1 //===-- LibiptDecoder.cpp --======-----------------------------------------===//
2 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
3 // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
4 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
5 //
6 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
7 
8 #include "LibiptDecoder.h"
9 #include "TraceIntelPT.h"
10 #include "lldb/Target/Process.h"
11 #include <optional>
12 
13 using namespace lldb;
14 using namespace lldb_private;
15 using namespace lldb_private::trace_intel_pt;
16 using namespace llvm;
17 
18 bool IsLibiptError(int status) { return status < 0; }
19 
20 bool IsEndOfStream(int status) {
21   assert(status >= 0 && "We can't check if we reached the end of the stream if "
22                         "we got a failed status");
23   return status & pts_eos;
24 }
25 
26 bool HasEvents(int status) {
27   assert(status >= 0 && "We can't check for events if we got a failed status");
28   return status & pts_event_pending;
29 }
30 
31 // RAII deleter for libipt's decoders
32 auto InsnDecoderDeleter = [](pt_insn_decoder *decoder) {
33   pt_insn_free_decoder(decoder);
34 };
35 
36 auto QueryDecoderDeleter = [](pt_query_decoder *decoder) {
37   pt_qry_free_decoder(decoder);
38 };
39 
40 using PtInsnDecoderUP =
41     std::unique_ptr<pt_insn_decoder, decltype(InsnDecoderDeleter)>;
42 
43 using PtQueryDecoderUP =
44     std::unique_ptr<pt_query_decoder, decltype(QueryDecoderDeleter)>;
45 
46 /// Create a basic configuration object limited to a given buffer that can be
47 /// used for many different decoders.
48 static Expected<pt_config> CreateBasicLibiptConfig(TraceIntelPT &trace_intel_pt,
49                                                    ArrayRef<uint8_t> buffer) {
50   Expected<pt_cpu> cpu_info = trace_intel_pt.GetCPUInfo();
51   if (!cpu_info)
52     return cpu_info.takeError();
53 
54   pt_config config;
55   pt_config_init(&config);
56   config.cpu = *cpu_info;
57 
58   int status = pt_cpu_errata(&config.errata, &config.cpu);
59   if (IsLibiptError(status))
60     return make_error<IntelPTError>(status);
61 
62   // The libipt library does not modify the trace buffer, hence the
63   // following casts are safe.
64   config.begin = const_cast<uint8_t *>(buffer.data());
65   config.end = const_cast<uint8_t *>(buffer.data() + buffer.size());
66   return config;
67 }
68 
69 /// Callback used by libipt for reading the process memory.
70 ///
71 /// More information can be found in
72 /// https://github.com/intel/libipt/blob/master/doc/man/pt_image_set_callback.3.md
73 static int ReadProcessMemory(uint8_t *buffer, size_t size,
74                              const pt_asid * /* unused */, uint64_t pc,
75                              void *context) {
76   Process *process = static_cast<Process *>(context);
77 
78   Status error;
79   int bytes_read = process->ReadMemory(pc, buffer, size, error);
80   if (error.Fail())
81     return -pte_nomap;
82   return bytes_read;
83 }
84 
85 /// Set up the memory image callback for the given decoder.
86 static Error SetupMemoryImage(pt_insn_decoder *decoder, Process &process) {
87   pt_image *image = pt_insn_get_image(decoder);
88 
89   int status = pt_image_set_callback(image, ReadProcessMemory, &process);
90   if (IsLibiptError(status))
91     return make_error<IntelPTError>(status);
92   return Error::success();
93 }
94 
95 /// Create an instruction decoder for the given buffer and the given process.
96 static Expected<PtInsnDecoderUP>
97 CreateInstructionDecoder(TraceIntelPT &trace_intel_pt, ArrayRef<uint8_t> buffer,
98                          Process &process) {
99   Expected<pt_config> config = CreateBasicLibiptConfig(trace_intel_pt, buffer);
100   if (!config)
101     return config.takeError();
102 
103   pt_insn_decoder *decoder_ptr = pt_insn_alloc_decoder(&*config);
104   if (!decoder_ptr)
105     return make_error<IntelPTError>(-pte_nomem);
106 
107   PtInsnDecoderUP decoder_up(decoder_ptr, InsnDecoderDeleter);
108 
109   if (Error err = SetupMemoryImage(decoder_ptr, process))
110     return std::move(err);
111 
112   return decoder_up;
113 }
114 
115 /// Create a query decoder for the given buffer. The query decoder is the
116 /// highest level decoder that operates directly on packets and doesn't perform
117 /// actual instruction decoding. That's why it can be useful for inspecting a
118 /// raw trace without pinning it to a particular process.
