[PATCH v4 01/12] perf script: Make printing flags reliable

Leo Yan leo.yan at arm.com
Tue Mar 4 03:12:29 PST 2025


Add a check for the generated string of flags.  Print out the raw number
if the string generation fails.

Use the SAMPLE_FLAGS_STR_ALIGNED_SIZE macro to replace the value '21'.

Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers at google.com>
Reviewed-by: James Clark <james.clark at linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan at arm.com>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-script.c   | 9 +++++++--
 tools/perf/util/trace-event.h | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index d797cec4f054..8ca04293d335 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -1709,9 +1709,14 @@ static int perf_sample__fprintf_bts(struct perf_sample *sample,
 static int perf_sample__fprintf_flags(u32 flags, FILE *fp)
 {
 	char str[SAMPLE_FLAGS_BUF_SIZE];
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = perf_sample__sprintf_flags(flags, str, sizeof(str));
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return fprintf(fp, "  raw flags:0x%-*x ",
+			       SAMPLE_FLAGS_STR_ALIGNED_SIZE - 12, flags);
 
-	perf_sample__sprintf_flags(flags, str, sizeof(str));
-	return fprintf(fp, "  %-21s ", str);
+	return fprintf(fp, "  %-*s ", SAMPLE_FLAGS_STR_ALIGNED_SIZE, str);
 }
 
 struct printer_data {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
index ac9fde2f980c..71e680bc3d4b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ int common_flags(struct scripting_context *context);
 int common_lock_depth(struct scripting_context *context);
 
 #define SAMPLE_FLAGS_BUF_SIZE 64
+#define SAMPLE_FLAGS_STR_ALIGNED_SIZE	21
+
 int perf_sample__sprintf_flags(u32 flags, char *str, size_t sz);
 
 #if defined(LIBTRACEEVENT_VERSION) &&  LIBTRACEEVENT_VERSION >= MAKE_LIBTRACEEVENT_VERSION(1, 5, 0)
-- 
2.34.1




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