From: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
To: irogers@google.com
Cc: acme@kernel.org, adrian.hunter@intel.com, james.clark@linaro.org,
jolsa@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com,
namhyung@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org,
tmricht@linux.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/3] perf libdw: Fix Dwfl discovery with split files
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 23:35:43 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260916063545.3103314-2-irogers@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260916063545.3103314-1-irogers@google.com>
dso__libdw_dwfl() opens the Dwfl with dso__long_name(), the file the
samples came from. When the debug information lives in a separate file,
symbol loading finds it and records it as the dso's symsrc filename, but
the Dwfl still refers to the original file, so libdw has no DWARF to
resolve addresses against.
Open the Dwfl with the symsrc filename when one is known and fall back
to the long name when it isn't.
The symsrc file is found while symbols are loaded, which can happen
after the Dwfl has been created and cached, so drop the cached Dwfl and
the addr2line cache built from it when the symsrc filename is set.
That teardown can run while another thread is using the cache, so take
the dso lock across both the teardown and the Dwfl accessors.
Fixes: b7a2b011e962 ("perf powerpc: Unify the skip-callchain-idx libdw with that for addr2line")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.1-pro
---
.../arch/powerpc/util/skip-callchain-idx.c | 4 +-
tools/perf/util/addr2line.c | 35 ++++++++---
tools/perf/util/dso.c | 9 +++
tools/perf/util/dso.h | 5 +-
tools/perf/util/libbfd.c | 28 ++++++---
tools/perf/util/libdw.c | 39 ++++++++----
tools/perf/util/srcline.c | 61 ++++++++++++------
tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c | 2 +
tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c | 62 ++++++++++++++-----
9 files changed, 178 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/skip-callchain-idx.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/skip-callchain-idx.c
index e57f10798fa6..472714cfad38 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/skip-callchain-idx.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/skip-callchain-idx.c
@@ -152,9 +152,10 @@ static int check_return_addr(struct dso *dso, Dwarf_Addr mapped_pc)
Dwarf_Addr end = mapped_pc;
bool signalp;
+ mutex_lock(dso__lock(dso));
dwfl = dso__libdw_dwfl(dso);
if (!dwfl)
- return -1;
+ goto out;
mod = dwfl_addrmodule(dwfl, mapped_pc);
if (!mod) {
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ static int check_return_addr(struct dso *dso, Dwarf_Addr mapped_pc)
rc = check_return_reg(ra_regno, frame);
out:
+ mutex_unlock(dso__lock(dso));
return rc;
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/addr2line.c b/tools/perf/util/addr2line.c
index 4b0d349ed334..7c7eea3cc8dd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/addr2line.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/addr2line.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ int cmd__addr2line(const char *dso_name, u64 addr,
struct inline_node *node,
struct symbol *sym __maybe_unused)
{
- struct child_process *a2l = dso__a2l(dso);
+ struct child_process *a2l;
char *record_function = NULL;
char *record_filename = NULL;
unsigned int record_line_nr = 0;
@@ -296,10 +296,14 @@ int cmd__addr2line(const char *dso_name, u64 addr,
ssize_t written;
struct io io = { .eof = false };
enum cmd_a2l_style cmd_a2l_style;
+ const char *current_dso_name;
+
+ mutex_lock(dso__lock(dso));
+ a2l = dso__a2l(dso);
if (!a2l) {
if (!filename__has_section(dso_name, ".debug_line"))
- goto out;
+ goto out_unlock;
dso__set_a2l(dso,
addr2line_subprocess_init(symbol_conf.addr2line_path, dso_name));
@@ -309,11 +313,19 @@ int cmd__addr2line(const char *dso_name, u64 addr,
if (a2l == NULL) {
if (!symbol_conf.addr2line_disable_warn)
pr_warning("%s %s: addr2line_subprocess_init failed\n", __func__, dso_name);
- goto out;
+ goto out_unlock;
}
cmd_a2l_style = cmd_addr2line_configure(a2l, dso_name);
if (cmd_a2l_style == BROKEN)
- goto out;
+ goto out_unlock;
+
+ /*
+ * Take ownership of the a2l subprocess so we can safely perform
+ * blocking IPC without holding the dso lock. If another thread
+ * resolves a symbol concurrently, it will spawn a new a2l process.
