linux/tools/perf
Linus Torvalds 05d2a3da15 perf tools changes for v7.2:
- Introduce 'perf inject --aslr' to remap ASLR-randomized
   addresses in perf.data files, enabling reproducible analysis
   across runs with different address space layouts.
 
 - Refactor evsel out of sample processing paths: store evsel in
   struct perf_sample and remove the redundant evsel parameter from
   tool APIs, tracepoint handlers, hist entry iterators, and
   db-export, simplifying the entire tool callback chain.
 
 - Switch architecture detection from string-based perf_env__arch()
   comparisons to the numeric ELF e_machine field across the
   codebase (capstone, print_insn, c2c, lock-contention, sort,
   sample-raw, machine, header), making cross-analysis more robust.
 
 - Overhaul ARM CoreSight ETM tests: add deterministic and
   named_threads workloads, speed up basic and disassembly tests,
   add process attribution and concurrent threads tests, remove
   unused workloads and duplicate tests, queue context packets for
   the frontend decoder.
 
 - Add ARM SPE IMPDEF event decoding for Arm Neoverse N1, store
   MIDR in arm_spe_pkt for per-CPU event mapping, handle missing
   CPU IDs gracefully.
 
 - Refactor libunwind support: remove the libunwind-local backend,
   make register reading cross-platform, add RISC-V libunwind
   support, allow dynamic selection between libdw and libunwind
   unwinding at runtime.
 
 - Extensive hardening of perf.data parsing against crafted files:
   add bounds checks and byte-swap validation for session records,
   feature sections, header attributes, BPF metadata, auxtrace
   errors, compressed events, CPU maps, build ID notes, and ELF
   program headers. Add minimum event size validation and file
   offset diagnostics.
 
 - Fix libdw API contract violations across dwarf-aux, libdw,
   probe-finder, annotate-data, and debuginfo subsystems. Fix
   callchain parent update in ORDER_CALLER mode, support DWARF line
   0 in inline lists, handle multiple address spaces in callchains.
 
 - Fix numerous 'perf sched' bugs: thread reference leaks, memory
   leaks, heap overflows with cross-machine recordings, NULL
   dereferences, replace BUG_ON assertions with graceful error
   handling, bounds-check CPU indices, fix SIGCHLD vs pause() races
   in sched stats.
 
 - Overhaul the build system: move BPF skeleton generation out of
   Makefile.perf into bpf_skel.mak, decouple pmu-events from the
   prepare target, make beauty generated C code standalone .o files,
   compile BPF skeletons with -mcpu=v3, fix continuous rebuilds,
   various cleanups.
 
 - Add 'perf test' JUnit XML reporting with -j/--junit option, split
   monolithic test suites into sub-tests, add summary reporting,
   refactor parallel poll loop, fix test failures on musl-based
   systems.
 
 - Fix 'perf c2c' memory leaks in hist entry and format list
   handling, use-after-free in error paths, bounds-check CPU and
   node IDs.
 
 - Fix 'perf bpf' metadata leaks on duplicate insert and alloc
   failure, bounds-check array offsets, validate event sizes and
   func_info fields, add NULL checks.
 
 - Fix hwmon PMU: off-by-one null termination on sysfs reads,
   strlcpy buffer overflow in parse_hwmon_filename(), fd 0 check,
   empty label reads, scnprintf usage.
 
 - Fix symbols subsystem: bounds-check ELF and sysfs build ID note
   iteration, validate p_filesz, fix 32-bit ELF bswap error, fix
   signed overflow in size checks, bounds-check .gnu_debuglink
   section.
 
 - Fix tools lib api: null termination in filename__read_int/ull(),
   uninitialized stack data in filename__write_int(), snprintf
   truncation in mount_overload().
 
 - Replace libbabeltrace with babeltrace2-ctf-writer for CTF
   conversion in 'perf data'.
 
 - Add RISC-V SDT argument parsing for static tracepoints.
 
 - Add 'perf trace --show-cpu' option to display CPU id.
 
 - Add 'perf bench sched pipe --write-size' option.
 
 - Add a perf-specific .clang-format that overrides some kernel
   style behaviors.
 
