From: Zecheng Li <zecheng@google.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Xu Liu <xliuprof@google.com>,
linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Zecheng Li <zecheng@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 4/9] perf annotate: Save pointer offset in stack state
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 18:16:01 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251013181607.2745653-5-zecheng@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251013181607.2745653-1-zecheng@google.com>
The tracked pointer offset was not being preserved in the stack state,
which could lead to incorrect type analysis. This change adds a
ptr_offset field to the type_state_stack struct and passes it to
set_stack_state and findnew_stack_state to ensure the offset is
preserved after the pointer is loaded from a stack location. It improves
the type annotation coverage and quality.
Signed-off-by: Zecheng Li <zecheng@google.com>
---
tools/perf/arch/x86/annotate/instructions.c | 6 +++---
tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c | 12 +++++++-----
tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h | 7 +++++--
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/annotate/instructions.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/annotate/instructions.c
index def7729a394c..0c87e42ca3dc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/annotate/instructions.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/annotate/instructions.c
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ static void update_insn_state_x86(struct type_state *state,
} else if (!stack->compound) {
tsr->type = stack->type;
tsr->kind = stack->kind;
- tsr->offset = 0;
+ tsr->offset = stack->ptr_offset;
tsr->ok = true;
} else if (die_get_member_type(&stack->type,
offset - stack->offset,
@@ -724,10 +724,10 @@ static void update_insn_state_x86(struct type_state *state,
*/
if (!stack->compound)
set_stack_state(stack, offset, tsr->kind,
- &tsr->type);
+ &tsr->type, tsr->offset);
} else {
findnew_stack_state(state, offset, tsr->kind,
- &tsr->type);
+ &tsr->type, tsr->offset);
}
if (dst->reg1 == fbreg) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
index 4204a7956ee5..e183c6104d59 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ struct type_state_stack *find_stack_state(struct type_state *state,
}
void set_stack_state(struct type_state_stack *stack, int offset, u8 kind,
- Dwarf_Die *type_die)
+ Dwarf_Die *type_die, int ptr_offset)
{
int tag;
Dwarf_Word size;
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ void set_stack_state(struct type_state_stack *stack, int offset, u8 kind,
stack->type = *type_die;
stack->size = size;
stack->offset = offset;
+ stack->ptr_offset = ptr_offset;
stack->kind = kind;
if (kind == TSR_KIND_POINTER) {
@@ -614,18 +615,19 @@ void set_stack_state(struct type_state_stack *stack, int offset, u8 kind,
struct type_state_stack *findnew_stack_state(struct type_state *state,
int offset, u8 kind,
- Dwarf_Die *type_die)
+ Dwarf_Die *type_die,
+ int ptr_offset)
{
struct type_state_stack *stack = find_stack_state(state, offset);
if (stack) {
- set_stack_state(stack, offset, kind, type_die);
+ set_stack_state(stack, offset, kind, type_die, ptr_offset);
return stack;
}
stack = malloc(sizeof(*stack));
if (stack) {
- set_stack_state(stack, offset, kind, type_die);
+ set_stack_state(stack, offset, kind, type_die, ptr_offset);
list_add(&stack->list, &state->stack_vars);
}
return stack;
@@ -895,7 +897,7 @@ static void update_var_state(struct type_state *state, struct data_loc_info *dlo
continue;
findnew_stack_state(state, offset, TSR_KIND_TYPE,
- &mem_die);
+ &mem_die, /*ptr_offset=*/0);
if (var->reg == state->stack_reg) {
pr_debug_dtp("var [%"PRIx64"] %#x(reg%d)",
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h
index 14655b76db65..869307c7f130 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ struct type_state_stack {
struct list_head list;
Dwarf_Die type;
int offset;
+ /* pointer offset, saves tsr->offset on the stack state */
+ int ptr_offset;
int size;
bool compound;
u8 kind;
@@ -247,9 +249,10 @@ int annotated_data_type__get_member_name(struct annotated_data_type *adt,
bool has_reg_type(struct type_state *state, int reg);
struct type_state_stack *findnew_stack_state(struct type_state *state,
int offset, u8 kind,
- Dwarf_Die *type_die);
+ Dwarf_Die *type_die,
+ int ptr_offset);
void set_stack_state(struct type_state_stack *stack, int offset, u8 kind,
- Dwarf_Die *type_die);
+ Dwarf_Die *type_die, int ptr_offset);
struct type_state_stack *find_stack_state(struct type_state *state,
int offset);
bool get_global_var_type(Dwarf_Die *cu_die, struct data_loc_info *dloc,
--
2.51.0.788.g6d19910ace-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-13 18:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-13 18:15 [PATCH v4 0/9] perf tools: Some improvements on data type profiler Zecheng Li
2025-10-13 18:15 ` [PATCH v4 1/9] perf annotate: Skip annotating data types to lea instructions Zecheng Li
2025-10-14 18:40 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2025-10-20 4:29 ` Namhyung Kim
2025-10-13 18:15 ` [PATCH v4 2/9] perf annotate: Track address registers via TSR_KIND_POINTER Zecheng Li
2025-10-13 18:16 ` [PATCH v4 3/9] perf annotate: Track arithmetic instructions on pointers Zecheng Li
2025-10-13 18:16 ` Zecheng Li [this message]
2025-10-13 18:16 ` [PATCH v4 5/9] perf annotate: Invalidate register states for untracked instructions Zecheng Li
2025-10-13 18:16 ` [PATCH v4 6/9] perf dwarf-aux: Skip check_variable for die_find_variable_by_reg Zecheng Li
2025-10-13 18:16 ` [PATCH v4 7/9] perf dwarf-aux: Preserve typedefs in match_var_offset Zecheng Li
2025-10-25 17:40 ` Namhyung Kim
2025-10-13 18:16 ` [PATCH v4 8/9] perf annotate: Improve type comparison from different scopes Zecheng Li
2025-10-25 17:46 ` Namhyung Kim
2025-10-13 18:16 ` [PATCH v4 9/9] perf dwarf-aux: Support DW_OP_piece expressions Zecheng Li
2025-10-25 17:57 ` Namhyung Kim
2025-10-22 0:41 ` [PATCH v4 0/9] perf tools: Some improvements on data type profiler Namhyung Kim
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