+ */
+ dso__set_a2l(dso, NULL);
+ mutex_unlock(dso__lock(dso));
/*
* Send our request and then *deliberately* send something that can't be
@@ -414,12 +426,21 @@ int cmd__addr2line(const char *dso_name, u64 addr,
}
out:
+ mutex_lock(dso__lock(dso));
free(record_function);
free(record_filename);
- if (io.eof) {
- dso__set_a2l(dso, NULL);
+
+ current_dso_name = dso__symsrc_filename(dso) ?: dso__long_name(dso);
+ if (!io.eof && dso__a2l(dso) == NULL && current_dso_name &&
+ !strcmp(current_dso_name, dso_name))
+ dso__set_a2l(dso, a2l);
+ else
addr2line_subprocess_cleanup(a2l);
- }
+ mutex_unlock(dso__lock(dso));
+ return ret;
+
+out_unlock:
+ mutex_unlock(dso__lock(dso));
return ret;
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.c b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
index 42bfe30a3b51..df39e6ca88e6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
@@ -2075,3 +2075,12 @@ struct debuginfo *dso__debuginfo(struct dso *dso)
free(name);
return dinfo;
}
+
+void dso__set_symsrc_filename(struct dso *dso, char *val)
+{
+ RC_CHK_ACCESS(dso)->symsrc_filename = val;
+ dso__free_libdw(dso);
+ dso__free_a2l(dso);
+ dso__set_has_srcline(dso, true);
+ dso__set_a2l_fails(dso, 0);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.h b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
index 55c4aaa53c38..7966c7048c85 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
@@ -735,10 +735,7 @@ static inline const char *dso__symsrc_filename(const struct dso *dso)
return RC_CHK_ACCESS(dso)->symsrc_filename;
}
-static inline void dso__set_symsrc_filename(struct dso *dso, char *val)
-{
- RC_CHK_ACCESS(dso)->symsrc_filename = val;
-}
+void dso__set_symsrc_filename(struct dso *dso, char *val);
static inline void dso__free_symsrc_filename(struct dso *dso)
{
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/libbfd.c b/tools/perf/util/libbfd.c
index 1b23a261a9ce..efc78d788ce7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/libbfd.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/libbfd.c
@@ -255,7 +255,10 @@ int libbfd__addr2line(const char *dso_name, u64 addr,
struct symbol *sym)
{
int ret = 0;
- struct a2l_data *a2l = dso__a2l(dso);
+ struct a2l_data *a2l;
+
+ mutex_lock(dso__lock(dso));
+ a2l = dso__a2l(dso);
if (!a2l) {
a2l = addr2line_init(dso_name);
@@ -265,7 +268,8 @@ int libbfd__addr2line(const char *dso_name, u64 addr,
if (a2l == NULL) {
if (!symbol_conf.addr2line_disable_warn)
pr_warning("addr2line_init failed for %s\n", dso_name);
- return 0;
+ ret = -1;
+ goto out;
}
a2l->addr = addr;
@@ -273,14 +277,18 @@ int libbfd__addr2line(const char *dso_name, u64 addr,
bfd_map_over_sections(a2l->abfd, find_address_in_section, a2l);
- if (!a2l->found)
- return 0;
+ if (!a2l->found) {
+ ret = 0;
+ goto out;
+ }
if (unwind_inlines) {
int cnt = 0;
- if (node && inline_list__append_dso_a2l(dso, node, sym))
- return 0;
+ if (node && inline_list__append_dso_a2l(dso, node, sym)) {
+ ret = 0;
+ goto out;
+ }
while (bfd_find_inliner_info(a2l->abfd, &a2l->filename,
&a2l->funcname, &a2l->line) &&
@@ -290,8 +298,10 @@ int libbfd__addr2line(const char *dso_name, u64 addr,
a2l->filename = NULL;
if (node != NULL) {
- if (inline_list__append_dso_a2l(dso, node, sym))
- return 0;
+ if (inline_list__append_dso_a2l(dso, node, sym)) {
+ ret = 0;
+ goto out;
+ }
// found at least one inline frame
ret = 1;
}
@@ -306,6 +316,8 @@ int libbfd__addr2line(const char *dso_name, u64 addr,
if (line)
*line = a2l->line;
+out:
+ mutex_unlock(dso__lock(dso));
return ret;
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/libdw.c b/tools/perf/util/libdw.c
index 4ca7e7e4fbe9..c4504cceb313 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/libdw.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/libdw.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ struct Dwfl *dso__libdw_dwfl(struct dso *dso)
if (dwfl)
return dwfl;
- dso_name = dso__long_name(dso);
+ dso_name = dso__symsrc_filename(dso) ?: dso__long_name(dso);
/*
* Initialize Dwfl session.
