[PATCH v2 0/7] Improve performance of 'faddr2line'

[PATCH v2 0/7] Improve performance of 'faddr2line'

[Brian Johannesmeyer]

This is the second attempt at submitting this. Version 1 can be found here:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240311204019.1183634-1-bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com/.

I was looking at the performance of faddr2line and noticed that it spends
most of its time performing two tasks:
- (1) Making redundant calls to readelf and addr2line for each address
  (e.g., it makes 7 readelf calls and 2 addr2line calls when converting 1
address, and it makes 252 readelf calls and 51 addr2line calls when
converting 50 addresses); and
- (2) Calculating a symbol’s size by unnecessarily looping through every
  symbol in a particular section.

This patch series consists of the following parts:
- Patches 1-2 reduce the total number of readelf calls to one,
- Patches 3-4 make minor changes in preparation for the following patches,
- Patches 5-6 reduce the total number of addr2line calls to one, and
- Patch 7 modifies the symbol size calculation to only check two symbols.

I evaluated the performance of the patch series by running faddr2line with
a standard kernel image (X86_64 defconfig with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO enabled).
When converting only 1 address, the patch series gives a negligible
speedup. When converting 50 addresses, however, it gives a 15x speedup.

Changes vs. V1:
- Correctly handle duplicate sym_names

Brian Johannesmeyer (7):
  scripts/faddr2line: Reduce number of readelf calls to three
  scripts/faddr2line: Combine three readelf calls into one
  scripts/faddr2line: Check vmlinux only once
  scripts/faddr2line: Pass --addresses argument to addr2line
  scripts/faddr2line: Invoke addr2line as a single long-running process
  scripts/faddr2line: Remove call to addr2line from find_dir_prefix()
  scripts/faddr2line: Check only two symbols when calculating symbol
    size

 scripts/faddr2line | 110 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 84 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

-- 
2.34.1

[PATCH v2 1/7] scripts/faddr2line: Reduce number of readelf calls to three

[Brian Johannesmeyer]

Rather than calling readelf several times for each invocation of
__faddr2line, call readelf only three times at the beginning, and save its
result for future use.

Signed-off-by: Brian Johannesmeyer <bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com>
---
 scripts/faddr2line | 26 +++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/faddr2line b/scripts/faddr2line
index 587415a52b6f..bf394bfd526a 100755
--- a/scripts/faddr2line
+++ b/scripts/faddr2line
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ command -v ${ADDR2LINE} >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "${ADDR2LINE} isn't installed"
 find_dir_prefix() {
 	local objfile=$1
 
-	local start_kernel_addr=$(${READELF} --symbols --wide $objfile | sed 's/\[.*\]//' |
+	local start_kernel_addr=$(echo "${ELF_SYMS}" | sed 's/\[.*\]//' |
 		${AWK} '$8 == "start_kernel" {printf "0x%s", $2}')
 	[[ -z $start_kernel_addr ]] && return
 
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ find_dir_prefix() {
 	return 0
 }
 
+run_readelf() {
+	local objfile=$1
+
+	ELF_FILEHEADER=$(${READELF} --file-header $objfile)
+	ELF_SECHEADERS=$(${READELF} --section-headers --wide $objfile)
+	ELF_SYMS=$(${READELF} --symbols --wide $objfile)
+}
+
 __faddr2line() {
 	local objfile=$1
 	local func_addr=$2
@@ -125,7 +133,7 @@ __faddr2line() {
 
 	# vmlinux uses absolute addresses in the section table rather than
 	# section offsets.
-	local file_type=$(${READELF} --file-header $objfile |
+	local file_type=$(echo "${ELF_FILEHEADER}" |
 		${AWK} '$1 == "Type:" { print $2; exit }')
 	if [[ $file_type = "EXEC" ]] || [[ $file_type == "DYN" ]]; then
 		is_vmlinux=1
@@ -143,8 +151,7 @@ __faddr2line() {
 		local sec_name
 
 		# Get the section size:
-		sec_size=$(${READELF} --section-headers --wide $objfile |
-			sed 's/\[ /\[/' |
+		sec_size=$(echo "${ELF_SECHEADERS}" | sed 's/\[ /\[/' |
 			${AWK} -v sec=$sym_sec '$1 == "[" sec "]" { print "0x" $6; exit }')
 
 		if [[ -z $sec_size ]]; then
@@ -154,8 +161,7 @@ __faddr2line() {
 		fi
 
 		# Get the section name:
-		sec_name=$(${READELF} --section-headers --wide $objfile |
-			sed 's/\[ /\[/' |
+		sec_name=$(echo "${ELF_SECHEADERS}" | sed 's/\[ /\[/' |
 			${AWK} -v sec=$sym_sec '$1 == "[" sec "]" { print $2; exit }')
 
 		if [[ -z $sec_name ]]; then
@@ -197,7 +203,7 @@ __faddr2line() {
 				found=2
 				break
 			fi
-		done < <(${READELF} --symbols --wide $objfile | sed 's/\[.*\]//' | ${AWK} -v sec=$sym_sec '$7 == sec' | sort --key=2)
+		done < <(echo "${ELF_SYMS}" | sed 's/\[.*\]//' | ${AWK} -v sec=$sym_sec '$7 == sec' | sort --key=2)
 
 		if [[ $found = 0 ]]; then
 			warn "can't find symbol: sym_name: $sym_name sym_sec: $sym_sec sym_addr: $sym_addr sym_elf_size: $sym_elf_size"
@@ -278,7 +284,7 @@ __faddr2line() {
 
