_stat ||
+ inject.itrace_synth_opts.vm_time_correlation ||
+ inject.itrace_synth_opts.set ||
+ inject.guest_session.perf_data_file ||
+ inject.convert_callchain ||
inject.build_id_style == BID_RWS__INJECT_HEADER_LAZY ||
inject.build_id_style == BID_RWS__MMAP2_BUILDID_LAZY;
perf_tool__init(&inject.tool, ordered_events);
@@ -2862,6 +2861,21 @@ int cmd_inject(int argc, const char **argv)
inject.tool.schedstat_domain = perf_event__repipe_op2_synth;
inject.tool.dont_split_sample_group = true;
inject.tool.merge_deferred_callchains = false;
+ if (inject.jit_mode ||
+ inject.itrace_synth_opts.vm_time_correlation ||
+ inject.itrace_synth_opts.set ||
+ inject.guest_session.perf_data_file ||
+ inject.convert_callchain ||
+ inject.build_id_style == BID_RWS__INJECT_HEADER_LAZY ||
+ inject.build_id_style == BID_RWS__MMAP2_BUILDID_LAZY) {
+ /*
+ * to make sure the mmap records are ordered correctly
+ * and so that the correct especially due to jitted code
+ * mmaps. We cannot generate the buildid hit list and
+ * inject the jit mmaps at the same time for now.
+ */
+ inject.tool.ordering_requires_timestamps = true;
+ }
if (inject.aslr) {
tool = aslr_tool__new(&inject.tool);
if (!tool) {
@@ -2932,16 +2946,6 @@ int cmd_inject(int argc, const char **argv)
}
}
- if (inject.build_id_style == BID_RWS__INJECT_HEADER_LAZY ||
- inject.build_id_style == BID_RWS__MMAP2_BUILDID_LAZY) {
- /*
- * to make sure the mmap records are ordered correctly
- * and so that the correct especially due to jitted code
- * mmaps. We cannot generate the buildid hit list and
- * inject the jit mmaps at the same time for now.
- */
- inject.tool.ordering_requires_timestamps = true;
- }
if (inject.build_id_style != BID_RWS__NONE && known_build_ids != NULL) {
inject.known_build_ids =
perf_inject__parse_known_build_ids(known_build_ids);
@@ -2978,7 +2982,6 @@ int cmd_inject(int argc, const char **argv)
if (inject.jit_mode) {
inject.tool.mmap2 = perf_event__repipe_mmap2;
inject.tool.mmap = perf_event__repipe_mmap;
- inject.tool.ordering_requires_timestamps = true;
/*
* JIT MMAP injection injects all MMAP events in one go, so it
* does not obey finished_round semantics.
--
2.56.0.307.g5fe7bd680c-goog