119 static Expected<PtQueryDecoderUP>
120 CreateQueryDecoder(TraceIntelPT &trace_intel_pt, ArrayRef<uint8_t> buffer) {
121   Expected<pt_config> config = CreateBasicLibiptConfig(trace_intel_pt, buffer);
122   if (!config)
123     return config.takeError();
124 
125   pt_query_decoder *decoder_ptr = pt_qry_alloc_decoder(&*config);
126   if (!decoder_ptr)
127     return make_error<IntelPTError>(-pte_nomem);
128 
129   return PtQueryDecoderUP(decoder_ptr, QueryDecoderDeleter);
130 }
131 
132 /// Class used to identify anomalies in traces, which should often indicate a
133 /// fatal error in the trace.
134 class PSBBlockAnomalyDetector {
135 public:
136   PSBBlockAnomalyDetector(pt_insn_decoder &decoder,
137                           TraceIntelPT &trace_intel_pt,
138                           DecodedThread &decoded_thread)
139       : m_decoder(decoder), m_decoded_thread(decoded_thread) {
140     m_infinite_decoding_loop_threshold =
141         trace_intel_pt.GetGlobalProperties()
142             .GetInfiniteDecodingLoopVerificationThreshold();
143     m_extremely_large_decoding_threshold =
144         trace_intel_pt.GetGlobalProperties()
145             .GetExtremelyLargeDecodingThreshold();
146     m_next_infinite_decoding_loop_threshold =
147         m_infinite_decoding_loop_threshold;
148   }
149 
150   /// \return
151   ///   An \a llvm::Error if an anomaly that includes the last instruction item
152   ///   in the trace, or \a llvm::Error::success otherwise.
153   Error DetectAnomaly() {
154     RefreshPacketOffset();
155     uint64_t insn_added_since_last_packet_offset =
156         m_decoded_thread.GetTotalInstructionCount() -
157         m_insn_count_at_last_packet_offset;
158 
159     // We want to check if we might have fallen in an infinite loop. As this
160     // check is not a no-op, we want to do it when we have a strong suggestion
161     // that things went wrong. First, we check how many instructions we have
162     // decoded since we processed an Intel PT packet for the last time. This
163     // number should be low, because at some point we should see branches, jumps
164     // or interrupts that require a new packet to be processed. Once we reach
165     // certain threshold we start analyzing the trace.
166     //
167     // We use the number of decoded instructions since the last Intel PT packet
168     // as a proxy because, in fact, we don't expect a single packet to give,
169     // say, 100k instructions. That would mean that there are 100k sequential
170     // instructions without any single branch, which is highly unlikely, or that
171     // we found an infinite loop using direct jumps, e.g.
172     //
173     //   0x0A: nop or pause
174     //   0x0C: jump to 0x0A
175     //
176     // which is indeed code that is found in the kernel. I presume we reach
177     // this kind of code in the decoder because we don't handle self-modified
178     // code in post-mortem kernel traces.
179     //
180     // We are right now only signaling the anomaly as a trace error, but it
181     // would be more conservative to also discard all the trace items found in
182     // this PSB. I prefer not to do that for the time being to give more
183     // exposure to this kind of anomalies and help debugging. Discarding the
184     // trace items would just make investigation harded.
185     //
186     // Finally, if the user wants to see if a specific thread has an anomaly,
187     // it's enough to run the `thread trace dump info` command and look for the
188     // count of this kind of errors.
189 
190     if (insn_added_since_last_packet_offset >=
191         m_extremely_large_decoding_threshold) {
192       // In this case, we have decoded a massive amount of sequential
193       // instructions that don't loop. Honestly I wonder if this will ever
194       // happen, but better safe than sorry.
