Re: [PATCH -tip] bpf: Check flags for branch stack in bpf_read_branch_records helper

[Song Liu]

> On Sep 27, 2022, at 2:49 PM, Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sep 27, 2022, at 1:32 PM, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Recent commit [1] changed branch stack data indication from
>> br_stack pointer to sample_flags in perf_sample_data struct.
>> 
>> We need to check sample_flags for PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK
>> bit for valid branch stack data.
>> 
>> [1] a9a931e26668 ("perf: Use sample_flags for branch stack")
>> 
>> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Fixes: a9a931e26668 ("perf: Use sample_flags for branch stack")
>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Song Liu <song@xxxxxxxxxx>

> 
> Thanks for the fix! I noticed the issue last week, but haven't
> got time to look into it. 
> 
> Song
> 
>> ---
>> NOTE sending on top of tip/master because [1] is not
>>    merged in bpf-next/master yet
>> 
>> kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c | 3 +++
>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
>> index 68e5cdd24cef..1fcd1234607e 100644
>> --- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
>> +++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
>> @@ -1507,6 +1507,9 @@ BPF_CALL_4(bpf_read_branch_records, struct bpf_perf_event_data_kern *, ctx,
>> 	if (unlikely(flags & ~BPF_F_GET_BRANCH_RECORDS_SIZE))
>> 		return -EINVAL;
>> 
>> +	if (unlikely(!(ctx->data->sample_flags & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK)))
>> +		return -ENOENT;
>> +
>> 	if (unlikely(!br_stack))
>> 		return -ENOENT;
>> 
>> -- 
>> 2.37.3