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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/annotate.c12
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
index 4397a8b6e6cd..aa66791b1bfc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
@@ -606,9 +606,19 @@ static struct arch *arch__find(const char *name)
int symbol__alloc_hist(struct symbol *sym)
{
struct annotation *notes = symbol__annotation(sym);
- const size_t size = symbol__size(sym);
+ size_t size = symbol__size(sym);
size_t sizeof_sym_hist;
+ /*
+ * Add buffer of one element for zero length symbol.
+ * When sample is taken from first instruction of
+ * zero length symbol, perf still resolves it and
+ * shows symbol name in perf report and allows to
+ * annotate it.
+ */
+ if (size == 0)
+ size = 1;
+
/* Check for overflow when calculating sizeof_sym_hist */
if (size > (SIZE_MAX - sizeof(struct sym_hist)) / sizeof(struct sym_hist_entry))
return -1;