195       return createStringError(
196           inconvertibleErrorCode(),
197           "anomalous trace: possible infinite trace detected");
198     }
199     if (insn_added_since_last_packet_offset ==
200         m_next_infinite_decoding_loop_threshold) {
201       if (std::optional<uint64_t> loop_size = TryIdentifyInfiniteLoop()) {
202         return createStringError(
203             inconvertibleErrorCode(),
204             "anomalous trace: possible infinite loop detected of size %" PRIu64,
205             *loop_size);
206       }
207       m_next_infinite_decoding_loop_threshold *= 2;
208     }
209     return Error::success();
210   }
211 
212 private:
213   std::optional<uint64_t> TryIdentifyInfiniteLoop() {
214     // The infinite decoding loops we'll encounter are due to sequential
215     // instructions that repeat themselves due to direct jumps, therefore in a
216     // cycle each individual address will only appear once. We use this
217     // information to detect cycles by finding the last 2 ocurrences of the last
218     // instruction added to the trace. Then we traverse the trace making sure
219     // that these two instructions where the ends of a repeating loop.
220 
221     // This is a utility that returns the most recent instruction index given a
222     // position in the trace. If the given position is an instruction, that
223     // position is returned. It skips non-instruction items.
224     auto most_recent_insn_index =
225         [&](uint64_t item_index) -> std::optional<uint64_t> {
226       while (true) {
227         if (m_decoded_thread.GetItemKindByIndex(item_index) ==
228             lldb::eTraceItemKindInstruction) {
229           return item_index;
230         }
231         if (item_index == 0)
232           return std::nullopt;
233         item_index--;
234       }
235       return std::nullopt;
236     };
237     // Similar to most_recent_insn_index but skips the starting position.
238     auto prev_insn_index = [&](uint64_t item_index) -> std::optional<uint64_t> {
239       if (item_index == 0)
240         return std::nullopt;
241       return most_recent_insn_index(item_index - 1);
242     };
243 
244     // We first find the most recent instruction.
245     std::optional<uint64_t> last_insn_index_opt =
246         *prev_insn_index(m_decoded_thread.GetItemsCount());
247     if (!last_insn_index_opt)
248       return std::nullopt;
249     uint64_t last_insn_index = *last_insn_index_opt;
250 
251     // We then find the most recent previous occurrence of that last
252     // instruction.
253     std::optional<uint64_t> last_insn_copy_index =
254         prev_insn_index(last_insn_index);
255     uint64_t loop_size = 1;
256     while (last_insn_copy_index &&
257            m_decoded_thread.GetInstructionLoadAddress(*last_insn_copy_index) !=
258                m_decoded_thread.GetInstructionLoadAddress(last_insn_index)) {
259       last_insn_copy_index = prev_insn_index(*last_insn_copy_index);
260       loop_size++;
261     }
262     if (!last_insn_copy_index)
263       return std::nullopt;
264 
265     // Now we check if the segment between these last positions of the last
266     // instruction address is in fact a repeating loop.
267     uint64_t loop_elements_visited = 1;
268     uint64_t insn_index_a = last_insn_index,
269              insn_index_b = *last_insn_copy_index;
270     while (loop_elements_visited < loop_size) {
271       if (std::optional<uint64_t> prev = prev_insn_index(insn_index_a))
272         insn_index_a = *prev;
273       else
274         return std::nullopt;
275       if (std::optional<uint64_t> prev = prev_insn_index(insn_index_b))
276         insn_index_b = *prev;
277       else
278         return std::nullopt;
279       if (m_decoded_thread.GetInstructionLoadAddress(insn_index_a) !=
280           m_decoded_thread.GetInstructionLoadAddress(insn_index_b))
281         return std::nullopt;
282       loop_elements_visited++;
283     }
284     return loop_size;
285   }
286 
287   // Refresh the internal counters if a new packet offset has been visited
288   void RefreshPacketOffset() {
289     lldb::addr_t new_packet_offset;
290     if (!IsLibiptError(pt_insn_get_offset(&m_decoder, &new_packet_offset)) &&
291         new_packet_offset != m_last_packet_offset) {
292       m_last_packet_offset = new_packet_offset;
293       m_next_infinite_decoding_loop_threshold =
294           m_infinite_decoding_loop_threshold;
295       m_insn_count_at_last_packet_offset =
296           m_decoded_thread.GetTotalInstructionCount();
297     }
298   }
299 
300   pt_insn_decoder &m_decoder;
301   DecodedThread &m_decoded_thread;
302   lldb::addr_t m_last_packet_offset = LLDB_INVALID_ADDRESS;
303   uint64_t m_insn_count_at_last_packet_offset = 0;
304   uint64_t m_infinite_decoding_loop_threshold;
305   uint64_t m_next_infinite_decoding_loop_threshold;
306   uint64_t m_extremely_large_decoding_threshold;
307 };
308 
309 /// Class that decodes a raw buffer for a single PSB block using the low level
310 /// libipt library. It assumes that kernel and user mode instructions are not
311 /// mixed in the same PSB block.
