From: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
To: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>, Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
Andrey Grodzovsky <andrey.grodzovsky@crowdstrike.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Samuel Wu <wusamuel@google.com>,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 next 11/13] scripts/kallsyms: Optimise compress_symbols()
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 11:59:09 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261111115911.1142000-12-david.laight.linux@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261111115911.1142000-1-david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
When (say) axyb is replaced with azb instead of decrementing the
token_profit[] value for every pair of token in the old string before
the substitution and then incrementing it afterwards just decrement
the counts for ax and yb and increment the ones for az and zb.
Set the count for xy (the number of actual substitions) to zero
afterwards.
On my system this reduces the execution time for optimize_result()
from 98ms to 64ms
The gain will be far more for kernels containing very long symbol names.
Add a function to verify the compression tables are correct.
Call before generating the output when 'incbin' isn't being used.
Output file unchanged.
Signed-off-by: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
---
Formally patch 12, rebased on 7.4-rc1
scripts/kallsyms.c | 169 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 105 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
index cbf05972043b..4da613e8e728 100644
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -634,22 +634,79 @@ static unsigned int token_second(unsigned int token)
/* table lookup compression functions */
-/* count all the possible tokens in a symbol */
-static void learn_symbol(const unsigned char *symbol, int len)
+/* Check that the compression data is consistent. */
+static void check_tables(void)
{
- int i;
+ struct {
+ unsigned int refs;
+ unsigned int idx;
+ } tok_info[NR_TOKENS], *ti;
+ unsigned int sym_idx, token;
+ unsigned char *cp, *end;
+ struct sym_arr *sa;
+ unsigned int i, idx;
+
+ memset(&tok_info, 0, sizeof(tok_info));
+
+ /* Check that token_syms[]->sym_indexes is correctly sorted. */
+ for (token = 0; token < NR_TOKENS; token++) {
+ sa = token_syms + token;
+ for (i = 0; i + 1 < sa->cnt; i++) {
+ if (sa->sym_indexes[i] < sa->sym_indexes[i + 1])
+ continue;
+ errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "sym_indexes[%x (%s/%s)] missorted at %u %u >= %u",
+ token, best_table[token_first(token)].str,
+ best_table[token_second(token)].str,
+ i, sa->sym_indexes[i], sa->sym_indexes[i + 1]);
+ }
+ }
- for (i = 0; i < len - 1; i++)
- token_profit[sym_token_index(symbol, i)]++;
+ /* Check that every token pair is in token_syms[]->sym_indexes[]. */
+ for (sym_idx = 0; sym_idx < table_cnt; sym_idx++) {
+ cp = table[sym_idx]->sym;
+ end = cp + table[sym_idx]->len;
+ /* Scan all pairs */
+ while (++cp < end) {
+ token = token_index(cp[-1], cp[0]);
+ ti = tok_info + token;
+ ti->refs++;
+
+ /* token_syms[]->sym_indexes holds symbol numbers in order. */
+ sa = token_syms + token;
+ for (idx = ti->idx; idx < sa->cnt; idx++) {
+ if (sym_idx == sa->sym_indexes[idx])
+ break;
+ }
+ if (idx >= sa->cnt) {
+ char buf[1 + KSYM_NAME_LEN];
+ expand_symbol(table[sym_idx]->sym, table[sym_idx]->len, buf);
+ errx(EXIT_FAILURE,
+ "symbol %u (%s) not in sym_indexes[] for token %x (%s/%s)",
+ sym_idx, buf, token, best_table[cp[-1]].str,
+ best_table[cp[0]].str);
+ }
+ ti->idx = idx;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /* Check the reference counts for all tokens. */
+ for (idx = 0; idx < NR_TOKENS; idx++) {
+ if (tok_info[idx].refs != token_profit[idx]) {
+ errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "profit error for %x (%s/%s) discrepency %u != %u",
+ idx, best_table[token_first(idx)].str,
+ best_table[token_second(idx)].str,
+ tok_info[idx].refs, token_profit[idx]);
+ }
+ }
}
-/* decrease the count for all the possible tokens in a symbol */
-static void forget_symbol(const unsigned char *symbol, int len)
+/* count all the possible tokens in a symbol */
+static void learn_symbol(const unsigned char *symbol, int len)
{
int i;
for (i = 0; i < len - 1; i++)
- token_profit[sym_token_index(symbol, i)]--;
+ token_profit[sym_token_index(symbol, i)]++;
}
static void token_add_symbol(unsigned int token_idx, unsigned int sym_idx)
@@ -675,23 +732,14 @@ static void symbol_index_all_tokens(const unsigned char *symbol, int len,
}
}
-/*
- * The symbol just got compressed. The only parts of the symbol that changed
- * meaningfully are those containing the newly assigned compressed char, so
- * index those.