 - Update Intel vendor events for Alder Lake, Arrow Lake, Clearwater
   Forest, Emerald Rapids, Granite Rapids, Grand Ridge, Lunar Lake,
   Meteor Lake, Panther Lake, Sapphire Rapids, Sierra Forest.
 
 - Add IOMMU metrics for AMD and Intel.
 
 - Fix AMD event: switch l2_itlb_misses to
   bp_l1_tlb_miss_l2_tlb_miss.all.
 
 - Add AMD IBS improvements: decode Streaming-store and
   Remote-Socket flags, suppress bogus fields on Zen4+, skip
   privilege test on Zen6+.
 
 - Fix 'perf lock contention' SIGCHLD vs pause() race, allow
   'mmap_lock' in -L filter, enable end-timestamp for cgroup
   aggregation, fix non-atomic data updates.
 
 - Fix 'perf stat' false NMI watchdog warning in aggregation modes,
   bounds-check CPU index in topology callbacks, add aggr_nr metric
   parser support for uncore scaling.
 
 - Fix 'perf timechart' memory leaks, CPU bounds checking,
   use-after-free on corrupted callchains.
 
 - Fix 'perf inject' itrace branch stack synthesis, fix synthesized
   sample size with branch stacks.
 
 - Fix DSO heap overflow on decompressed paths, uninitialized
   pathname on fallback, set proper error codes.
 
 - Fix various snprintf/scnprintf usages to prevent buffer overflows
   and truncation across the codebase.
 
 - Fix off-by-one stack buffer overflow in kallsyms__parse().
 
 - Fix 'perf kwork' memory management, address sanitizer issues,
   bounds check work->cpu.
 
 - Fix 'perf tpebs' concurrent stop races and PID reuse hazards.
 
 - Add O_CLOEXEC to open() calls and use mkostemp() for temporary
   files to prevent file descriptor leaks to child processes.
 
 - Fix s390 Python extension TEXTREL by compiling as PIC.
 
 - Fix build with ASAN for jitdump.
 
 - Fix build failure due to btf_vlen() return type change.
 
 Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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Merge tag 'perf-tools-for-v7.2-1-2026-06-22' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-tools

Pull perf tools updates from Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:

 - Introduce 'perf inject --aslr' to remap ASLR-randomized addresses in
   perf.data files, enabling reproducible analysis across runs with
   different address space layouts

 - Refactor evsel out of sample processing paths: store evsel in struct
   perf_sample and remove the redundant evsel parameter from tool APIs,
   tracepoint handlers, hist entry iterators, and db-export, simplifying
   the entire tool callback chain

 - Switch architecture detection from string-based perf_env__arch()
   comparisons to the numeric ELF e_machine field across the codebase
   (capstone, print_insn, c2c, lock-contention, sort, sample-raw,
   machine, header), making cross-analysis more robust

 - Overhaul ARM CoreSight ETM tests: add deterministic and named_threads
   workloads, speed up basic and disassembly tests, add process
   attribution and concurrent threads tests, remove unused workloads and
   duplicate tests, queue context packets for the frontend decoder

 - Add ARM SPE IMPDEF event decoding for Arm Neoverse N1, store MIDR in
   arm_spe_pkt for per-CPU event mapping, handle missing CPU IDs
   gracefully

 - Refactor libunwind support: remove the libunwind-local backend, make
   register reading cross-platform, add RISC-V libunwind support, allow
   dynamic selection between libdw and libunwind unwinding at runtime

 - Extensive hardening of perf.data parsing against crafted files: add
   bounds checks and byte-swap validation for session records, feature
   sections, header attributes, BPF metadata, auxtrace errors,
   compressed events, CPU maps, build ID notes, and ELF program headers.
   Add minimum event size validation and file offset diagnostics

 - Fix libdw API contract violations across dwarf-aux, libdw,
   probe-finder, annotate-data, and debuginfo subsystems. Fix callchain
   parent update in ORDER_CALLER mode, support DWARF line 0 in inline
   lists, handle multiple address spaces in callchains

 - Fix numerous 'perf sched' bugs: thread reference leaks, memory leaks,
   heap overflows with cross-machine recordings, NULL dereferences,
   replace BUG_ON assertions with graceful error handling, bounds-check
   CPU indices, fix SIGCHLD vs pause() races in sched stats

