[PATCH v7 2/4] perf sched: Handle missing trace samples in pipe mode

Aaron Tomlin <[email protected]> Sun, 2 Aug 2026 17:09:12 -0400
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-perf-users,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
For pipe mode streams, event attributes are received dynamically during
event processing, meaning session->evlist is not populated prior to
perf_session__process_events(). To handle pipe input correctly:
  - Register the missing .attr, .tracing_data, .build_id, and .feature
    callbacks in cmd_sched()

  - Promote the handlers array to file-scope (latency_handlers[]) and
    dynamically assign matching tracepoint handlers (or a dummy ignore
    handler) inside perf_sched__process_tracepoint_sample() when
    evsel->handler is NULL

  - Perform the trace check post-processing when handling pipe data

Fixes: 27295592c22e ("perf session: Share the common trace sample_check routine as perf_session__has_traces")
Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <[email protected]>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-sched.c | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index 94a323da0799..232e72537df3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -1938,6 +1938,22 @@ typedef int (*tracepoint_handler)(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 				  struct perf_sample *sample,
 				  struct machine *machine);
 
+static struct evsel_str_handler latency_handlers[] = {
+	{ "sched:sched_switch",       process_sched_switch_event, },
+	{ "sched:sched_stat_runtime", process_sched_runtime_event, },
+	{ "sched:sched_wakeup",       process_sched_wakeup_event, },
+	{ "sched:sched_waking",       process_sched_wakeup_event, },
+	{ "sched:sched_wakeup_new",   process_sched_wakeup_event, },
+	{ "sched:sched_migrate_task", process_sched_migrate_task_event, },
+};
+
+static int process_sched_ignore(const struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
+				struct perf_sample *sample __maybe_unused,
+				struct machine *machine __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int perf_sched__process_tracepoint_sample(const struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
 						 union perf_event *event __maybe_unused,
 						 struct perf_sample *sample,
@@ -1946,7 +1962,22 @@ static int perf_sched__process_tracepoint_sample(const struct perf_tool *tool __
 	struct evsel *evsel = sample->evsel;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	if (evsel->handler != NULL) {
+	if (evsel->handler == NULL) {
+		evsel->handler = process_sched_ignore;
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(latency_handlers); i++) {
+			if (evsel__name_is(evsel, latency_handlers[i].name)) {
+				if (!strcmp(latency_handlers[i].name, "sched:sched_wakeup") &&
+				    sample->evsel->evlist &&
+				    evlist__find_tracepoint_by_name(sample->evsel->evlist, "sched:sched_waking"))
+					evsel->handler = process_sched_wakeup_ignore;
+				else
+					evsel->handler = latency_handlers[i].handler;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (evsel->handler != process_sched_ignore) {
 		tracepoint_handler f = evsel->handler;
 		err = f(tool, sample, machine);
 	}
@@ -1987,14 +2018,6 @@ static int perf_sched__process_comm(const struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
 
 static int perf_sched__read_events(struct perf_sched *sched)
 {
-	struct evsel_str_handler handlers[] = {
-		{ "sched:sched_switch",	      process_sched_switch_event, },
-		{ "sched:sched_stat_runtime", process_sched_runtime_event, },
-		{ "sched:sched_wakeup",	      process_sched_wakeup_event, },
-		{ "sched:sched_waking",	      process_sched_wakeup_event, },
-		{ "sched:sched_wakeup_new",   process_sched_wakeup_event, },
-		{ "sched:sched_migrate_task", process_sched_migrate_task_event, },
-	};
 	struct perf_session *session;
 	struct perf_data data = {
 		.path  = input_name,
@@ -2011,14 +2034,17 @@ static int perf_sched__read_events(struct perf_sched *sched)
 
 	symbol__init(perf_session__env(session));
 
-	/* prefer sched_waking if it is captured */
-	if (evlist__find_tracepoint_by_name(session->evlist, "sched:sched_waking"))
-		handlers[2].handler = process_sched_wakeup_ignore;
+	if (!perf_data__is_pipe(session->data)) {
+		/* prefer sched_waking if it is captured */
+		if (evlist__find_tracepoint_by_name(session->evlist, "sched:sched_waking"))
+			latency_handlers[2].handler = process_sched_wakeup_ignore;
 
-	if (perf_session__set_tracepoints_handlers(session, handlers))
-		goto out_delete;
+		if (perf_session__set_tracepoints_handlers(session, latency_handlers))
+			goto out_delete;
+	}
 
-	if (!perf_session__has_traces(session, "record -R"))
+	if (!perf_data__is_pipe(session->data) &&
+	    !perf_session__has_traces(session, "record -R"))
 		goto out_delete;
 
 	err = perf_session__process_events(session);
@@ -2027,6 +2053,11 @@ static int perf_sched__read_events(struct perf_sched *sched)
 		goto out_delete;
 	}
 
+	if (perf_data__is_pipe(session->data) &&
+	    !perf_session__has_traces(session, "record -R")) {
+		goto out_delete;
+	}
+
 	sched->nr_events      = session->evlist->stats.nr_events[0];
 	sched->nr_lost_events = session->evlist->stats.total_lost;
 	sched->nr_lost_chunks = session->evlist->stats.nr_events[PERF_RECORD_LOST];
@@ -5168,6 +5199,10 @@ int cmd_sched(int argc, const char **argv)
 	sched.tool.namespaces	 = perf_event__process_namespaces;
 	sched.tool.lost		 = perf_event__process_lost;
 	sched.tool.fork		 = perf_sched__process_fork_event;
+	sched.tool.attr		 = perf_event__process_attr;
+	sched.tool.tracing_data	 = perf_event__process_tracing_data;
+	sched.tool.build_id	 = perf_event__process_build_id;
+	sched.tool.feature       = perf_event__process_feature;
 
 	argc = parse_options_subcommand(argc, argv, sched_options, sched_subcommands,
 					sched_usage, PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
-- 
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