312 ///
313 /// Throughout this code, the status of the decoder will be used to identify
314 /// events needed to be processed or errors in the decoder. The values can be
315 /// - negative: actual errors
316 /// - positive or zero: not an error, but a list of bits signaling the status
317 /// of the decoder, e.g. whether there are events that need to be decoded or
318 /// not.
319 class PSBBlockDecoder {
320 public:
321   /// \param[in] decoder
322   ///     A decoder configured to start and end within the boundaries of the
323   ///     given \p psb_block.
324   ///
325   /// \param[in] psb_block
326   ///     The PSB block to decode.
327   ///
328   /// \param[in] next_block_ip
329   ///     The starting ip at the next PSB block of the same thread if available.
330   ///
331   /// \param[in] decoded_thread
332   ///     A \a DecodedThread object where the decoded instructions will be
333   ///     appended to. It might have already some instructions.
334   ///
335   /// \param[in] tsc_upper_bound
336   ///   Maximum allowed value of TSCs decoded from this PSB block.
337   ///   Any of this PSB's data occurring after this TSC will be excluded.
338   PSBBlockDecoder(PtInsnDecoderUP &&decoder_up, const PSBBlock &psb_block,
339                   std::optional<lldb::addr_t> next_block_ip,
340                   DecodedThread &decoded_thread, TraceIntelPT &trace_intel_pt,
341                   std::optional<DecodedThread::TSC> tsc_upper_bound)
342       : m_decoder_up(std::move(decoder_up)), m_psb_block(psb_block),
343         m_next_block_ip(next_block_ip), m_decoded_thread(decoded_thread),
344         m_anomaly_detector(*m_decoder_up, trace_intel_pt, decoded_thread),
345         m_tsc_upper_bound(tsc_upper_bound) {}
346 
347   /// \param[in] trace_intel_pt
348   ///     The main Trace object that own the PSB block.
349   ///
350   /// \param[in] decoder
351   ///     A decoder configured to start and end within the boundaries of the
352   ///     given \p psb_block.
353   ///
354   /// \param[in] psb_block
355   ///     The PSB block to decode.
356   ///
357   /// \param[in] buffer
358   ///     The raw intel pt trace for this block.
359   ///
360   /// \param[in] process
361   ///     The process to decode. It provides the memory image to use for
362   ///     decoding.
363   ///
364   /// \param[in] next_block_ip
365   ///     The starting ip at the next PSB block of the same thread if available.
366   ///
367   /// \param[in] decoded_thread
368   ///     A \a DecodedThread object where the decoded instructions will be
369   ///     appended to. It might have already some instructions.