 		DONE=1
 
-	done < <(${READELF} --symbols --wide $objfile | sed 's/\[.*\]//' | ${AWK} -v fn=$sym_name '$8 == fn')
+	done < <(echo "${ELF_SYMS}" | sed 's/\[.*\]//' | ${AWK} -v fn=$sym_name '$8 == fn')
 }
 
 [[ $# -lt 2 ]] && usage
@@ -291,7 +297,9 @@ LIST=0
 [[ ! -f $objfile ]] && die "can't find objfile $objfile"
 shift
 
-${READELF} --section-headers --wide $objfile | ${GREP} -q '\.debug_info' || die "CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO not enabled"
+run_readelf $objfile
+
+echo "${ELF_SECHEADERS}" | ${GREP} -q '\.debug_info' || die "CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO not enabled"
 
 DIR_PREFIX=supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
 find_dir_prefix $objfile
-- 
2.34.1

[tip: objtool/core] scripts/faddr2line: Reduce number of readelf calls to three

[tip-bot2 for Brian Johannesmeyer]

The following commit has been merged into the objtool/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     39cf650d68289d41d484f4c29fea0124df2e09aa
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/39cf650d68289d41d484f4c29fea0124df2e09aa
Author:        Brian Johannesmeyer <bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:55:32 +02:00
Committer:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 23:38:36 -07:00

scripts/faddr2line: Reduce number of readelf calls to three

Rather than calling readelf several times for each invocation of
__faddr2line, call readelf only three times at the beginning, and save its
result for future use.

Signed-off-by: Brian Johannesmeyer <bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240415145538.1938745-2-bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
---
 scripts/faddr2line | 26 +++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/faddr2line b/scripts/faddr2line
index 587415a..bf394bf 100755
--- a/scripts/faddr2line
+++ b/scripts/faddr2line
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ command -v ${ADDR2LINE} >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "${ADDR2LINE} isn't installed"
 find_dir_prefix() {
 	local objfile=$1
 
-	local start_kernel_addr=$(${READELF} --symbols --wide $objfile | sed 's/\[.*\]//' |
+	local start_kernel_addr=$(echo "${ELF_SYMS}" | sed 's/\[.*\]//' |
 		${AWK} '$8 == "start_kernel" {printf "0x%s", $2}')
 	[[ -z $start_kernel_addr ]] && return
 
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ find_dir_prefix() {
 	return 0
 }
 
+run_readelf() {
+	local objfile=$1
+
+	ELF_FILEHEADER=$(${READELF} --file-header $objfile)
+	ELF_SECHEADERS=$(${READELF} --section-headers --wide $objfile)
+	ELF_SYMS=$(${READELF} --symbols --wide $objfile)
+}
+
 __faddr2line() {
 	local objfile=$1
 	local func_addr=$2
@@ -125,7 +133,7 @@ __faddr2line() {
 
 	# vmlinux uses absolute addresses in the section table rather than
 	# section offsets.
-	local file_type=$(${READELF} --file-header $objfile |
+	local file_type=$(echo "${ELF_FILEHEADER}" |
 		${AWK} '$1 == "Type:" { print $2; exit }')
 	if [[ $file_type = "EXEC" ]] || [[ $file_type == "DYN" ]]; then
 		is_vmlinux=1
@@ -143,8 +151,7 @@ __faddr2line() {
 		local sec_name
 
 		# Get the section size:
-		sec_size=$(${READELF} --section-headers --wide $objfile |
-			sed 's/\[ /\[/' |
+		sec_size=$(echo "${ELF_SECHEADERS}" | sed 's/\[ /\[/' |
 			${AWK} -v sec=$sym_sec '$1 == "[" sec "]" { print "0x" $6; exit }')
 
 		if [[ -z $sec_size ]]; then
@@ -154,8 +161,7 @@ __faddr2line() {
 		fi
 
 		# Get the section name:
-		sec_name=$(${READELF} --section-headers --wide $objfile |
-			sed 's/\[ /\[/' |
+		sec_name=$(echo "${ELF_SECHEADERS}" | sed 's/\[ /\[/' |
 			${AWK} -v sec=$sym_sec '$1 == "[" sec "]" { print $2; exit }')
 
 		if [[ -z $sec_name ]]; then
@@ -197,7 +203,7 @@ __faddr2line() {
 				found=2
 				break
 			fi
-		done < <(${READELF} --symbols --wide $objfile | sed 's/\[.*\]//' | ${AWK} -v sec=$sym_sec '$7 == sec' | sort --key=2)
+		done < <(echo "${ELF_SYMS}" | sed 's/\[.*\]//' | ${AWK} -v sec=$sym_sec '$7 == sec' | sort --key=2)
 
 		if [[ $found = 0 ]]; then
 			warn "can't find symbol: sym_name: $sym_name sym_sec: $sym_sec sym_addr: $sym_addr sym_elf_size: $sym_elf_size"
@@ -278,7 +284,7 @@ __faddr2line() {
 
