[tip:perf/core] perf python: Fix pyrf_evlist__read_on_cpu event consuming

[tip-bot for Jiri Olsa]

Commit-ID:  e8968e654191390a1300f0847250353a1c9da30d
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/e8968e654191390a1300f0847250353a1c9da30d
Author:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Sun, 10 Jul 2016 13:07:56 +0200
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:16:44 -0300

perf python: Fix pyrf_evlist__read_on_cpu event consuming

We can't consume the event before parsing it. Under heavy load we could
get caught by kernel writer overwriting the event we're trying to parse.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1468148882-10362-5-git-send-email-jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/util/python.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python.c b/tools/perf/util/python.c
index d0c1267..c68ef03 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/python.c
@@ -865,12 +865,14 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_evlist__read_on_cpu(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist,
 		PyObject *pyevent = pyrf_event__new(event);
 		struct pyrf_event *pevent = (struct pyrf_event *)pyevent;
 
-		perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, cpu);
-
 		if (pyevent == NULL)
 			return PyErr_NoMemory();
 
 		err = perf_evlist__parse_sample(evlist, event, &pevent->sample);
+
+		/* Consume the even only after we parsed it out. */
+		perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, cpu);
+
 		if (err)
 			return PyErr_Format(PyExc_OSError,
 					    "perf: can't parse sample, err=%d", err);