 - Overhaul the build system: move BPF skeleton generation out of
   Makefile.perf into bpf_skel.mak, decouple pmu-events from the prepare
   target, make beauty generated C code standalone .o files, compile BPF
   skeletons with -mcpu=v3, fix continuous rebuilds, various cleanups

 - Add 'perf test' JUnit XML reporting with -j/--junit option, split
   monolithic test suites into sub-tests, add summary reporting,
   refactor parallel poll loop, fix test failures on musl-based systems

 - Fix 'perf c2c' memory leaks in hist entry and format list handling,
   use-after-free in error paths, bounds-check CPU and node IDs

 - Fix 'perf bpf' metadata leaks on duplicate insert and alloc failure,
   bounds-check array offsets, validate event sizes and func_info
   fields, add NULL checks

 - Fix hwmon PMU: off-by-one null termination on sysfs reads, strlcpy
   buffer overflow in parse_hwmon_filename(), fd 0 check, empty label
   reads, scnprintf usage

 - Fix symbols subsystem: bounds-check ELF and sysfs build ID note
   iteration, validate p_filesz, fix 32-bit ELF bswap error, fix signed
   overflow in size checks, bounds-check .gnu_debuglink section

 - Fix tools lib api: null termination in filename__read_int/ull(),
   uninitialized stack data in filename__write_int(), snprintf
   truncation in mount_overload()

 - Replace libbabeltrace with babeltrace2-ctf-writer for CTF conversion
   in 'perf data'

 - Add RISC-V SDT argument parsing for static tracepoints

 - Add 'perf trace --show-cpu' option to display CPU id

 - Add 'perf bench sched pipe --write-size' option

 - Add a perf-specific .clang-format that overrides some kernel style
   behaviors

 - Update Intel vendor events for Alder Lake, Arrow Lake, Clearwater
   Forest, Emerald Rapids, Granite Rapids, Grand Ridge, Lunar Lake,
   Meteor Lake, Panther Lake, Sapphire Rapids, Sierra Forest

 - Add IOMMU metrics for AMD and Intel

 - Fix AMD event: switch l2_itlb_misses to
   bp_l1_tlb_miss_l2_tlb_miss.all

 - Add AMD IBS improvements: decode Streaming-store and Remote-Socket
   flags, suppress bogus fields on Zen4+, skip privilege test on Zen6+

 - Fix 'perf lock contention' SIGCHLD vs pause() race, allow 'mmap_lock'
   in -L filter, enable end-timestamp for cgroup aggregation, fix
   non-atomic data updates

 - Fix 'perf stat' false NMI watchdog warning in aggregation modes,
   bounds-check CPU index in topology callbacks, add aggr_nr metric
   parser support for uncore scaling

 - Fix 'perf timechart' memory leaks, CPU bounds checking,
   use-after-free on corrupted callchains

 - Fix 'perf inject' itrace branch stack synthesis, fix synthesized
   sample size with branch stacks

 - Fix DSO heap overflow on decompressed paths, uninitialized pathname
   on fallback, set proper error codes

 - Fix various snprintf/scnprintf usages to prevent buffer overflows and
   truncation across the codebase

 - Fix off-by-one stack buffer overflow in kallsyms__parse()

 - Fix 'perf kwork' memory management, address sanitizer issues, bounds
   check work->cpu

 - Fix 'perf tpebs' concurrent stop races and PID reuse hazards

 - Add O_CLOEXEC to open() calls and use mkostemp() for temporary files
   to prevent file descriptor leaks to child processes