 		DONE=1
 
-	done < <(${READELF} --symbols --wide $objfile | sed 's/\[.*\]//' | ${AWK} -v fn=$sym_name '$8 == fn')
+	done < <(echo "${ELF_SYMS}" | sed 's/\[.*\]//' | ${AWK} -v fn=$sym_name '$8 == fn')
 }
 
 [[ $# -lt 2 ]] && usage
@@ -291,7 +297,9 @@ LIST=0
 [[ ! -f $objfile ]] && die "can't find objfile $objfile"
 shift
 
-${READELF} --section-headers --wide $objfile | ${GREP} -q '\.debug_info' || die "CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO not enabled"
+run_readelf $objfile
+
+echo "${ELF_SECHEADERS}" | ${GREP} -q '\.debug_info' || die "CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO not enabled"
 
 DIR_PREFIX=supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
 find_dir_prefix $objfile

[PATCH v2 2/7] scripts/faddr2line: Combine three readelf calls into one

[Brian Johannesmeyer]

Rather than calling readelf three separate times to collect three different
types of info, call it only once, and parse out the different types of info
from its output.

Signed-off-by: Brian Johannesmeyer <bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com>
---
 scripts/faddr2line | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/faddr2line b/scripts/faddr2line
index bf394bfd526a..f011bda4ed25 100755
--- a/scripts/faddr2line
+++ b/scripts/faddr2line
@@ -105,10 +105,14 @@ find_dir_prefix() {
 
 run_readelf() {
 	local objfile=$1
-
-	ELF_FILEHEADER=$(${READELF} --file-header $objfile)
-	ELF_SECHEADERS=$(${READELF} --section-headers --wide $objfile)
-	ELF_SYMS=$(${READELF} --symbols --wide $objfile)
+	local out=$(${READELF} --file-header --section-headers --symbols --wide $objfile)
+
+	# This assumes that readelf first prints the file header, then the section headers, then the symbols.
+	# Note: It seems that GNU readelf does not prefix section headers with the "There are X section headers"
+	# line when multiple options are given, so let's also match with the "Section Headers:" line.
+	ELF_FILEHEADER=$(echo "${out}" | sed -n '/There are [0-9]* section headers, starting at offset\|Section Headers:/q;p')
+	ELF_SECHEADERS=$(echo "${out}" | sed -n '/There are [0-9]* section headers, starting at offset\|Section Headers:/,$p' | sed -n '/Symbol table .* contains [0-9]* entries:/q;p')
+	ELF_SYMS=$(echo "${out}" | sed -n '/Symbol table .* contains [0-9]* entries:/,$p')
 }
 
 __faddr2line() {
-- 
2.34.1

[tip: objtool/core] scripts/faddr2line: Combine three readelf calls into one

[tip-bot2 for Brian Johannesmeyer]

The following commit has been merged into the objtool/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     b8d9d9496c1e78a8fd89f4fe9923d12b3c9ad8a3
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/b8d9d9496c1e78a8fd89f4fe9923d12b3c9ad8a3
Author:        Brian Johannesmeyer <bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:55:33 +02:00
Committer:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 23:38:36 -07:00

scripts/faddr2line: Combine three readelf calls into one

Rather than calling readelf three separate times to collect three different
types of info, call it only once, and parse out the different types of info
from its output.

Signed-off-by: Brian Johannesmeyer <bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240415145538.1938745-3-bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
---
 scripts/faddr2line | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/faddr2line b/scripts/faddr2line
index bf394bf..f011bda 100755
--- a/scripts/faddr2line
+++ b/scripts/faddr2line
@@ -105,10 +105,14 @@ find_dir_prefix() {
 
 run_readelf() {
 	local objfile=$1
-
-	ELF_FILEHEADER=$(${READELF} --file-header $objfile)
-	ELF_SECHEADERS=$(${READELF} --section-headers --wide $objfile)
-	ELF_SYMS=$(${READELF} --symbols --wide $objfile)
+	local out=$(${READELF} --file-header --section-headers --symbols --wide $objfile)
+
+	# This assumes that readelf first prints the file header, then the section headers, then the symbols.
+	# Note: It seems that GNU readelf does not prefix section headers with the "There are X section headers"
+	# line when multiple options are given, so let's also match with the "Section Headers:" line.
+	ELF_FILEHEADER=$(echo "${out}" | sed -n '/There are [0-9]* section headers, starting at offset\|Section Headers:/q;p')
+	ELF_SECHEADERS=$(echo "${out}" | sed -n '/There are [0-9]* section headers, starting at offset\|Section Headers:/,$p' | sed -n '/Symbol table .* contains [0-9]* entries:/q;p')
+	ELF_SYMS=$(echo "${out}" | sed -n '/Symbol table .* contains [0-9]* entries:/,$p')
 }
 
 __faddr2line() {

[PATCH v2 3/7] scripts/faddr2line: Check vmlinux only once

[Brian Johannesmeyer]

Rather than checking whether the object file is vmlinux for each invocation
of __faddr2line, check it only once beforehand.

