perf sched replay: Fix the segmentation fault problem caused by pr_err in threads
The pr_err in self_open_counters() prints error message to stderr. Unlike stdout, stderr uses memory buffer on the stack of each calling process. The pr_err in self_open_counters() works in a thread called thread_func created in function create_tasks, which concurrently creates sched->nr_tasks threads. If the error happens and pr_err prints the error message in each of these threads, the stack size of the perf process (default is 8192 kbytes) will quickly run out and the segmentation fault will happen then. To solve this problem, pr_err with self_open_counters() should be moved from newly created threads to the old main thread of the perf process. Then the pr_err can work in a stable situation without the strange segmentation fault problem. Example: Test environment: x86_64 with 160 cores Before this patch: $ perf sched replay ... task 1549 ( :163132: 163132), nr_events: 1 task 1550 ( :163540: 163540), nr_events: 1 task 1551 ( <unknown>: 0), nr_events: 10 Segmentation fault After this patch: $ perf sched replay ... task 1549 ( :163132: 163132), nr_events: 1 task 1550 ( :163540: 163540), nr_events: 1 task 1551 ( <unknown>: 0), nr_events: 10 ... As shown above, the result continues without any segmentation fault. Signed-off-by: Yunlong Song <yunlong.song@huawei.com> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1427809596-29559-6-git-send-email-yunlong.song@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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