Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf alsr: Add missing SIMD handling in aslr_tool__process_sample()

From: Mi, Dapeng

Date: Mon Sep 21 2026 - 20:32:53 EST



On 9/22/2026 12:22 AM, Ian Rogers wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2026 at 9:21 AM Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Sun, Sep 20, 2026 at 11:42 PM Mi, Dapeng <dapeng1.mi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Kindly ping ...
>>>
>>> @Arnaldo, @Namhyung, @Ian, not sure if you have bandwidth to review this
>>> small patchset which fixes the Sashiko found minor issues for the "Perf
>>> tools: Support eGPRs/SSP/SIMD registers sampling" patchset?
>>>
>>> If possible, it's better to be queued in this cycle, then we don't need
>>> extra backporting. Thanks.
>> Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Oh, another nit: there's a typo in the commit message subject: s/alsr/aslr/g.

Sure. :)


>
> Thanks,
> Ian
>
>>> On 9/15/2026 5:11 PM, Dapeng Mi wrote:
>>>> Currently the SIMD register sampling is supported, but the corresponding
>>>> handling is missed in aslr_tool__process_sample(). This can break parsing
>>>> of the sample record.
>>>>
>>>> Add the missing SIMD register handling in aslr_tool__process_sample().
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> These two patches fix Sashiko reported defects for the patchset:
>>>> "Perf tools: Support eGPRs/SSP/SIMD registers sampling"
>>>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260914014049.2061519-1-dapeng1.mi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>>>>
>>>> tools/perf/util/aslr.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>> 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/aslr.c b/tools/perf/util/aslr.c
>>>> index 027695d96779..a097084201a0 100644
>>>> --- a/tools/perf/util/aslr.c
>>>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/aslr.c
>>>> @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
>>>> #include <internal/lib.h> /* page_size */
>>>> #include <linux/compiler.h>
>>>> #include <linux/zalloc.h>
>>>> +#include <linux/overflow.h>
>>>> #include <errno.h>
>>>> #include <inttypes.h>
>>>> #include <unistd.h>
>>>> @@ -992,6 +993,34 @@ static int aslr_tool__process_sample(const struct perf_tool *tool,
>>>> COPY_U64();
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>> +
>>>> +#define CHECK_SIMD() \
>>>> + do { \
>>>> + if (abi & PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_ABI_SIMD) { \
>>>> + u64 nr_vector, vec_qwords; \
>>>> + u64 nr_pred, pred_qwords; \
>>>> + u64 header_len, vec_len, pred_len, simd_len; \
>>>> + if (CHECK_BOUNDS(nr + 4, nr + 4)) { \
>>>> + ret = -EFAULT; \
>>>> + goto out_put; \
>>>> + } \
>>>> + header_len = 4; \
>>>> + nr_vector = in_array[i + nr]; \
>>>> + vec_qwords = in_array[i + nr + 1]; \
>>>> + nr_pred = in_array[i + nr + 2]; \
>>>> + pred_qwords = in_array[i + nr + 3]; \
>>>> + if (check_mul_overflow(nr_vector, vec_qwords, &vec_len) || \
>>>> + check_mul_overflow(nr_pred, pred_qwords, &pred_len) || \
>>>> + check_add_overflow(vec_len, pred_len, &simd_len) || \
>>>> + check_add_overflow(header_len, simd_len, &simd_len) || \
>>>> + check_add_overflow(nr, simd_len, &nr) || \
>>>> + nr > max_i - i) { \
>>>> + ret = -EFAULT; \
>>>> + goto out_put; \
>>>> + } \
>>>> + } \
>>>> + } while (0)
>>>> +
>>>> if (orig_sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_USER) {
>>>> u64 abi;
>>>>
>>>> @@ -1007,6 +1036,7 @@ static int aslr_tool__process_sample(const struct perf_tool *tool,
>>>> ret = -EFAULT;
>>>> goto out_put;
>>>> }
>>>> + CHECK_SIMD();
>>>> i += nr;
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>> @@ -1061,6 +1091,7 @@ static int aslr_tool__process_sample(const struct perf_tool *tool,
>>>> ret = -EFAULT;
>>>> goto out_put;
>>>> }
>>>> + CHECK_SIMD();
>> nit: at the end of the function you could #undef CHECK_SIMD to make it
>> more explicit that the macro only makes sense within the function.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ian
>>
>>>> i += nr;
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> base-commit: 91b0782fc9e9d2f0a40b5256146e014802fdbb36