Signed-off-by: Brian Johannesmeyer <bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com>
---
 scripts/faddr2line | 25 ++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/faddr2line b/scripts/faddr2line
index f011bda4ed25..bb3b5f03f4ea 100755
--- a/scripts/faddr2line
+++ b/scripts/faddr2line
@@ -115,6 +115,17 @@ run_readelf() {
 	ELF_SYMS=$(echo "${out}" | sed -n '/Symbol table .* contains [0-9]* entries:/,$p')
 }
 
+check_vmlinux() {
+	# vmlinux uses absolute addresses in the section table rather than
+	# section offsets.
+	IS_VMLINUX=0
+	local file_type=$(echo "${ELF_FILEHEADER}" |
+		${AWK} '$1 == "Type:" { print $2; exit }')
+	if [[ $file_type = "EXEC" ]] || [[ $file_type == "DYN" ]]; then
+		IS_VMLINUX=1
+	fi
+}
+
 __faddr2line() {
 	local objfile=$1
 	local func_addr=$2
@@ -125,8 +136,6 @@ __faddr2line() {
 	local func_offset=${func_addr#*+}
 	func_offset=${func_offset%/*}
 	local user_size=
-	local file_type
-	local is_vmlinux=0
 	[[ $func_addr =~ "/" ]] && user_size=${func_addr#*/}
 
 	if [[ -z $sym_name ]] || [[ -z $func_offset ]] || [[ $sym_name = $func_addr ]]; then
@@ -135,14 +144,6 @@ __faddr2line() {
 		return
 	fi
 
-	# vmlinux uses absolute addresses in the section table rather than
-	# section offsets.
-	local file_type=$(echo "${ELF_FILEHEADER}" |
-		${AWK} '$1 == "Type:" { print $2; exit }')
-	if [[ $file_type = "EXEC" ]] || [[ $file_type == "DYN" ]]; then
-		is_vmlinux=1
-	fi
-
 	# Go through each of the object's symbols which match the func name.
 	# In rare cases there might be duplicates, in which case we print all
 	# matches.
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ __faddr2line() {
 		# Pass section address to addr2line and strip absolute paths
 		# from the output:
 		local args="--functions --pretty-print --inlines --exe=$objfile"
-		[[ $is_vmlinux = 0 ]] && args="$args --section=$sec_name"
+		[[ $IS_VMLINUX = 0 ]] && args="$args --section=$sec_name"
 		local output=$(${ADDR2LINE} $args $addr | sed "s; $dir_prefix\(\./\)*; ;")
 		[[ -z $output ]] && continue
 
@@ -305,6 +306,8 @@ run_readelf $objfile
 
 echo "${ELF_SECHEADERS}" | ${GREP} -q '\.debug_info' || die "CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO not enabled"
 
+check_vmlinux
+
 DIR_PREFIX=supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
 find_dir_prefix $objfile
 
-- 
2.34.1

[tip: objtool/core] scripts/faddr2line: Check vmlinux only once

[tip-bot2 for Brian Johannesmeyer]

The following commit has been merged into the objtool/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     2c809186ccf0e3a4cb952da181f9c28436133081
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/2c809186ccf0e3a4cb952da181f9c28436133081
Author:        Brian Johannesmeyer <bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:55:34 +02:00
Committer:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 23:38:36 -07:00

scripts/faddr2line: Check vmlinux only once

Rather than checking whether the object file is vmlinux for each invocation
of __faddr2line, check it only once beforehand.

Signed-off-by: Brian Johannesmeyer <bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240415145538.1938745-4-bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
---
 scripts/faddr2line | 25 ++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/faddr2line b/scripts/faddr2line
index f011bda..bb3b5f0 100755
--- a/scripts/faddr2line
+++ b/scripts/faddr2line
@@ -115,6 +115,17 @@ run_readelf() {
 	ELF_SYMS=$(echo "${out}" | sed -n '/Symbol table .* contains [0-9]* entries:/,$p')
 }
 
+check_vmlinux() {
+	# vmlinux uses absolute addresses in the section table rather than
+	# section offsets.
+	IS_VMLINUX=0
+	local file_type=$(echo "${ELF_FILEHEADER}" |
+		${AWK} '$1 == "Type:" { print $2; exit }')
+	if [[ $file_type = "EXEC" ]] || [[ $file_type == "DYN" ]]; then
+		IS_VMLINUX=1
+	fi
+}
+
 __faddr2line() {
 	local objfile=$1
 	local func_addr=$2
@@ -125,8 +136,6 @@ __faddr2line() {
 	local func_offset=${func_addr#*+}
 	func_offset=${func_offset%/*}
 	local user_size=
-	local file_type
-	local is_vmlinux=0
 	[[ $func_addr =~ "/" ]] && user_size=${func_addr#*/}
 
 	if [[ -z $sym_name ]] || [[ -z $func_offset ]] || [[ $sym_name = $func_addr ]]; then
@@ -135,14 +144,6 @@ __faddr2line() {
 		return
 	fi
 
