[PATCH 3/9] perf thread-stack: Bound wrapped branch stack copy
Amir Ayupov
aaupov at fb.com
Mon Aug 3 02:06:34 PDT 2026
When the internal branch ring has wrapped, thread_stack__br_sample()
computes the number of entries that still fit in the destination:
nr = min(ts->br_stack_pos, sz);
but then copies ts->br_stack_pos entries regardless, overrunning the
destination whenever sz is smaller than ts->br_stack_pos.
No caller can trigger this today: both intel-pt and cs-etm size the
thread stack ring and the output buffer from the same
synth_opts.last_branch_sz, so sz is never less than ts->br_stack_sz and
the two values always agree. It becomes reachable as soon as a caller
keeps a larger reconstruction ring than the requested output depth,
which is what --itrace=L does for late branch sampling.
Copy nr entries instead, so the destination bound is honoured whatever
the caller asks for.
Signed-off-by: Amir Ayupov <aaupov at fb.com>
---
tools/perf/util/thread-stack.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread-stack.c b/tools/perf/util/thread-stack.c
index 1a3dffa83bde2..51eaedb47bb1d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread-stack.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread-stack.c
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ void thread_stack__br_sample(struct thread *thread, int cpu,
sz -= nr;
be = &dst->entries[nr];
nr = min(ts->br_stack_pos, sz);
- memcpy(be, &src->entries[0], bsz * ts->br_stack_pos);
+ memcpy(be, &src->entries[0], bsz * nr);
}
}
--
2.52.0
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