It is possble that a callchain has cycles or recursive calls.  In that
case it'll end up having entries more than 100% overhead in the
output.  In order to prevent such entries, cache each callchain node
and skip if same entry already cumulated.

Cc: Arun Sharma <asha...@fb.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweis...@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhy...@kernel.org>
---
 tools/perf/util/hist.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index beb9f96e4e4f..1b477f8d2d17 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -708,7 +708,22 @@ static int
 iter_prepare_cumulative_entry(struct hist_entry_iter *iter __maybe_unused,
                              struct addr_location *al __maybe_unused)
 {
+       struct hist_entry **he_cache;
+
        callchain_cursor_commit(&callchain_cursor);
+
+       /*
+        * This is for detecting cycles or recursions so that they're
+        * cumulated only one time to prevent entries more than 100%
+        * overhead.
+        */
+       he_cache = malloc(sizeof(*he_cache) * (PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH + 1));
+       if (he_cache == NULL)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
+       iter->priv = he_cache;
+       iter->curr = 0;
+
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -718,6 +733,7 @@ iter_add_single_cumulative_entry(struct hist_entry_iter 
*iter,
 {
        struct perf_evsel *evsel = iter->evsel;
        struct perf_sample *sample = iter->sample;
+       struct hist_entry **he_cache = iter->priv;
        struct hist_entry *he;
 
        he = __hists__add_entry(&evsel->hists, al, iter->parent, NULL, NULL,
@@ -726,6 +742,8 @@ iter_add_single_cumulative_entry(struct hist_entry_iter 
*iter,
        if (he == NULL)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
+       he_cache[iter->curr++] = he;
+
        return hist_entry__inc_addr_samples(he, evsel->idx, al->addr);
 }
 
@@ -750,7 +768,29 @@ iter_add_next_cumulative_entry(struct hist_entry_iter 
*iter,
 {
        struct perf_evsel *evsel = iter->evsel;
        struct perf_sample *sample = iter->sample;
+       struct hist_entry **he_cache = iter->priv;
        struct hist_entry *he;
+       struct hist_entry he_tmp = {
+               .cpu = al->cpu,
+               .thread = al->thread,
+               .comm = thread__comm(al->thread),
+               .ip = al->addr,
+               .ms = {
+                       .map = al->map,
+                       .sym = al->sym,
+               },
+               .parent = iter->parent,
+       };
+       int i;
+
+       /*
+        * Check if there's duplicate entries in the callchain.
+        * It's possible that it has cycles or recursive calls.
+        */
+       for (i = 0; i < iter->curr; i++) {
+               if (hist_entry__cmp(he_cache[i], &he_tmp) == 0)
+                       return 0;
+       }
 
        he = __hists__add_entry(&evsel->hists, al, iter->parent, NULL, NULL,
                                sample->period, sample->weight,
@@ -758,6 +798,8 @@ iter_add_next_cumulative_entry(struct hist_entry_iter *iter,
        if (he == NULL)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
+       he_cache[iter->curr++] = he;
+
        return hist_entry__inc_addr_samples(he, evsel->idx, al->addr);
 }
 
@@ -771,6 +813,7 @@ iter_finish_cumulative_entry(struct hist_entry_iter *iter,
        evsel->hists.stats.total_period += sample->period;
        hists__inc_nr_events(&evsel->hists, PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE);
 
+       zfree(&iter->priv);
        return 0;
 }
 
-- 
1.7.11.7

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