-	# vmlinux uses absolute addresses in the section table rather than
-	# section offsets.
-	local file_type=$(echo "${ELF_FILEHEADER}" |
-		${AWK} '$1 == "Type:" { print $2; exit }')
-	if [[ $file_type = "EXEC" ]] || [[ $file_type == "DYN" ]]; then
-		is_vmlinux=1
-	fi
-
 	# Go through each of the object's symbols which match the func name.
 	# In rare cases there might be duplicates, in which case we print all
 	# matches.
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ __faddr2line() {
 		# Pass section address to addr2line and strip absolute paths
 		# from the output:
 		local args="--functions --pretty-print --inlines --exe=$objfile"
-		[[ $is_vmlinux = 0 ]] && args="$args --section=$sec_name"
+		[[ $IS_VMLINUX = 0 ]] && args="$args --section=$sec_name"
 		local output=$(${ADDR2LINE} $args $addr | sed "s; $dir_prefix\(\./\)*; ;")
 		[[ -z $output ]] && continue
 
@@ -305,6 +306,8 @@ run_readelf $objfile
 
 echo "${ELF_SECHEADERS}" | ${GREP} -q '\.debug_info' || die "CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO not enabled"
 
+check_vmlinux
+
 DIR_PREFIX=supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
 find_dir_prefix $objfile
 

[PATCH v2 4/7] scripts/faddr2line: Pass --addresses argument to addr2line

[Brian Johannesmeyer]

In preparation for identifying an addr2line sentinel. See previous work
[0], which applies a similar change to perf.

[0] commit 8dc26b6f718a ("perf srcline: Make sentinel reading for binutils
addr2line more robust")

Signed-off-by: Brian Johannesmeyer <bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com>
---
 scripts/faddr2line | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/faddr2line b/scripts/faddr2line
index bb3b5f03f4ea..820680c59a39 100755
--- a/scripts/faddr2line
+++ b/scripts/faddr2line
@@ -260,9 +260,12 @@ __faddr2line() {
 
 		# Pass section address to addr2line and strip absolute paths
 		# from the output:
-		local args="--functions --pretty-print --inlines --exe=$objfile"
+		local args="--functions --pretty-print --inlines --addresses --exe=$objfile"
 		[[ $IS_VMLINUX = 0 ]] && args="$args --section=$sec_name"
-		local output=$(${ADDR2LINE} $args $addr | sed "s; $dir_prefix\(\./\)*; ;")
+		local output_with_addr=$(${ADDR2LINE} $args $addr | sed "s; $dir_prefix\(\./\)*; ;")
+		[[ -z $output_with_addr ]] && continue
+
+		local output=$(echo "${output_with_addr}" | sed 's/^0x[0-9a-fA-F]*: //')
 		[[ -z $output ]] && continue
 
 		# Default output (non --list):
-- 
2.34.1

[tip: objtool/core] scripts/faddr2line: Pass --addresses argument to addr2line

[tip-bot2 for Brian Johannesmeyer]

The following commit has been merged into the objtool/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     5b280de46d2bcea9def0dd84b1e86f8b42ca70b9
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/5b280de46d2bcea9def0dd84b1e86f8b42ca70b9
Author:        Brian Johannesmeyer <bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:55:35 +02:00
Committer:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 23:38:36 -07:00

scripts/faddr2line: Pass --addresses argument to addr2line

In preparation for identifying an addr2line sentinel. See previous work
[0], which applies a similar change to perf.

[0] commit 8dc26b6f718a ("perf srcline: Make sentinel reading for binutils
addr2line more robust")

Signed-off-by: Brian Johannesmeyer <bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240415145538.1938745-5-bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
---
 scripts/faddr2line | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/faddr2line b/scripts/faddr2line
index bb3b5f0..820680c 100755
--- a/scripts/faddr2line
+++ b/scripts/faddr2line
@@ -260,9 +260,12 @@ __faddr2line() {
 
 		# Pass section address to addr2line and strip absolute paths
 		# from the output:
-		local args="--functions --pretty-print --inlines --exe=$objfile"
+		local args="--functions --pretty-print --inlines --addresses --exe=$objfile"
 		[[ $IS_VMLINUX = 0 ]] && args="$args --section=$sec_name"
-		local output=$(${ADDR2LINE} $args $addr | sed "s; $dir_prefix\(\./\)*; ;")
+		local output_with_addr=$(${ADDR2LINE} $args $addr | sed "s; $dir_prefix\(\./\)*; ;")
+		[[ -z $output_with_addr ]] && continue
+
+		local output=$(echo "${output_with_addr}" | sed 's/^0x[0-9a-fA-F]*: //')
 		[[ -z $output ]] && continue
 
 		# Default output (non --list):

[PATCH v2 5/7] scripts/faddr2line: Invoke addr2line as a single long-running process

[Brian Johannesmeyer]

Rather than invoking a separate addr2line process for each address, invoke
a single addr2line coprocess, and pass each address to its stdin. Previous
work [0] applied a similar change to perf, leading to a ~60x speed-up [1].

If using an object file that is _not_ vmlinux, faddr2line passes a section
name argument to addr2line. Because we do not know until runtime which
section names will be passed to addr2line, we cannot apply this change to
non-vmlinux object files. Hence, it only applies to vmlinux.

