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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
index cb2520abf261..5ab631702769 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
@@ -41,8 +41,11 @@
#define INTEL_PT_RETURN 1
-/* Maximum number of loops with no packets consumed i.e. stuck in a loop */
-#define INTEL_PT_MAX_LOOPS 10000
+/*
+ * Default maximum number of loops with no packets consumed i.e. stuck in a
+ * loop.
+ */
+#define INTEL_PT_MAX_LOOPS 100000
struct intel_pt_blk {
struct intel_pt_blk *prev;
@@ -220,6 +223,7 @@ struct intel_pt_decoder {
uint64_t timestamp_insn_cnt;
uint64_t sample_insn_cnt;
uint64_t stuck_ip;
+ int max_loops;
int no_progress;
int stuck_ip_prd;
int stuck_ip_cnt;
@@ -315,6 +319,7 @@ struct intel_pt_decoder *intel_pt_decoder_new(struct intel_pt_params *params)
decoder->vm_tm_corr_dry_run = params->vm_tm_corr_dry_run;
decoder->first_timestamp = params->first_timestamp;
decoder->last_reliable_timestamp = params->first_timestamp;
+ decoder->max_loops = params->max_loops ? params->max_loops : INTEL_PT_MAX_LOOPS;
decoder->flags = params->flags;
@@ -483,7 +488,7 @@ static const char *intel_pt_err_msgs[] = {
[INTEL_PT_ERR_OVR] = "Overflow packet",
[INTEL_PT_ERR_LOST] = "Lost trace data",
[INTEL_PT_ERR_UNK] = "Unknown error!",
- [INTEL_PT_ERR_NELOOP] = "Never-ending loop",
+ [INTEL_PT_ERR_NELOOP] = "Never-ending loop (refer perf config intel-pt.max-loops)",
};
int intel_pt__strerror(int code, char *buf, size_t buflen)
@@ -1168,7 +1173,7 @@ static int intel_pt_walk_insn(struct intel_pt_decoder *decoder,
decoder->stuck_ip = decoder->state.to_ip;
decoder->stuck_ip_prd = 1;
decoder->stuck_ip_cnt = 1;
- } else if (cnt > INTEL_PT_MAX_LOOPS ||
+ } else if (cnt > decoder->max_loops ||
decoder->state.to_ip == decoder->stuck_ip) {
intel_pt_log_at("ERROR: Never-ending loop",
decoder->state.to_ip);