- */
-static void symbol_index_new_tokens(const unsigned char *symbol, int len,
- unsigned int sym_idx, int compressed_chr)
+static void adjust_profit(unsigned int sym_idx,
+ unsigned int old_first, unsigned int new_first,
+ unsigned int old_second, unsigned int new_second)
{
- int i;
+ token_profit[token_index(old_first, old_second)]--;
+ token_profit[token_index(new_first, new_second)]++;
- for (i = 0; i < len - 1; i++) {
- const unsigned int token_idx = sym_token_index(symbol, i);
-
- if (symbol[i] == compressed_chr ||
- symbol[i + 1] == compressed_chr)
- token_add_symbol(token_idx, sym_idx);
- }
+ token_add_symbol(token_index(new_first, new_second), sym_idx);
}
static void build_initial_token_table(void)
@@ -721,13 +769,12 @@ static void build_initial_token_table(void)
symbol_index_all_tokens(table[i]->sym, table[i]->len, i);
}
-static unsigned char *find_token(unsigned char *str, int len,
+static unsigned char *find_token(unsigned char *str, unsigned char *end,
unsigned int want)
{
unsigned int token = token_index(0, *str++);
- int i;
- for (i = 0; i < len - 1; i++) {
+ while (str < end) {
token = token_index(token_second(token), *str++);
if (token == want)
return str - 2;
@@ -736,53 +783,42 @@ static unsigned char *find_token(unsigned char *str, int len,
}
/* replace a given token in all the valid symbols. Use the sampled symbols
- * to update the counts */
-static void compress_symbols(unsigned int token_idx, int compressed_chr)
+ * to update the counts.
+ * Marked noinline to help register allocation. */
+static __attribute__((noinline)) void
+compress_symbols(unsigned int token_idx, int compressed_chr)
{
struct sym_arr *arr = &token_syms[token_idx];
- unsigned int sym_idx, j, len, size;
- unsigned char *p1, *p2;
+ unsigned int sym_idx, j, len;
+ unsigned char *sym, *p, *end;
+ struct sym_entry *se;
/* Iterate through all symbols this token is found in and compress. */
for (j = 0; j < arr->cnt; j++) {
sym_idx = arr->sym_indexes[j];
- len = table[sym_idx]->len;
- p1 = table[sym_idx]->sym;
-
- /* find the token on the symbol */
- p2 = find_token(p1, len, token_idx);
- if (!p2) continue;
-
- /* decrease the counts for this symbol's tokens */
- forget_symbol(table[sym_idx]->sym, len);
-
- size = len;
-
- do {
- *p2 = compressed_chr;
- p2++;
- size -= (p2 - p1);
- memmove(p2, p2 + 1, size);
- p1 = p2;
- len--;
-
- if (size < 2) break;
-
- /* find the token on the symbol */
- p2 = find_token(p1, size, token_idx);
-
- } while (p2);
-
- table[sym_idx]->len = len;
-
- /* increase the counts for this symbol's new tokens */
- learn_symbol(table[sym_idx]->sym, len);
- symbol_index_new_tokens(table[sym_idx]->sym, len, sym_idx,
- compressed_chr);
+ se = table[sym_idx];
+ sym = se->sym;
+ end = sym + se->len;
+
+ for (p = sym; (p = find_token(p, end, token_idx)); p++) {
+ len = end - p - 2;
+ end--;
+ *p = compressed_chr;
+ if (p != sym)
+ adjust_profit(sym_idx, p[-1], p[-1],
+ token_first(token_idx), compressed_chr);
+ if (!len)
+ break;
+ adjust_profit(sym_idx, token_second(token_idx), compressed_chr, p[2], p[2]);
+ memmove(p + 1, p + 2, len);
+ }
+ se->len = end - sym;
}
- sym_arr_free(arr); /* No symbol contains this token any more. */
+ /* No symbol contains this token any more. */
+ token_profit[token_idx] = 0;
+ sym_arr_free(arr);
}
/* search the token with the maximum profit */
@@ -870,6 +906,11 @@ static void optimize_token_table(void)
optimize_result();
stamp("optimize result");
+
+ if (!out_bin_file) {
+ check_tables();
+ stamp("check tables");
+ }
}
/* guess for "linker script provide" symbol */
--
2.39.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-11 11:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-11 11:58 [PATCH v3 next 00/13] kallsyms: optimise symbol search by name David Laight
2026-11-11 11:58 ` [PATCH v3 next 01/13] scripts/kallsyms: Avoid overrunning on-stack buffer David Laight
2026-11-11 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 next 02/13] scripts/kallsyms: Improve error reporting David Laight
2026-11-11 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 next 03/13] scripts/elf-parse: add elf_map_big_endian() helper David Laight
2026-11-11 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 next 04/13] scripts/kallsyms: make use of binary data output optional David Laight
2026-11-11 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 next 05/13] kallsyms: Fix selftest startup delay David Laight
2026-11-11 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 next 06/13] kallsyms: Improve selftest test_perf_kallsyms_lookup_name() output David Laight
2026-11-11 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 next 07/13] kallsyms: Match compressed tokens on the fly during binary search David Laight
2026-11-11 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 next 08/13] kallsyms: Optimise symbol name search David Laight
2026-11-11 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 next 09/13] kallsyms: Add a kernel parameter to change the kallsyms_markers[] density David Laight
2026-11-11 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 next 10/13] scripts/kallsyms: Keep full expansion of tokens David Laight
2026-11-11 11:59 ` David Laight [this message]
2026-11-11 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 next 12/13] scripts/kallsyms: Reuse tokens that have no references David Laight
2026-11-11 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 next 13/13] scripts/kallsyms: Reuse little-used compression tokens David Laight
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