370   static Expected<PSBBlockDecoder>
371   Create(TraceIntelPT &trace_intel_pt, const PSBBlock &psb_block,
372          ArrayRef<uint8_t> buffer, Process &process,
373          std::optional<lldb::addr_t> next_block_ip,
374          DecodedThread &decoded_thread,
375          std::optional<DecodedThread::TSC> tsc_upper_bound) {
376     Expected<PtInsnDecoderUP> decoder_up =
377         CreateInstructionDecoder(trace_intel_pt, buffer, process);
378     if (!decoder_up)
379       return decoder_up.takeError();
380 
381     return PSBBlockDecoder(std::move(*decoder_up), psb_block, next_block_ip,
382                            decoded_thread, trace_intel_pt, tsc_upper_bound);
383   }
384 
385   void DecodePSBBlock() {
386     int status = pt_insn_sync_forward(m_decoder_up.get());
387     assert(status >= 0 &&
388            "Synchronization shouldn't fail because this PSB was previously "
389            "decoded correctly.");
390 
391     // We emit a TSC before a sync event to more easily associate a timestamp to
392     // the sync event. If present, the current block's TSC would be the first
393     // TSC we'll see when processing events.
394     if (m_psb_block.tsc)
395       m_decoded_thread.NotifyTsc(*m_psb_block.tsc);
396 
397     m_decoded_thread.NotifySyncPoint(m_psb_block.psb_offset);
398 
399     DecodeInstructionsAndEvents(status);
400   }
401 
402 private:
403   /// Append an instruction and return \b false if and only if a serious anomaly
404   /// has been detected.
405   bool AppendInstructionAndDetectAnomalies(const pt_insn &insn) {
406     m_decoded_thread.AppendInstruction(insn);
407 
408     if (Error err = m_anomaly_detector.DetectAnomaly()) {
409       m_decoded_thread.AppendCustomError(toString(std::move(err)),
410                                          /*fatal=*/true);
411       return false;
412     }
413     return true;
414   }
415   /// Decode all the instructions and events of the given PSB block. The
416   /// decoding loop might stop abruptly if an infinite decoding loop is
417   /// detected.
418   void DecodeInstructionsAndEvents(int status) {
419     pt_insn insn;
420 
421     while (true) {
422       status = ProcessPTEvents(status);
423 
424       if (IsLibiptError(status))
425         return;
426       else if (IsEndOfStream(status))
427         break;
428 
429       // The status returned by pt_insn_next will need to be processed
430       // by ProcessPTEvents in the next loop if it is not an error.
431       std::memset(&insn, 0, sizeof insn);
432       status = pt_insn_next(m_decoder_up.get(), &insn, sizeof(insn));
433 
434       if (IsLibiptError(status)) {
435         m_decoded_thread.AppendError(IntelPTError(status, insn.ip));
436         return;
437       } else if (IsEndOfStream(status)) {
438         break;
439       }
440 
441       if (!AppendInstructionAndDetectAnomalies(insn))
442         return;
443     }
444 
445     // We need to keep querying non-branching instructions until we hit the
446     // starting point of the next PSB. We won't see events at this point. This
447     // is based on
448     // https://github.com/intel/libipt/blob/master/doc/howto_libipt.md#parallel-decode
449     if (m_next_block_ip && insn.ip != 0) {
450       while (insn.ip != *m_next_block_ip) {
451         if (!AppendInstructionAndDetectAnomalies(insn))
452           return;
453 
454         status = pt_insn_next(m_decoder_up.get(), &insn, sizeof(insn));
455 
456         if (IsLibiptError(status)) {
457           m_decoded_thread.AppendError(IntelPTError(status, insn.ip));
458           return;
459         }
460       }
461     }
462   }
463 
464   /// Process the TSC of a decoded PT event. Specifically, check if this TSC
465   /// is below the TSC upper bound for this PSB. If the TSC exceeds the upper
466   /// bound, return an error to abort decoding. Otherwise add the it to the
467   /// underlying DecodedThread and decoding should continue as expected.
468   ///
469   /// \param[in] tsc
470   ///   The TSC of the a decoded event.
471   Error ProcessPTEventTSC(DecodedThread::TSC tsc) {
472     if (m_tsc_upper_bound && tsc >= *m_tsc_upper_bound) {
473       // This event and all the remaining events of this PSB have a TSC
474       // outside the range of the "owning" ThreadContinuousExecution. For
475       // now we drop all of these events/instructions, future work can
476       // improve upon this by determining the "owning"
477       // ThreadContinuousExecution of the remaining PSB data.