[0] commit be8ecc57f180 ("perf srcline: Use long-running addr2line per
DSO")
[1] Link:
https://eighty-twenty.org/2021/09/09/perf-addr2line-speed-improvement

Signed-off-by: Brian Johannesmeyer <bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com>
---
 scripts/faddr2line | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/faddr2line b/scripts/faddr2line
index 820680c59a39..48fc8cfc80df 100755
--- a/scripts/faddr2line
+++ b/scripts/faddr2line
@@ -126,6 +126,48 @@ check_vmlinux() {
 	fi
 }
 
+init_addr2line() {
+	local objfile=$1
+
+	check_vmlinux
+
+	ADDR2LINE_ARGS="--functions --pretty-print --inlines --addresses --exe=$objfile"
+	if [[ $IS_VMLINUX = 1 ]]; then
+		# If the executable file is vmlinux, we don't pass section names to
+		# addr2line, so we can launch it now as a single long-running process.
+		coproc ADDR2LINE_PROC (${ADDR2LINE} ${ADDR2LINE_ARGS})
+	fi
+}
+
+run_addr2line() {
+	local addr=$1
+	local sec_name=$2
+
+	if [[ $IS_VMLINUX = 1 ]]; then
+		# We send to the addr2line process: (1) the address, then (2) a sentinel
+		# value, i.e., something that can't be interpreted as a valid address
+		# (i.e., ","). This causes addr2line to write out: (1) the answer for
+		# our address, then (2) either "?? ??:0" or "0x0...0: ..." (if
+		# using binutils' addr2line), or "," (if using LLVM's addr2line).
+		echo ${addr} >& "${ADDR2LINE_PROC[1]}"
+		echo "," >& "${ADDR2LINE_PROC[1]}"
+		local first_line
+		read -r first_line <& "${ADDR2LINE_PROC[0]}"
+		ADDR2LINE_OUT=$(echo "${first_line}" | sed 's/^0x[0-9a-fA-F]*: //')
+		while read -r line <& "${ADDR2LINE_PROC[0]}"; do
+			if [[ "$line" == "?? ??:0" ]] || [[ "$line" == "," ]] || [[ $(echo "$line" | ${GREP} "^0x00*: ") ]]; then
+				break
+			fi
+			ADDR2LINE_OUT+=$'\n'$(echo "$line" | sed 's/^0x[0-9a-fA-F]*: //')
+		done
+	else
+		# Run addr2line as a single invocation.
+		local sec_arg
+		[[ -z $sec_name ]] && sec_arg="" || sec_arg="--section=${sec_name}"
+		ADDR2LINE_OUT=$(${ADDR2LINE} ${ADDR2LINE_ARGS} ${sec_arg} ${addr} | sed 's/^0x[0-9a-fA-F]*: //')
+	fi
+}
+
 __faddr2line() {
 	local objfile=$1
 	local func_addr=$2
@@ -260,12 +302,8 @@ __faddr2line() {
 
 		# Pass section address to addr2line and strip absolute paths
 		# from the output:
-		local args="--functions --pretty-print --inlines --addresses --exe=$objfile"
-		[[ $IS_VMLINUX = 0 ]] && args="$args --section=$sec_name"
-		local output_with_addr=$(${ADDR2LINE} $args $addr | sed "s; $dir_prefix\(\./\)*; ;")
-		[[ -z $output_with_addr ]] && continue
-
-		local output=$(echo "${output_with_addr}" | sed 's/^0x[0-9a-fA-F]*: //')
+		run_addr2line $addr $sec_name
+		local output=$(echo "${ADDR2LINE_OUT}" | sed "s; $dir_prefix\(\./\)*; ;")
 		[[ -z $output ]] && continue
 
 		# Default output (non --list):
@@ -309,7 +347,7 @@ run_readelf $objfile
 
 echo "${ELF_SECHEADERS}" | ${GREP} -q '\.debug_info' || die "CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO not enabled"
 
-check_vmlinux
+init_addr2line $objfile
 
 DIR_PREFIX=supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
 find_dir_prefix $objfile
-- 
2.34.1

[tip: objtool/core] scripts/faddr2line: Invoke addr2line as a single long-running process

[tip-bot2 for Brian Johannesmeyer]

The following commit has been merged into the objtool/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     e36b69e918112430ee53e24238bb87f5146f9acf
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/e36b69e918112430ee53e24238bb87f5146f9acf
Author:        Brian Johannesmeyer <bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:55:36 +02:00
Committer:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 23:38:36 -07:00

scripts/faddr2line: Invoke addr2line as a single long-running process

Rather than invoking a separate addr2line process for each address, invoke
a single addr2line coprocess, and pass each address to its stdin. Previous
work [0] applied a similar change to perf, leading to a ~60x speed-up [1].

If using an object file that is _not_ vmlinux, faddr2line passes a section
name argument to addr2line. Because we do not know until runtime which
section names will be passed to addr2line, we cannot apply this change to
non-vmlinux object files. Hence, it only applies to vmlinux.

