1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/simpleperf/ETMDecoder.cpp b/simpleperf/ETMDecoder.cpp
index 7c1cca05..62fe997c 100644
--- a/simpleperf/ETMDecoder.cpp
+++ b/simpleperf/ETMDecoder.cpp
@@ -730,12 +730,19 @@ class ETMDecoderImpl : public ETMDecoder {
       return false;
     }
     size_t left_size = size;
+    const size_t MAX_RESET_RETRY_COUNT = 3;
+    size_t reset_retry_count = 0;
     while (left_size > 0) {
       uint32_t processed;
       auto resp = decoder.TraceDataIn(OCSD_OP_DATA, data_index_, left_size, data, &processed);
       if (IsRespError(resp)) {
         // A decoding error shouldn't ruin all data. Reset decoders to recover from it.
-        LOG(DEBUG) << "reset etm decoders for seeing a decode failure, resp " << resp;
+        // But some errors may not be recoverable by resetting decoders. So use a max retry limit.
+        if (++reset_retry_count > MAX_RESET_RETRY_COUNT) {
+          break;
+        }
+        LOG(DEBUG) << "reset etm decoders for seeing a decode failure, resp " << resp
+                   << ", reset_retry_count is " << reset_retry_count;
         decoder.TraceDataIn(OCSD_OP_RESET, data_index_ + processed, 0, nullptr, nullptr);
       }
       data += processed;