478       std::string err_msg = formatv("decoding truncated: TSC {0} exceeds "
479                                     "maximum TSC value {1}, will skip decoding"
480                                     " the remaining data of the PSB",
481                                     tsc, *m_tsc_upper_bound)
482                                 .str();
483 
484       uint64_t offset;
485       int status = pt_insn_get_offset(m_decoder_up.get(), &offset);
486       if (!IsLibiptError(status)) {
487         err_msg = formatv("{2} (skipping {0} of {1} bytes)", offset,
488                           m_psb_block.size, err_msg)
489                       .str();
490       }
491       m_decoded_thread.AppendCustomError(err_msg);
492       return createStringError(inconvertibleErrorCode(), err_msg);
493     } else {
494       m_decoded_thread.NotifyTsc(tsc);
495       return Error::success();
496     }
497   }
498 
499   /// Before querying instructions, we need to query the events associated with
500   /// that instruction, e.g. timing and trace disablement events.
501   ///
502   /// \param[in] status
503   ///   The status gotten from the previous instruction decoding or PSB
504   ///   synchronization.
505   ///
506   /// \return
507   ///     The pte_status after decoding events.
508   int ProcessPTEvents(int status) {
509     while (HasEvents(status)) {
510       pt_event event;
511       std::memset(&event, 0, sizeof event);
512       status = pt_insn_event(m_decoder_up.get(), &event, sizeof(event));
513 
514       if (IsLibiptError(status)) {
515         m_decoded_thread.AppendError(IntelPTError(status));
516         return status;
517       }
518 
519       if (event.has_tsc) {
520         if (Error err = ProcessPTEventTSC(event.tsc)) {
521           consumeError(std::move(err));
522           return -pte_internal;
523         }
524       }
525 
526       switch (event.type) {
527       case ptev_disabled:
528         // The CPU paused tracing the program, e.g. due to ip filtering.
529         m_decoded_thread.AppendEvent(lldb::eTraceEventDisabledHW);
530         break;
531       case ptev_async_disabled:
532         // The kernel or user code paused tracing the program, e.g.
533         // a breakpoint or a ioctl invocation pausing the trace, or a
534         // context switch happened.
535         m_decoded_thread.AppendEvent(lldb::eTraceEventDisabledSW);
536         break;
537       case ptev_overflow:
538         // The CPU internal buffer had an overflow error and some instructions
539         // were lost. A OVF packet comes with an FUP packet (harcoded address)
540         // according to the documentation, so we'll continue seeing instructions
541         // after this event.
542         m_decoded_thread.AppendError(IntelPTError(-pte_overflow));
543         break;
544       default:
545         break;
546       }
547     }
548 
549     return status;
550   }
551 
552 private:
553   PtInsnDecoderUP m_decoder_up;
554   PSBBlock m_psb_block;
555   std::optional<lldb::addr_t> m_next_block_ip;
556   DecodedThread &m_decoded_thread;
557   PSBBlockAnomalyDetector m_anomaly_detector;
558   std::optional<DecodedThread::TSC> m_tsc_upper_bound;
559 };
560 
561 Error lldb_private::trace_intel_pt::DecodeSingleTraceForThread(
562     DecodedThread &decoded_thread, TraceIntelPT &trace_intel_pt,
563     ArrayRef<uint8_t> buffer) {
564   Expected<std::vector<PSBBlock>> blocks =
565       SplitTraceIntoPSBBlock(trace_intel_pt, buffer, /*expect_tscs=*/false);
566   if (!blocks)
567     return blocks.takeError();
568 
569   for (size_t i = 0; i < blocks->size(); i++) {
570     PSBBlock &block = blocks->at(i);
571 
572     Expected<PSBBlockDecoder> decoder = PSBBlockDecoder::Create(
573         trace_intel_pt, block, buffer.slice(block.psb_offset, block.size),
574         *decoded_thread.GetThread()->GetProcess(),
575         i + 1 < blocks->size() ? blocks->at(i + 1).starting_ip : None,
576         decoded_thread, std::nullopt);
577     if (!decoder)
578       return decoder.takeError();
579 
580     decoder->DecodePSBBlock();
581   }
582 
583   return Error::success();
584 }
585 
586 Error lldb_private::trace_intel_pt::DecodeSystemWideTraceForThread(
587     DecodedThread &decoded_thread, TraceIntelPT &trace_intel_pt,
588     const DenseMap<lldb::cpu_id_t, llvm::ArrayRef<uint8_t>> &buffers,
589     const std::vector<IntelPTThreadContinousExecution> &executions) {
590   bool has_seen_psbs = false;
591   for (size_t i = 0; i < executions.size(); i++) {
592     const IntelPTThreadContinousExecution &execution = executions[i];
593 
594     auto variant = execution.thread_execution.variant;
595 
596     // We emit the first valid tsc
597     if (execution.psb_blocks.empty()) {
598       decoded_thread.NotifyTsc(execution.thread_execution.GetLowestKnownTSC());
599     } else {
600       assert(execution.psb_blocks.front().tsc &&
601              "per cpu decoding expects TSCs");
602       decoded_thread.NotifyTsc(
603           std::min(execution.thread_execution.GetLowestKnownTSC(),
604                    *execution.psb_blocks.front().tsc));
605     }
606 
607     // We then emit the CPU, which will be correctly associated with a tsc.