* We need to open the DSO file to report it to libdw.
@@ -167,32 +167,41 @@ int libdw__addr2line(u64 addr, char **file, unsigned int *line_nr,
struct dso *dso, bool unwind_inlines,
struct inline_node *node, struct symbol *sym)
{
- Dwfl *dwfl = dso__libdw_dwfl(dso);
+ Dwfl *dwfl;
Dwfl_Module *mod;
Dwfl_Line *dwline;
Dwarf_Addr bias;
const char *src;
int lineno = 0;
+ int ret = 0;
+ mutex_lock(dso__lock(dso));
+ dwfl = dso__libdw_dwfl(dso);
if (!dwfl)
- return 0;
+ goto out;
mod = dwfl_addrmodule(dwfl, addr);
- if (!mod)
- return 0;
+ if (!mod) {
+ ret = 0;
+ goto out;
+ }
/*
* Get/ignore the dwarf information. Determine the bias, difference
* between the regular ELF addr2line addresses and those to use with
* libdw.
*/
- if (!dwfl_module_getdwarf(mod, &bias))
- return 0;
+ if (!dwfl_module_getdwarf(mod, &bias)) {
+ ret = -1;
+ goto out;
+ }
/* Find source line information for the address. */
dwline = dwfl_module_getsrc(mod, addr + bias);
- if (!dwline)
- return 0;
+ if (!dwline) {
+ ret = -1;
+ goto out;
+ }
/* Get line information. */
src = dwfl_lineinfo(dwline, /*addr=*/NULL, &lineno, /*col=*/NULL, /*mtime=*/NULL,
@@ -219,7 +228,8 @@ int libdw__addr2line(u64 addr, char **file, unsigned int *line_nr,
free(*file);
*file = NULL;
}
- return 0;
+ ret = 0;
+ goto out;
}
/* Walk from the parent down to the leaf. */
@@ -235,8 +245,13 @@ int libdw__addr2line(u64 addr, char **file, unsigned int *line_nr,
*file = NULL;
}
inline_node__clear_frames(node);
- return 0;
+ ret = 0;
+ goto out;
}
}
- return 1;
+ ret = 1;
+
+out:
+ mutex_unlock(dso__lock(dso));
+ return ret;
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/srcline.c b/tools/perf/util/srcline.c
index b082178c279b..e60dea472507 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/srcline.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/srcline.c
@@ -1,40 +1,48 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
#include "srcline.h"
+
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/zalloc.h>
+
#include "addr2line.h"
-#include "dso.h"
#include "callchain.h"
+#include "debug.h"
+#include "dso.h"
#include "libbfd.h"
+#include "libdw.h"
#include "llvm.h"
#include "symbol.h"
-#include "libdw.h"
-#include "debug.h"
#include "util.h"
-#include <inttypes.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <linux/string.h>
-#include <linux/zalloc.h>
-
bool srcline_full_filename;
char *srcline__unknown = (char *)"??:0";
-static const char *srcline_dso_name(struct dso *dso)
+static char *srcline_dso_name(struct dso *dso)
{
const char *dso_name;
+ char *ret = NULL;
+ mutex_lock(dso__lock(dso));
if (dso__symsrc_filename(dso))
dso_name = dso__symsrc_filename(dso);
else
dso_name = dso__long_name(dso);
if (dso_name[0] == '[')
- return NULL;
+ goto out;
if (is_perf_pid_map_name(dso_name))
- return NULL;
+ goto out;
- return dso_name;
+ ret = strdup(dso_name);
+out:
+ mutex_unlock(dso__lock(dso));
+ return ret;
}
int inline_list__append(struct symbol *symbol, char *srcline, struct inline_node *node)
@@ -258,7 +266,7 @@ char *__get_srcline(struct dso *dso, u64 addr, struct symbol *sym,
char *file = NULL;
unsigned line = 0;
char *srcline;
- const char *dso_name;
+ char *dso_name;
if (!dso__has_srcline(dso))
goto out;
@@ -268,8 +276,11 @@ char *__get_srcline(struct dso *dso, u64 addr, struct symbol *sym,
goto out_err;
if (!addr2line(dso_name, addr, &file, &line, dso,
- unwind_inlines, /*node=*/NULL, sym))
+ unwind_inlines, /*node=*/NULL, sym)) {
+ free(dso_name);
goto out_err;
+ }
+ free(dso_name);
srcline = srcline_from_fileline(file, line);
free(file);
