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== Comment: #0 - PAVAMAN SUBRAMANIYAM <pavsubra@xxxxxxxxxx> - 2015-01-12 02:21:16 ==
---Problem Description---
perf trace sleep 1 is throwing segmentation fault
 
Contact Information = pavsubra@xxxxxxxxxx 
 
---uname output---
Linux ubuntu 3.18.0-8-generic #9-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 5 22:52:15 UTC 2015 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux
 
Machine Type = P8 
 
---Debugger---
A debugger is not configured
 
---Steps to Reproduce---
Install a Ubuntu 15.04 guest VM on Power KVM host on a P8 machine.
Then execute the below command on the same:

root@ubuntu:~# perf trace sleep 1
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
root@ubuntu:~# echo $?
139

root@ubuntu:~# perf trace -v sleep 1
mmap size 67174400B
Problems reading syscall 3 information
Problems reading syscall 11 information
Problems reading syscall 11 information
Problems reading syscall 11 information
Problems reading syscall 11 information
Problems reading syscall 11 information
Problems reading syscall 11 information
Problems reading syscall 11 information
Problems reading syscall 11 information
Problems reading syscall 11 information
Problems reading syscall 11 information
Problems reading syscall 11 information
Problems reading syscall 11 information
Problems reading syscall 11 information
Problems reading syscall 11 information
Problems reading syscall 11 information
Problems reading syscall 0 information
Problems reading syscall 45 information
Problems reading syscall 45 information
Problems reading syscall 33 information
Problems reading syscall 33 information
Problems reading syscall 90 information
Problems reading syscall 90 information
Problems reading syscall 33 information
Problems reading syscall 33 information
Problems reading syscall 5 information
Problems reading syscall 5 information
Problems reading syscall 108 information
Problems reading syscall 108 information
Problems reading syscall 90 information
Problems reading syscall 90 information
Problems reading syscall 6 information
Problems reading syscall 6 information
Problems reading syscall 33 information
Problems reading syscall 33 information
Problems reading syscall 5 information
Problems reading syscall 5 information
Problems reading syscall 3 information
Problems reading syscall 3 information
Problems reading syscall 108 information
Problems reading syscall 108 information
Problems reading syscall 90 information
Problems reading syscall 90 information
Problems reading syscall 90 information
Problems reading syscall 90 information
Problems reading syscall 6 information
Problems reading syscall 6 information
Problems reading syscall 91 information
Problems reading syscall 91 information
Problems reading syscall 45 information
Problems reading syscall 45 information
Problems reading syscall 45 information
Problems reading syscall 45 information
Problems reading syscall 5 information
Problems reading syscall 5 information
Problems reading syscall 108 information
Problems reading syscall 108 information
Problems reading syscall 90 information
Problems reading syscall 90 information
Problems reading syscall 6 information
Problems reading syscall 6 information
Problems reading syscall 162 information
Problems reading syscall 162 information
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

 
Stack trace output:
 no
 
Oops output:
 no
 
Userspace tool common name: /usr/bin/perf 
 
The userspace tool has the following bit modes: 64-bit 
 
System Dump Info:
  The system is not configured to capture a system dump.

Userspace rpm: linux-tools-common

Userspace tool obtained from project website:  na 
 
*Additional Instructions for pavsubra@xxxxxxxxxx: 
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-Attach sysctl -a output output to the bug.
-Attach ltrace and strace of userspace application.

== Comment: #3 - SANDHYA VENUGOPALA <vsandhya@xxxxxxxxxx> - 2015-01-13 06:00:18 ==
Segmentation Fault happens intermittently. Execute "perf trace sleep 1" multiple times to ensure there is no segmentation fault on the version you are testing.

This failure is seen on the upstream version(3.19) also. GDB output -

root@ubuntu:~/linux/tools/perf# ./perf trace sleep 1
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
root@ubuntu:~/linux/tools/perf# gdb ./perf core
GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.8.1-1ubuntu2) 7.8.1
Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "powerpc64le-linux-gnu".
Type "show configuration" for configuration details.
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>.
Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>.
For help, type "help".
Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"...
Reading symbols from ./perf...done.
[New LWP 24493]
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
Core was generated by `./perf trace sleep 1 '.
Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
#0  perf_mmap__read_head (mm=0x3fff95730058) at util/evlist.h:193
193		int head = ACCESS_ONCE(pc->data_head);
(gdb) bt
#0  perf_mmap__read_head (mm=0x3fff95730058) at util/evlist.h:193
#1  perf_evlist__mmap_read (evlist=0x1000f851e70, idx=<optimized out>) at util/evlist.c:638
#2  0x000000001004318c in trace__run (argv=<optimized out>, argc=<optimized out>, trace=0x3fffdca33668) at builtin-trace.c:2123
#3  cmd_trace (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>, prefix=<optimized out>) at builtin-trace.c:2601
#4  0x0000000010009328 in run_builtin (p=0x10178210 <commands+504>, argc=3, argv=0x3fffdca36800) at perf.c:341
#5  0x00000000100085c8 in handle_internal_command (argv=0x3fffdca36800, argc=3) at perf.c:400
#6  run_argv (argv=0x3fffdca36220, argcp=0x3fffdca3622c) at perf.c:444
#7  main (argc=3, argv=0x3fffdca36800) at perf.c:559

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: architecture-ppc64le bot-comment bugnameltc-120252 severity-high targetmilestone-inin1504
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perf trace sleep 1 is throwing segmentation fault
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