608     decoded_thread.NotifyCPU(execution.thread_execution.cpu_id);
609 
610     // If we haven't seen a PSB yet, then it's fine not to show errors
611     if (has_seen_psbs) {
612       if (execution.psb_blocks.empty()) {
613         decoded_thread.AppendCustomError(
614             formatv("Unable to find intel pt data a thread "
615                     "execution on cpu id = {0}",
616                     execution.thread_execution.cpu_id)
617                 .str());
618       }
619 
620       // A hinted start is a non-initial execution that doesn't have a switch
621       // in. An only end is an initial execution that doesn't have a switch in.
622       // Any of those cases represent a gap because we have seen a PSB before.
623       if (variant == ThreadContinuousExecution::Variant::HintedStart ||
624           variant == ThreadContinuousExecution::Variant::OnlyEnd) {
625         decoded_thread.AppendCustomError(
626             formatv("Unable to find the context switch in for a thread "
627                     "execution on cpu id = {0}",
628                     execution.thread_execution.cpu_id)
629                 .str());
630       }
631     }
632 
633     for (size_t j = 0; j < execution.psb_blocks.size(); j++) {
634       const PSBBlock &psb_block = execution.psb_blocks[j];
635 
636       Expected<PSBBlockDecoder> decoder = PSBBlockDecoder::Create(
637           trace_intel_pt, psb_block,
638           buffers.lookup(execution.thread_execution.cpu_id)
639               .slice(psb_block.psb_offset, psb_block.size),
640           *decoded_thread.GetThread()->GetProcess(),
641           j + 1 < execution.psb_blocks.size()
642               ? execution.psb_blocks[j + 1].starting_ip
643               : None,
644           decoded_thread, execution.thread_execution.GetEndTSC());
645       if (!decoder)
646         return decoder.takeError();
647 
648       has_seen_psbs = true;
649       decoder->DecodePSBBlock();
650     }
651 
652     // If we haven't seen a PSB yet, then it's fine not to show errors
653     if (has_seen_psbs) {
654       // A hinted end is a non-ending execution that doesn't have a switch out.
655       // An only start is an ending execution that doesn't have a switch out.
656       // Any of those cases represent a gap if we still have executions to
657       // process and we have seen a PSB before.
658       if (i + 1 != executions.size() &&
659           (variant == ThreadContinuousExecution::Variant::OnlyStart ||
660            variant == ThreadContinuousExecution::Variant::HintedEnd)) {
661         decoded_thread.AppendCustomError(
662             formatv("Unable to find the context switch out for a thread "
663                     "execution on cpu id = {0}",
664                     execution.thread_execution.cpu_id)
665                 .str());
666       }
667     }
668   }
669   return Error::success();
670 }
671 
672 bool IntelPTThreadContinousExecution::operator<(
673     const IntelPTThreadContinousExecution &o) const {
674   // As the context switch might be incomplete, we look first for the first real
675   // PSB packet, which is a valid TSC. Otherwise, We query the thread execution
676   // itself for some tsc.