@@ -277,16 +288,20 @@ char *__get_srcline(struct dso *dso, u64 addr, struct symbol *sym,
if (!srcline)
goto out_err;
+ mutex_lock(dso__lock(dso));
dso__set_a2l_fails(dso, 0);
+ mutex_unlock(dso__lock(dso));
return srcline;
out_err:
+ mutex_lock(dso__lock(dso));
dso__set_a2l_fails(dso, dso__a2l_fails(dso) + 1);
if (dso__a2l_fails(dso) > A2L_FAIL_LIMIT) {
dso__set_has_srcline(dso, false);
dso__free_a2l(dso);
}
+ mutex_unlock(dso__lock(dso));
out:
if (!show_addr)
return (show_sym && sym) ?
@@ -305,7 +320,7 @@ char *__get_srcline(struct dso *dso, u64 addr, struct symbol *sym,
char *get_srcline_split(struct dso *dso, u64 addr, unsigned *line)
{
char *file = NULL;
- const char *dso_name;
+ char *dso_name;
if (!dso__has_srcline(dso))
return NULL;
@@ -315,18 +330,25 @@ char *get_srcline_split(struct dso *dso, u64 addr, unsigned *line)
goto out_err;
if (!addr2line(dso_name, addr, &file, line, dso, /*unwind_inlines=*/true,
- /*node=*/NULL, /*sym=*/NULL))
+ /*node=*/NULL, /*sym=*/NULL)) {
+ free(dso_name);
goto out_err;
+ }
+ free(dso_name);
+ mutex_lock(dso__lock(dso));
dso__set_a2l_fails(dso, 0);
+ mutex_unlock(dso__lock(dso));
return file;
out_err:
+ mutex_lock(dso__lock(dso));
dso__set_a2l_fails(dso, dso__a2l_fails(dso) + 1);
if (dso__a2l_fails(dso) > A2L_FAIL_LIMIT) {
dso__set_has_srcline(dso, false);
dso__free_a2l(dso);
}
+ mutex_unlock(dso__lock(dso));
return NULL;
}
@@ -420,13 +442,16 @@ void srcline__tree_delete(struct rb_root_cached *tree)
struct inline_node *dso__parse_addr_inlines(struct dso *dso, u64 addr,
struct symbol *sym)
{
- const char *dso_name;
+ char *dso_name;
+ struct inline_node *node;
dso_name = srcline_dso_name(dso);
if (dso_name == NULL)
return NULL;
- return addr2inlines(dso_name, addr, dso, sym);
+ node = addr2inlines(dso_name, addr, dso, sym);
+ free(dso_name);
+ return node;
}
void inline_node__clear_frames(struct inline_node *node)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c
index ebea101e1001..4ccfcc7c2dfc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ static int __find_debuginfo(Dwfl_Module *mod __maybe_unused, void **userdata,
const struct dso *dso = *userdata;
assert(dso);
+ mutex_lock(dso__lock((struct dso *)dso));
if (dso__symsrc_filename(dso) && strcmp(file_name, dso__symsrc_filename(dso)))
*debuginfo_file_name = strdup(dso__symsrc_filename(dso));
+ mutex_unlock(dso__lock((struct dso *)dso));
return -1;
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
index 73d191ce51a5..3bccab303282 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
@@ -1,20 +1,26 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include "unwind.h"
+
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <elf.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <gelf.h>
+
+#include <dwarf-regs.h>
+
#include "callchain.h"
#include "debug.h"
#include "dso.h"
#include "env.h"
+#include "libunwind-arch/libunwind-arch.h"
#include "map.h"
#include "perf_regs.h"
#include "session.h"
#include "symbol.h"
#include "thread.h"
-#include "unwind.h"
-#include "libunwind-arch/libunwind-arch.h"
-#include <dwarf-regs.h>
-#include <elf.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <gelf.h>
-#include <inttypes.h>
#define DW_EH_PE_FORMAT_MASK 0x0f /* format of the encoded value */
#define DW_EH_PE_APPL_MASK 0x70 /* how the value is to be applied */
@@ -293,10 +299,19 @@ static int read_unwind_spec_debug_frame(struct dso *dso,
}
if (ofs <= 0) {
- fd = open(dso__symsrc_filename(dso), O_RDONLY);
- if (fd >= 0) {
- ofs = elf_section_offset(fd, ".debug_frame");
- close(fd);
+ char *alloc_name;
+
+ mutex_lock(dso__lock(dso));
+ alloc_name = dso__symsrc_filename(dso) ?