[0] commit be8ecc57f180 ("perf srcline: Use long-running addr2line per
DSO")
[1] Link:
https://eighty-twenty.org/2021/09/09/perf-addr2line-speed-improvement

Signed-off-by: Brian Johannesmeyer <bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240415145538.1938745-6-bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
---
 scripts/faddr2line | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/faddr2line b/scripts/faddr2line
index 820680c..48fc8cf 100755
--- a/scripts/faddr2line
+++ b/scripts/faddr2line
@@ -126,6 +126,48 @@ check_vmlinux() {
 	fi
 }
 
+init_addr2line() {
+	local objfile=$1
+
+	check_vmlinux
+
+	ADDR2LINE_ARGS="--functions --pretty-print --inlines --addresses --exe=$objfile"
+	if [[ $IS_VMLINUX = 1 ]]; then
+		# If the executable file is vmlinux, we don't pass section names to
+		# addr2line, so we can launch it now as a single long-running process.
+		coproc ADDR2LINE_PROC (${ADDR2LINE} ${ADDR2LINE_ARGS})
+	fi
+}
+
+run_addr2line() {
+	local addr=$1
+	local sec_name=$2
+
+	if [[ $IS_VMLINUX = 1 ]]; then
+		# We send to the addr2line process: (1) the address, then (2) a sentinel
+		# value, i.e., something that can't be interpreted as a valid address
+		# (i.e., ","). This causes addr2line to write out: (1) the answer for
+		# our address, then (2) either "?? ??:0" or "0x0...0: ..." (if
+		# using binutils' addr2line), or "," (if using LLVM's addr2line).
+		echo ${addr} >& "${ADDR2LINE_PROC[1]}"
+		echo "," >& "${ADDR2LINE_PROC[1]}"
+		local first_line
+		read -r first_line <& "${ADDR2LINE_PROC[0]}"
+		ADDR2LINE_OUT=$(echo "${first_line}" | sed 's/^0x[0-9a-fA-F]*: //')
+		while read -r line <& "${ADDR2LINE_PROC[0]}"; do
+			if [[ "$line" == "?? ??:0" ]] || [[ "$line" == "," ]] || [[ $(echo "$line" | ${GREP} "^0x00*: ") ]]; then
+				break
+			fi
+			ADDR2LINE_OUT+=$'\n'$(echo "$line" | sed 's/^0x[0-9a-fA-F]*: //')
+		done
+	else
+		# Run addr2line as a single invocation.
+		local sec_arg
+		[[ -z $sec_name ]] && sec_arg="" || sec_arg="--section=${sec_name}"
+		ADDR2LINE_OUT=$(${ADDR2LINE} ${ADDR2LINE_ARGS} ${sec_arg} ${addr} | sed 's/^0x[0-9a-fA-F]*: //')
+	fi
+}
+
 __faddr2line() {
 	local objfile=$1
 	local func_addr=$2
@@ -260,12 +302,8 @@ __faddr2line() {
 
 		# Pass section address to addr2line and strip absolute paths
 		# from the output:
-		local args="--functions --pretty-print --inlines --addresses --exe=$objfile"
-		[[ $IS_VMLINUX = 0 ]] && args="$args --section=$sec_name"
-		local output_with_addr=$(${ADDR2LINE} $args $addr | sed "s; $dir_prefix\(\./\)*; ;")
-		[[ -z $output_with_addr ]] && continue
-
-		local output=$(echo "${output_with_addr}" | sed 's/^0x[0-9a-fA-F]*: //')
+		run_addr2line $addr $sec_name
+		local output=$(echo "${ADDR2LINE_OUT}" | sed "s; $dir_prefix\(\./\)*; ;")
 		[[ -z $output ]] && continue
 
 		# Default output (non --list):
@@ -309,7 +347,7 @@ run_readelf $objfile
 
 echo "${ELF_SECHEADERS}" | ${GREP} -q '\.debug_info' || die "CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO not enabled"
 
-check_vmlinux
+init_addr2line $objfile
 
 DIR_PREFIX=supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
 find_dir_prefix $objfile

[PATCH v2 6/7] scripts/faddr2line: Remove call to addr2line from find_dir_prefix()

[Brian Johannesmeyer]

Use the single long-running faddr2line process from find_dir_prefix().

Signed-off-by: Brian Johannesmeyer <bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com>
---
 scripts/faddr2line | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/faddr2line b/scripts/faddr2line
index 48fc8cfc80df..1fa6beef9f97 100755
--- a/scripts/faddr2line
+++ b/scripts/faddr2line
@@ -85,15 +85,17 @@ command -v ${ADDR2LINE} >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "${ADDR2LINE} isn't installed"
 # init/main.c!  This only works for vmlinux.  Otherwise it falls back to
 # printing the absolute path.
 find_dir_prefix() {
-	local objfile=$1
-
 	local start_kernel_addr=$(echo "${ELF_SYMS}" | sed 's/\[.*\]//' |
 		${AWK} '$8 == "start_kernel" {printf "0x%s", $2}')
 	[[ -z $start_kernel_addr ]] && return
 
-	local file_line=$(${ADDR2LINE} -e $objfile $start_kernel_addr)
-	[[ -z $file_line ]] && return
+	run_addr2line ${start_kernel_addr} ""
+	[[ -z $ADDR2LINE_OUT ]] && return
 
+	local file_line=${ADDR2LINE_OUT#* at }
+	if [[ -z $file_line ]] || [[ $file_line = $ADDR2LINE_OUT ]]; then
+		return
+	fi
 	local prefix=${file_line%init/main.c:*}
 	if [[ -z $prefix ]] || [[ $prefix = $file_line ]]; then
 		return
@@ -350,7 +352,7 @@ echo "${ELF_SECHEADERS}" | ${GREP} -q '\.debug_info' || die "CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO n
 init_addr2line $objfile
 
 DIR_PREFIX=supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
-find_dir_prefix $objfile
+find_dir_prefix
 
 FIRST=1
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
-- 
2.34.1

[tip: objtool/core] scripts/faddr2line: Remove call to addr2line from find_dir_prefix()

[tip-bot2 for Brian Johannesmeyer]

The following commit has been merged into the objtool/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     406b5c12aad8110e1b1f9355f176cac43cd1fecb
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/406b5c12aad8110e1b1f9355f176cac43cd1fecb
Author:        Brian Johannesmeyer <bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:55:37 +02:00
Committer:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 23:38:37 -07:00

scripts/faddr2line: Remove call to addr2line from find_dir_prefix()

Use the single long-running faddr2line process from find_dir_prefix().