677   auto get_tsc = [](const IntelPTThreadContinousExecution &exec) {
678     return exec.psb_blocks.empty() ? exec.thread_execution.GetLowestKnownTSC()
679                                    : exec.psb_blocks.front().tsc;
680   };
681 
682   return get_tsc(*this) < get_tsc(o);
683 }
684 
685 Expected<std::vector<PSBBlock>>
686 lldb_private::trace_intel_pt::SplitTraceIntoPSBBlock(
687     TraceIntelPT &trace_intel_pt, llvm::ArrayRef<uint8_t> buffer,
688     bool expect_tscs) {
689   // This follows
690   // https://github.com/intel/libipt/blob/master/doc/howto_libipt.md#parallel-decode
691 
692   Expected<PtQueryDecoderUP> decoder_up =
693       CreateQueryDecoder(trace_intel_pt, buffer);
694   if (!decoder_up)
695     return decoder_up.takeError();
696 
697   pt_query_decoder *decoder = decoder_up.get().get();
698 
699   std::vector<PSBBlock> executions;
700 
701   while (true) {
702     uint64_t maybe_ip = LLDB_INVALID_ADDRESS;
703     int decoding_status = pt_qry_sync_forward(decoder, &maybe_ip);
704     if (IsLibiptError(decoding_status))
705       break;
706 
707     uint64_t psb_offset;
708     int offset_status = pt_qry_get_sync_offset(decoder, &psb_offset);
709     assert(offset_status >= 0 &&
710            "This can't fail because we were able to synchronize");
711 
712     std::optional<uint64_t> ip;
713     if (!(pts_ip_suppressed & decoding_status))
714       ip = maybe_ip;
715 
716     std::optional<uint64_t> tsc;
717     // Now we fetch the first TSC that comes after the PSB.
718     while (HasEvents(decoding_status)) {
719       pt_event event;
720       decoding_status = pt_qry_event(decoder, &event, sizeof(event));
721       if (IsLibiptError(decoding_status))
722         break;
723       if (event.has_tsc) {
724         tsc = event.tsc;
725         break;
726       }
727     }
728     if (IsLibiptError(decoding_status)) {
729       // We continue to the next PSB. This effectively merges this PSB with the
730       // previous one, and that should be fine because this PSB might be the
731       // direct continuation of the previous thread and it's better to show an
732       // error in the decoded thread than to hide it. If this is the first PSB,
733       // we are okay losing it. Besides that, an error at processing events
734       // means that we wouldn't be able to get any instruction out of it.
735       continue;
736     }
737 
738     if (expect_tscs && !tsc)
739       return createStringError(inconvertibleErrorCode(),
740                                "Found a PSB without TSC.");
741 
742     executions.push_back({
743         psb_offset,
744         tsc,
745         0,
746         ip,
747     });
748   }
749   if (!executions.empty()) {
750     // We now adjust the sizes of each block
751     executions.back().size = buffer.size() - executions.back().psb_offset;
752     for (int i = (int)executions.size() - 2; i >= 0; i--) {
753       executions[i].size =
754           executions[i + 1].psb_offset - executions[i].psb_offset;
755     }
756   }
757   return executions;
758 }
759 
760 Expected<std::optional<uint64_t>>
761 lldb_private::trace_intel_pt::FindLowestTSCInTrace(TraceIntelPT &trace_intel_pt,
762                                                    ArrayRef<uint8_t> buffer) {
763   Expected<PtQueryDecoderUP> decoder_up =
764       CreateQueryDecoder(trace_intel_pt, buffer);
765   if (!decoder_up)
766     return decoder_up.takeError();
767 
768   pt_query_decoder *decoder = decoder_up.get().get();
769   uint64_t ip = LLDB_INVALID_ADDRESS;
770   int status = pt_qry_sync_forward(decoder, &ip);
771   if (IsLibiptError(status))
772     return std::nullopt;
773 
774   while (HasEvents(status)) {
775     pt_event event;
776     status = pt_qry_event(decoder, &event, sizeof(event));
777     if (IsLibiptError(status))
778       return std::nullopt;
779     if (event.has_tsc)
780       return event.tsc;
781   }
782   return std::nullopt;
783 }
784