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From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
	James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, Zecheng Li <zli94@ncsu.edu>,
	Yanbo Zhao <yzhao62@ncsu.edu>,
	Tengda Wu <wutengda@huaweicloud.com>,
	Shuai Xue <xueshuai@linux.alibaba.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/4] perf dwarf-aux: Add die_has_flex_array() helper
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 23:45:33 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260914064535.1671939-3-namhyung@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260914064535.1671939-1-namhyung@kernel.org>

The die_has_flex_array() returns true when the given type is a compound
type and contains an array at the end.  To prevent an infinite recursion
add a depth field to the internal function.

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
 tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h |  3 ++
 2 files changed, 80 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
index d7160f87ac7d7ab3..465824e6513eb0ac 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
@@ -2180,3 +2180,80 @@ Dwarf_Die *die_deref_ptr_type(Dwarf_Die *ptr_die, int offset,
 
 	return die_get_member_type(&type_die, offset, die_mem);
 }
+
+static bool is_flex_array_member(Dwarf_Die *mb_die)
+{
+	Dwarf_Die type_die;
+	Dwarf_Word size;
+
+	/* get the type of the member */
+	if (die_get_real_type(mb_die, &type_die) == NULL)
+		return false;
+
+	if (dwarf_tag(&type_die) != DW_TAG_array_type)
+		return false;
+
+	return dwarf_aggregate_size(&type_die, &size) < 0 || size == 0;
+}
+
+#define MAX_FLEX_ARRAY_RECURSION  256  /* arbitrary */
+
+static bool die_has_flex_array_recurse(Dwarf_Die *parent_die, int depth)
+{
+	Dwarf_Die die_mem, last_mb;
+	int tag = dwarf_tag(parent_die);
+
+	if (tag != DW_TAG_structure_type && tag != DW_TAG_union_type)
+		return false;
+
+	/* prevent infinite recursion */
+	if (depth > MAX_FLEX_ARRAY_RECURSION)
+		return false;
+
+	if (dwarf_child(parent_die, &die_mem))
+		return false;
+
+	do {
+		if (dwarf_tag(&die_mem) != DW_TAG_member)
+			continue;
+
+		if (tag == DW_TAG_union_type) {
+			if (is_flex_array_member(&die_mem))
+				return true;
+
+			if (die_get_real_type(&die_mem, &last_mb) &&
+			    die_has_flex_array_recurse(&last_mb, depth + 1))
+				return true;
+		}
+
+		if (tag == DW_TAG_structure_type)
+			memcpy(&last_mb, &die_mem, sizeof(last_mb));
+
+	} while (dwarf_siblingof(&die_mem, &die_mem) == 0);
+
+	if (tag == DW_TAG_structure_type) {
+		if (is_flex_array_member(&last_mb))
+			return true;
+
+		if (die_get_real_type(&last_mb, &die_mem))
+			return die_has_flex_array_recurse(&die_mem, depth + 1);
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * die_has_flex_array - Check if the given type has a flex-array at the end
+ * @parent_die: a pointer to type DIE
+ *
+ * This function returns %true iff @parent_die is a struct type and has an
+ * array at the end.  Note that the flex-array has no element, it should have
+ * no size and the parent size doesn't include the flex-array.  So it should
+ * locate at the offset of the parent size.
+ *
+ * For simplicity, it assumes the parent size of aligned with the flex-array.
+ */
+bool die_has_flex_array(Dwarf_Die *parent_die)
+{
+	return die_has_flex_array_recurse(parent_die, 0);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h
index 161f0bf980b6ee6a..9b662db710220522 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h
@@ -189,4 +189,7 @@ void die_collect_global_vars(Dwarf_Die *cu_die, struct die_var_type **var_types)
 /* Get the frame base information from CFA */
 int die_get_cfa(Dwarf *dwarf, u64 pc, int *preg, int *poffset);
 
+/* Check whether given type has a flex array */
+bool die_has_flex_array(Dwarf_Die *parent_die);
+
 #endif /* _DWARF_AUX_H */
-- 
2.55.0.1032.g73a4cd73de-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-14  6:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-14  6:45 [PATCH v2 0/4] perf annotate-data: Support flexible array types Namhyung Kim
2026-09-14  6:45 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] perf annotate-data: Convert type histogram to hashmap Namhyung Kim
2026-09-14 12:22   ` Tengda Wu
2026-09-14 18:56     ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-09-14 19:22       ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-09-14 20:42         ` Namhyung Kim
2026-09-14  6:45 ` Namhyung Kim [this message]
2026-09-14 12:14   ` [PATCH v2 2/4] perf dwarf-aux: Add die_has_flex_array() helper Tengda Wu
2026-09-14 20:28     ` Namhyung Kim
2026-09-14  6:45 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] perf annotate-date: Allow out-of-size access for flex-array types Namhyung Kim
2026-09-14 12:19   ` Tengda Wu
2026-09-14 20:39     ` Namhyung Kim
2026-09-14  6:45 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] perf annotate-data: Adjust type offset for flex-array Namhyung Kim

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