Signed-off-by: Brian Johannesmeyer <bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240415145538.1938745-7-bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
---
 scripts/faddr2line | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/faddr2line b/scripts/faddr2line
index 48fc8cf..1fa6bee 100755
--- a/scripts/faddr2line
+++ b/scripts/faddr2line
@@ -85,15 +85,17 @@ command -v ${ADDR2LINE} >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "${ADDR2LINE} isn't installed"
 # init/main.c!  This only works for vmlinux.  Otherwise it falls back to
 # printing the absolute path.
 find_dir_prefix() {
-	local objfile=$1
-
 	local start_kernel_addr=$(echo "${ELF_SYMS}" | sed 's/\[.*\]//' |
 		${AWK} '$8 == "start_kernel" {printf "0x%s", $2}')
 	[[ -z $start_kernel_addr ]] && return
 
-	local file_line=$(${ADDR2LINE} -e $objfile $start_kernel_addr)
-	[[ -z $file_line ]] && return
+	run_addr2line ${start_kernel_addr} ""
+	[[ -z $ADDR2LINE_OUT ]] && return
 
+	local file_line=${ADDR2LINE_OUT#* at }
+	if [[ -z $file_line ]] || [[ $file_line = $ADDR2LINE_OUT ]]; then
+		return
+	fi
 	local prefix=${file_line%init/main.c:*}
 	if [[ -z $prefix ]] || [[ $prefix = $file_line ]]; then
 		return
@@ -350,7 +352,7 @@ echo "${ELF_SECHEADERS}" | ${GREP} -q '\.debug_info' || die "CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO n
 init_addr2line $objfile
 
 DIR_PREFIX=supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
-find_dir_prefix $objfile
+find_dir_prefix
 
 FIRST=1
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do

[PATCH v2 7/7] scripts/faddr2line: Check only two symbols when calculating symbol size

[Brian Johannesmeyer]

Rather than looping through each symbol in a particular section to
calculate a symbol's size, grep for the symbol and its immediate
successor, and only use those two symbols.

Signed-off-by: Brian Johannesmeyer <bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com>
---
 scripts/faddr2line | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/faddr2line b/scripts/faddr2line
index 1fa6beef9f97..fe0cc45f03be 100755
--- a/scripts/faddr2line
+++ b/scripts/faddr2line
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ __faddr2line() {
 				found=2
 				break
 			fi
-		done < <(echo "${ELF_SYMS}" | sed 's/\[.*\]//' | ${AWK} -v sec=$sym_sec '$7 == sec' | sort --key=2)
+		done < <(echo "${ELF_SYMS}" | sed 's/\[.*\]//' | ${AWK} -v sec=$sym_sec '$7 == sec' | sort --key=2 | ${GREP} -A1 --no-group-separator " ${sym_name}$")
 
 		if [[ $found = 0 ]]; then
 			warn "can't find symbol: sym_name: $sym_name sym_sec: $sym_sec sym_addr: $sym_addr sym_elf_size: $sym_elf_size"
-- 
2.34.1

[tip: objtool/core] scripts/faddr2line: Check only two symbols when calculating symbol size

[tip-bot2 for Brian Johannesmeyer]

The following commit has been merged into the objtool/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     c02904f05ff805d6c0631634d5751ebd338f75ec
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/c02904f05ff805d6c0631634d5751ebd338f75ec
Author:        Brian Johannesmeyer <bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:55:38 +02:00
Committer:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 23:38:37 -07:00

scripts/faddr2line: Check only two symbols when calculating symbol size

Rather than looping through each symbol in a particular section to
calculate a symbol's size, grep for the symbol and its immediate
successor, and only use those two symbols.

Signed-off-by: Brian Johannesmeyer <bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240415145538.1938745-8-bjohannesmeyer@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
---
 scripts/faddr2line | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/faddr2line b/scripts/faddr2line
index 1fa6bee..fe0cc45 100755
--- a/scripts/faddr2line
+++ b/scripts/faddr2line
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ __faddr2line() {
 				found=2
 				break
 			fi
-		done < <(echo "${ELF_SYMS}" | sed 's/\[.*\]//' | ${AWK} -v sec=$sym_sec '$7 == sec' | sort --key=2)
+		done < <(echo "${ELF_SYMS}" | sed 's/\[.*\]//' | ${AWK} -v sec=$sym_sec '$7 == sec' | sort --key=2 | ${GREP} -A1 --no-group-separator " ${sym_name}$")
 
 		if [[ $found = 0 ]]; then
 			warn "can't find symbol: sym_name: $sym_name sym_sec: $sym_sec sym_addr: $sym_addr sym_elf_size: $sym_elf_size"