[PATCH v1 3/4] perf inject: Lazily allocate event_copy

From: Ian Rogers
Date: Fri May 26 2023 - 23:44:13 EST


The event_copy is 64kb (PERF_SAMPLE_SIZE_MAX) and stack allocated in
struct perf_inject. It is used for aux events that may not exist in a
file. Make the array allocation lazy to cut down on the stack usage.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/builtin-inject.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
index 61766eead4f4..da8c89fefa3a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ struct perf_inject {
u64 aux_id;
struct list_head samples;
struct itrace_synth_opts itrace_synth_opts;
- char event_copy[PERF_SAMPLE_MAX_SIZE];
+ char *event_copy;
struct perf_file_section secs[HEADER_FEAT_BITS];
struct guest_session guest_session;
struct strlist *known_build_ids;
@@ -320,8 +320,14 @@ perf_inject__cut_auxtrace_sample(struct perf_inject *inject,
{
size_t sz1 = sample->aux_sample.data - (void *)event;
size_t sz2 = event->header.size - sample->aux_sample.size - sz1;
- union perf_event *ev = (union perf_event *)inject->event_copy;
+ union perf_event *ev;

+ if (inject->event_copy == NULL) {
+ inject->event_copy = malloc(PERF_SAMPLE_MAX_SIZE);
+ if (!inject->event_copy)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ }
+ ev = (union perf_event *)inject->event_copy;
if (sz1 > event->header.size || sz2 > event->header.size ||
sz1 + sz2 > event->header.size ||
sz1 < sizeof(struct perf_event_header) + sizeof(u64))
@@ -357,8 +363,11 @@ static int perf_event__repipe_sample(struct perf_tool *tool,

build_id__mark_dso_hit(tool, event, sample, evsel, machine);

- if (inject->itrace_synth_opts.set && sample->aux_sample.size)
+ if (inject->itrace_synth_opts.set && sample->aux_sample.size) {
event = perf_inject__cut_auxtrace_sample(inject, event, sample);
+ if (IS_ERR(event))
+ return PTR_ERR(event);
+ }

return perf_event__repipe_synth(tool, event);
}
@@ -2389,5 +2398,6 @@ int cmd_inject(int argc, const char **argv)
if (!inject.in_place_update)
perf_data__close(&inject.output);
free(inject.itrace_synth_opts.vm_tm_corr_args);
+ free(inject.event_copy);
return ret;
}
--
2.41.0.rc0.172.g3f132b7071-goog