I profiled kernel allmodconfig build (don't ask) and perf tui reliably segfaults when trying to enter annotation mode for any of the individual functions. It segfaults immediately before even showing menu with choices.
perf: Segmentation fault -------- backtrace -------- perf[0x5451fb] /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x33290)[0x7fcec0a80290] perf(__map__is_kernel+0x26)[0x4bbcd6] perf[0x54287c] perf(perf_evlist__tui_browse_hists+0x94)[0x543e84] perf(cmd_report+0x1a34)[0x434884] perf[0x478471] perf(main+0x6c6)[0x4237e6] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf0)[0x7fcec0a6d630] perf(_start+0x29)[0x4238e9] Steps to reproduce: rm -rf ../xxx mkdir ../xxx make O=../xxx ARCH=x86_64 allmodconfig perf record -e cycles make O=../xxx -k -j5 perf report perf.data is 1.23 GB long , so be prepared.