+ strdup(dso__symsrc_filename(dso)) : NULL;
+ mutex_unlock(dso__lock(dso));
+ if (alloc_name) {
+ fd = open(alloc_name, O_RDONLY);
+ if (fd >= 0) {
+ ofs = elf_section_offset(fd, ".debug_frame");
+ close(fd);
+ }
+ free(alloc_name);
}
}
@@ -321,6 +336,7 @@ static int read_unwind_spec_debug_frame(struct dso *dso,
}
}
if (ofs > 0) {
+ mutex_lock(dso__lock(dso));
if (dso__symsrc_filename(dso) != NULL) {
pr_warning(
"%s: overwrite symsrc(%s,%s)\n",
@@ -330,6 +346,7 @@ static int read_unwind_spec_debug_frame(struct dso *dso,
dso__free_symsrc_filename(dso);
}
dso__set_symsrc_filename(dso, debuglink);
+ mutex_unlock(dso__lock(dso));
} else {
free(debuglink);
}
@@ -429,12 +446,23 @@ int __libunwind__find_proc_info(void *as, uint64_t ip, void *pi, int need_unwind
dso__data_put_fd(dso);
}
- symfile = dso__symsrc_filename(dso) ?: dso__name(dso);
-
- if (libunwind_arch__dwarf_find_debug_frame(ui->e_machine, /*found=*/0, &di, ip,
- base, symfile, start, map__end(map))) {
- ret = libunwind_arch__dwarf_search_unwind_table(ui->e_machine, as, ip, &di, pi,
- need_unwind_info, arg);
+ mutex_lock(dso__lock(dso));
+ symfile = dso__symsrc_filename(dso) ?
+ strdup(dso__symsrc_filename(dso)) :
+ strdup(dso__name(dso));
+ mutex_unlock(dso__lock(dso));
+
+ if (symfile) {
+ if (libunwind_arch__dwarf_find_debug_frame(ui->e_machine,
+ /*found=*/0, &di, ip,
+ base, symfile, start,
+ map__end(map))) {
+ ret = libunwind_arch__dwarf_search_unwind_table(ui->e_machine, as,
+ ip, &di, pi,
+ need_unwind_info,
+ arg);
+ }
+ free((char *)symfile);
}
}
map__put(map);
--
2.55.0.1032.g73a4cd73de-goog
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2026-09-14 17:07 [PATCH v1 1/2] " Ian Rogers
2026-09-14 17:07 ` [PATCH v1 2/2] perf dso: Separate libbfd and cmd addr2line caches to fix confusion Ian Rogers
2026-09-16 6:35 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] perf srcline: Fix addr2line cache and fallback bugs Ian Rogers
2026-09-16 6:35 ` Ian Rogers [this message]
2026-09-16 6:35 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] perf dso: Separate libbfd and cmd addr2line caches to fix confusion Ian Rogers
2026-09-16 6:35 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] perf libbfd: Report success when an address is found Ian Rogers
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