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>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/3] perf annotate-date: Allow out-of-size access for flex-array types
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 23:40:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260915064035.1970175-3-namhyung@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260915064035.1970175-1-namhyung@kernel.org>
Structs that have a flex array will have accesses beyond its original
size as the array was declared as 0 sized. For now, it just allow any
offset bigger than the size. It could be refined later.
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c | 63 ++++++++++++++++++---------------
tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
index aff60a630fd05b01..1ee2b74f99205567 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <linux/zalloc.h>
@@ -248,8 +249,15 @@ static int __add_member_cb(Dwarf_Die *die, void *arg)
else
die_mem = member_type;
- if (dwarf_aggregate_size(&die_mem, &size) < 0)
- size = 0;
+ if (dwarf_aggregate_size(&die_mem, &size) < 0) {
+ if (dwarf_tag(&die_mem) == DW_TAG_array_type) { /* flex-array? */
+ die_get_real_type(&die_mem, &die_mem);
+ if (dwarf_aggregate_size(&die_mem, &size) < 0)
+ size = 0;
+ } else {
+ size = 0;
+ }
+ }
if (dwarf_attr_integrate(die, DW_AT_data_member_location, &attr)) {
if (dwarf_formudata(&attr, &loc) != 0) {
@@ -399,6 +407,7 @@ static struct annotated_data_type *dso__findnew_data_type(struct dso *dso,
result->self.type_name = type_name;
result->self.size = size;
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&result->self.children);
+ result->flex_array = die_has_flex_array(type_die);
if (symbol_conf.annotate_data_member)
add_member_types(result, type_die);
@@ -517,13 +526,30 @@ static bool is_better_type(Dwarf_Die *type_a, Dwarf_Die *type_b)
return false;
}
+static enum type_match_result check_type_offset(Dwarf_Die *type_die, int offset)
+{
+ Dwarf_Word size;
+
+ /* Get the size of the actual type */
+ if (dwarf_aggregate_size(type_die, &size) < 0)
+ return PERF_TMR_NO_SIZE;
+
+ /* Minimal sanity check */
+ if (offset < 0)
+ return PERF_TMR_BAD_OFFSET;
+
+ if ((unsigned)offset >= size && !die_has_flex_array(type_die))
+ return PERF_TMR_BAD_OFFSET;
+
+ return PERF_TMR_OK;
+}
+
/* The type info will be saved in @type_die */
static enum type_match_result check_variable(struct data_loc_info *dloc,
Dwarf_Die *var_die,
Dwarf_Die *type_die, int reg,
int offset, bool is_fbreg)
{
- Dwarf_Word size;
bool needs_pointer = true;
Dwarf_Die sized_type;
@@ -554,15 +580,7 @@ static enum type_match_result check_variable(struct data_loc_info *dloc,
else
sized_type = *type_die;
- /* Get the size of the actual type */
- if (dwarf_aggregate_size(&sized_type, &size) < 0)
- return PERF_TMR_NO_SIZE;
-
- /* Minimal sanity check */
- if ((unsigned)offset >= size)
- return PERF_TMR_BAD_OFFSET;
-
- return PERF_TMR_OK;
+ return check_type_offset(&sized_type, offset);
}
struct type_state_stack *find_stack_state(struct type_state *state,
@@ -1112,7 +1130,6 @@ static enum type_match_result check_matching_type(struct type_state *state,
struct disasm_line *dl,
Dwarf_Die *type_die)
{
- Dwarf_Word size;
u32 insn_offset = dl->al.offset;
int reg = dloc->op->reg1;
int offset = dloc->op->offset;
@@ -1166,12 +1183,7 @@ static enum type_match_result check_matching_type(struct type_state *state,
else
sized_type = *type_die;
- /* Get the size of the actual type */
- if (dwarf_aggregate_size(&sized_type, &size) < 0 ||
- (unsigned)dloc->type_offset >= size)
- return PERF_TMR_BAD_OFFSET;
-
- return PERF_TMR_OK;
+ return check_type_offset(&sized_type, dloc->type_offset);
}
if (state->regs[reg].kind == TSR_KIND_POINTER) {
@@ -1190,12 +1202,7 @@ static enum type_match_result check_matching_type(struct type_state *state,
dloc->type_offset = dloc->op->offset + state->regs[reg].offset;
- /* Get the size of the actual type */
- if (dwarf_aggregate_size(type_die, &size) < 0 ||
- (unsigned)dloc->type_offset >= size)
- return PERF_TMR_BAD_OFFSET;
-
- return PERF_TMR_OK;
+ return check_type_offset(type_die, dloc->type_offset);
}
if (state->regs[reg].kind == TSR_KIND_PERCPU_POINTER) {
@@ -1209,9 +1216,7 @@ static enum type_match_result check_matching_type(struct type_state *state,
dloc->type_offset = dloc->op->offset;
- /* Get the size of the actual type */
- if (dwarf_aggregate_size(type_die, &size) < 0 ||
- (unsigned)dloc->type_offset >= size)
+ if (check_type_offset(type_die, dloc->type_offset) != PERF_TMR_OK)
return PERF_TMR_BAIL_OUT;
return PERF_TMR_OK;
@@ -1839,7 +1844,7 @@ int annotated_data_type__update_samples(struct annotated_data_type *adt,
return -1;
}
- if (offset < 0 || offset >= adt->self.size)
+ if (offset < 0 || (offset >= adt->self.size && !adt->flex_array))
return -1;
h = &adt->histograms[evsel->core.idx];
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h
index ca2096a9ee62cbfe..957726334907cc0e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ struct type_hist {
* struct annotated_data_type - Data type to profile
* @node: RB-tree node for dso->type_tree
* @self: Actual type information
+ * @flex_array: Whether it has a flex array
* @nr_histogram: Number of histogram entries
* @histograms: An array of histograms
*
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ struct type_hist {
struct annotated_data_type {
struct rb_node node;
struct annotated_member self;
+ bool flex_array;
int nr_histograms;
struct type_hist *histograms;
};
--
2.55.0.1082.g2b9226bbc0-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-15 6:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-15 6:40 [PATCH v3 0/3] perf annotate-data: Support flexible array types Namhyung Kim
2026-09-15 6:40 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] perf dwarf-aux: Add die_has_flex_array() helper Namhyung Kim
2026-09-15 6:40 ` Namhyung Kim [this message]
2026-09-15 6:40 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] perf annotate-data: Adjust type offset for flex-array Namhyung Kim
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