 - Fix s390 Python extension TEXTREL by compiling as PIC

 - Fix build with ASAN for jitdump

 - Fix build failure due to btf_vlen() return type change

* tag 'perf-tools-for-v7.2-1-2026-06-22' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-tools: (343 commits)
  perf bpf: Fix up build failure due to change of btf_vlen() return type
  perf dso: Set standard errno on decompression failure
  perf bpf: Validate array presence before casting BPF prog info pointers
  perf c2c: Fix hist entry and format list leaks in c2c_he_free()
  perf c2c: Free format list entries when c2c_hists__init() fails
  perf cs-etm: Bounds-check CPU in cs_etm__get_queue()
  perf cs-etm: Require full global header in auxtrace_info size check
  perf cs-etm: Validate num_cpu before metadata allocation
  perf machine: Use snprintf() for guestmount path construction
  perf machine: Propagate machine__init() error to callers
  perf trace: Guard __probe_ip suppression with evsel__is_probe()
  perf evsel: Add lazy-initialized probe type detection helpers
  perf evsel: Add no-libtraceevent stubs for evsel__field() and evsel__common_field()
  perf cs-etm: Reject CPU IDs that would overflow signed comparison
  perf c2c: Free format list entries when releasing c2c hist entries
  perf bpf: Bounds-check array offsets in bpil_offs_to_addr()
  perf bpf: Reject oversized BPF metadata events that truncate header.size
  perf bpf: Validate func_info_rec_size and sub_id in synthesize_bpf_prog_name()
  perf sched: Replace (void*)1 sentinel with proper runtime allocation
  perf hwmon: Fix fd check to accept fd 0 in hwmon_pmu__describe_items()
  ...
2026-06-23 11:34:49 -07:00
..
arch perf riscv: fix register name strings 2026-06-10 16:54:41 -03:00
bench perf bench: Add --write-size option to sched pipe 2026-06-04 10:11:04 -03:00
check-header_ignore_hunks/lib perf tools: update expected diff for lib/list_sort.c 2024-11-05 17:12:33 -08:00
dlfilters perf tools: Simplify evsel__add_modifier() 2024-10-22 09:52:11 -07:00
Documentation perf tools: Document recent additions to the perf.data file header 2026-06-15 16:54:39 -03:00
include/perf perf dso: Move build_id to dso_id 2025-07-25 10:37:56 -07:00
jvmti perf tools: Use calloc() where applicable 2026-04-08 19:21:05 -07:00
pmu-events perf pmu-events: Add API to get metric table name and iterate tables 2026-06-04 11:35:52 -03:00
python perf ilist: Be tolerant of reading a metric on the wrong CPU 2025-12-02 16:12:49 -08:00
scripts perf test cs-etm: Make disassembly test use kcore 2026-06-10 18:55:49 -03:00
tests perf machine: Propagate machine__init() error to callers 2026-06-17 09:21:03 -03:00
trace perf tools changes for v7.2: 2026-06-23 11:34:49 -07:00
ui perf annotate: Fix crashes on empty annotate windows 2026-06-04 11:13:25 -03:00
util perf bpf: Fix up build failure due to change of btf_vlen() return type 2026-06-22 15:53:34 -03:00
.clang-format perf clang-format: Add a perf clang-format that overrides some kernel behaviors 2026-05-20 15:37:50 -03:00
.gitignore perf pmu-events: Split big_c_string storage into standalone compilation unit 2026-05-20 17:46:45 -03:00
bpf_skel.mak perf build: Compile BPF skeletons with -mcpu=v3 2026-06-04 10:58:32 -03:00
Build perf trace beauty: Make beauty generated C code standalone .o files 2026-05-20 17:46:45 -03:00
builtin-annotate.c perf tools: Guard test_bit from out-of-bounds sample CPU 2026-06-04 17:34:52 -03:00
builtin-bench.c perf bench: Constify tables 2026-04-08 19:21:05 -07:00
builtin-buildid-cache.c perf symbol: Fix ENOENT case for filename__read_build_id 2025-12-17 07:30:51 -08:00
builtin-buildid-list.c perf build-id: Fix off-by-one bug when printing kernel/module build-id 2026-05-20 15:50:32 -03:00
builtin-c2c.c perf c2c: Fix hist entry and format list leaks in c2c_he_free() 2026-06-17 09:21:03 -03:00
builtin-check.c perf data ctf: replace libbabeltrace with babeltrace2-ctf-writer 2026-06-04 17:34:52 -03:00
builtin-config.c perf tools: Make more global variables static 2026-04-08 19:21:04 -07:00
builtin-daemon.c perf tools: Replace basename() calls with perf_basename() 2026-04-08 19:21:05 -07:00
builtin-data.c perf data ctf: replace libbabeltrace with babeltrace2-ctf-writer 2026-06-04 17:34:52 -03:00
builtin-diff.c perf tools: Guard test_bit from out-of-bounds sample CPU 2026-06-04 17:34:52 -03:00
builtin-evlist.c perf tool: Add the perf_tool argument to all callbacks 2025-11-07 13:25:05 -08:00
builtin-ftrace.c perf tools: Use calloc() where applicable 2026-04-08 19:21:05 -07:00
builtin-help.c perf help: Move common_cmds into builtin-help 2026-01-14 17:22:50 -03:00
builtin-inject.c perf aslr: Strip sample registers 2026-06-15 14:33:49 -03:00
builtin-kallsyms.c perf machine: Explicitly pass in host perf_env 2025-07-25 10:37:57 -07:00
builtin-kmem.c perf tools: Include file offset and event type name in skip messages 2026-06-03 16:31:03 -03:00
builtin-kvm.c perf tools: Include file offset and event type name in skip messages 2026-06-03 16:31:03 -03:00
builtin-kwork.c perf symbol: Add setters for bitfields sharing a byte to avoid concurrent update issues 2026-06-03 16:53:45 -03:00
builtin-list.c Merge remote-tracking branch 'torvalds/master' into perf-tools-next 2026-01-26 17:03:53 -03:00
builtin-lock.c perf tools: Include file offset and event type name in skip messages 2026-06-03 16:31:03 -03:00
builtin-mem.c perf tool: Remove evsel from tool APIs that pass the sample 2026-05-20 16:34:23 -03:00
builtin-probe.c perf tools: Add layout support for --symfs option 2026-03-10 23:13:30 -07:00
builtin-record.c perf tools: NULL bitmap pointers after bitmap_free() 2026-06-10 13:13:32 -03:00
builtin-report.c perf tools: Guard test_bit from out-of-bounds sample CPU 2026-06-04 17:34:52 -03:00
builtin-sched.c perf sched: Replace (void*)1 sentinel with proper runtime allocation 2026-06-17 08:28:50 -03:00
builtin-script.c perf tools: Guard remaining test_bit calls from OOB sample CPU 2026-06-04 19:17:36 -03:00
builtin-stat.c perf stat: Introduce perf_env__get_cpu_topology() to guard NULL env->cpu 2026-06-06 13:44:46 -03:00
builtin-timechart.c perf timechart: Fix cat_backtrace() use-after-free on corrupted callchain 2026-06-03 16:31:04 -03:00
builtin-top.c perf symbol: Add setters for bitfields sharing a byte to avoid concurrent update issues 2026-06-03 16:53:45 -03:00
builtin-trace.c perf bpf: Fix up build failure due to change of btf_vlen() return type 2026-06-22 15:53:34 -03:00
builtin-version.c perf check: Share the feature status printing routine with 'perf version' 2025-04-10 10:44:04 -03:00
builtin.h perf check: Allow showing a tip for opt-in features not built into perf 2025-04-10 10:44:42 -03:00
check-headers.sh perf beauty: Move copy of fadvise.h from tools/include/ to tools/perf/trace/beauty/include/ 2026-03-31 20:23:06 -07:00
CREDITS
design.txt
Makefile perf build: Add make check-headers target 2026-05-14 14:48:32 -07:00
Makefile.config perf s390: Fix TEXTREL in Python extension by compiling as PIC 2026-06-10 17:03:53 -03:00
Makefile.perf perf test cs-etm: Remove unused Coresight workloads 2026-06-10 18:55:49 -03:00
MANIFEST perf tools: Fix arm64 source package build 2025-05-13 17:26:35 -03:00
perf-archive.sh tools/perf: Add --exclude-buildids option to perf archive command 2025-06-26 15:40:19 -07:00
perf-completion.sh
perf-iostat.sh
perf-read-vdso.c
perf-sys.h
perf.c perf tool: Constify the command and option arrays 2026-03-13 14:26:27 -07:00
perf.h perf: Completely remove possibility to override MAX_NR_CPUS 2025-09-12 10:52:22 -03:00