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It is >> intended to group like programs, despite having different PIDs. But some >> workloads may adjust their own command, so that a unique identifier >> (e.g. a PID or some other numeric value) is part of the command name. >> This destroys the utility of "comm", forcing perf to place each unique >> process name into its own bucket, which can contribute to a >> combinatorial explosion of memory use in perf report. >> >> Create a less strict version of this column, which ignores digits when >> comparing command names. This allows "similar looking" processes to >> again be placed in the same bucket. >> >> Signed-off-by: Stephen Brennan >> --- >> >> Changes from v1: >> - Rebased on linux-tools-next. Resolved conflict with commit cbd41c6d4c26c >> ("perf report: Update sort key state from -F option"). >> >> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-perf-users/20260305181847.3249498-1-stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com/ >> >> tools/perf/util/hist.c | 1 + >> tools/perf/util/hist.h | 1 + >> tools/perf/util/sort.c | 92 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- >> tools/perf/util/sort.h | 1 + >> 4 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c >> index 7ffaa3d9851b4..a6e566dda3a15 100644 >> --- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c >> +++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c >> @@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ void hists__calc_col_len(struct hists *hists, struct hist_entry *h) >> len = thread__comm_len(h->thread); >> if (hists__new_col_len(hists, HISTC_COMM, len)) >> hists__set_col_len(hists, HISTC_THREAD, len + 8); >> + hists__new_col_len(hists, HISTC_COMM_IGNORE_DIGIT, len); > > Thanks for working on this! Sashiko is noting some nits in its review: > https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260316175631.3169955-1-stephen.s.brennan%40oracle.com > > Because hist_entry__comm_ignore_digit_snprintf() replaces consecutive digits > with the 3-character string , the formatted string is often longer than > the original string (e.g., a command named worker_1 expands from 8 to 10 > characters: worker_). > > Since the snprintf logic strictly bounds the output to the calculated width, > will the expanded output be prematurely truncated in reports? Yeah, thanks for this. I think I didn't really notice because most of the numeric commands I saw were shorter than the common max of 15. >> >> if (h->ms.map) { >> len = dso__name_len(map__dso(h->ms.map)); >> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h >> index 1d5ea632ca4e1..ae7e98bd9e46d 100644 >> --- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h >> +++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h >> @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ enum hist_column { >> HISTC_THREAD, >> HISTC_TGID, >> HISTC_COMM, >> + HISTC_COMM_IGNORE_DIGIT, >> HISTC_CGROUP_ID, >> HISTC_CGROUP, >> HISTC_PARENT, >> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c >> index 42d5cd7ef4e23..45662302ed5ba 100644 >> --- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c >> +++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c >> @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ >> // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 >> +#include >> #include >> #include >> #include >> @@ -265,6 +266,93 @@ struct sort_entry sort_comm = { >> .se_width_idx = HISTC_COMM, >> }; >> >> +/* --sort comm_ignore_digit */ >> + >> +static int64_t strcmp_nodigit(const char *left, const char *right) >> +{ >> + for (;;) { >> + while (*left && isdigit(*left)) >> + left++; >> + while (*right && isdigit(*right)) >> + right++; >> + if (*left == *right && !*left) { >> + return 0; >> + } else if (*left == *right) { >> + left++; >> + right++; >> + } else { >> + return (int64_t)*left - (int64_t)*right; >> + } >> + } >> +} > > Sashiko also notes what's below, but I sent out a patch to make all > chars unsigned (like the kernel): > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260306191908.2065682-1-irogers@google.com/ > but it has no reviews. That makes sense. I've encountered the unsigned char nature of the kernel in drgn development [1]. It's so strange that such a fundamental concept is left unspecified in C! :/ I'd be happy to test that patch out and share a reviewed-by assuming I don't encounter any issues. For whatever that's worth. [1]: https://github.com/osandov/drgn/issues/569 > Process command strings can contain arbitrary non-ASCII bytes (e.g., UTF-8 > characters). On architectures where char is signed, these bytes evaluate as > negative integers. > > Passing a negative value (other than EOF) to ctype.h's isdigit() causes > undefined behavior. In glibc, it results in an out-of-bounds read on the > __ctype_b_loc array, which can lead to a segmentation fault. I was curious and tried some simple programs that call isdigit() with a negative number. Large magnitude negative numbers do indeed trigger a segfault. >From what I can see in the glibc source code, the table is explicitly sized and offset to allow the values -128 to -1 to be indexed safely, to make the call safe for signed chars. Of course at the end of the day this was just to satisfy my curiosity. It is UB and should be avoided. > Additionally, if char is signed, returning (int64_t)*left - (int64_t)*right > means non-ASCII characters will mathematically sort before ASCII characters. > > Does this code need to cast the characters to unsigned char before passing > them to isdigit() and subtracting them? Yeah, that seems right too. It's not great but it matches the use of unsigned characters documented in strcmp(3). > Thanks, > Ian Thank you! Stephen > >> + >> +static int64_t >> +sort__comm_ignore_digit_cmp(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right) >> +{ >> + return strcmp_nodigit(comm__str(right->comm), comm__str(left->comm)); >> +} >> + >> +static int64_t >> +sort__comm_ignore_digit_collapse(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right) >> +{ >> + return strcmp_nodigit(comm__str(right->comm), comm__str(left->comm)); >> +} >> + >> +static int64_t >> +sort__comm_ignore_digit_sort(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right) >> +{ >> + return strcmp_nodigit(comm__str(right->comm), comm__str(left->comm)); >> +} >> + >> +static int hist_entry__comm_ignore_digit_snprintf(struct hist_entry *he, char *bf, >> + size_t size, unsigned int width) >> +{ >> + int ret = 0; >> + unsigned int print_len, printed = 0, start = 0, end = 0; >> + bool in_digit; >> + const char *comm = comm__str(he->comm), *print; >> + >> + while (printed < width && printed < size && comm[start]) { >> + in_digit = !!isdigit(comm[start]); >> + end = start + 1; >> + while (comm[end] && !!isdigit(comm[end]) == in_digit) >> + end++; >> + if (in_digit) { >> + print_len = 3; /* */ >> + print = ""; >> + } else { >> + print_len = end - start; >> + print = &comm[start]; >> + } >> + print_len = min(print_len, width - printed); >> + ret = repsep_snprintf(bf + printed, size - printed, "%-.*s", >> + print_len, print); >> + if (ret < 0) >> + return ret; >> + start = end; >> + printed += ret; >> + } >> + /* Pad to width if necessary */ >> + if (printed < width && printed < size) { >> + ret = repsep_snprintf(bf + printed, size - printed, "%-*.*s", >> + width - printed, width - printed, ""); >> + if (ret < 0) >> + return ret; >> + printed += ret; >> + } >> + return printed; >> +} >> + >> +struct sort_entry sort_comm_ignore_digit = { >> + .se_header = "CommandIgnoreDigit", >> + .se_cmp = sort__comm_ignore_digit_cmp, >> + .se_collapse = sort__comm_ignore_digit_collapse, >> + .se_sort = sort__comm_ignore_digit_sort, >> + .se_snprintf = hist_entry__comm_ignore_digit_snprintf, >> + .se_filter = hist_entry__thread_filter, >> + .se_width_idx = HISTC_COMM_IGNORE_DIGIT, >> +}; >> + >> /* --sort dso */ >> >> static int64_t _sort__dso_cmp(struct map *map_l, struct map *map_r) >> @@ -2583,6 +2671,7 @@ static struct sort_dimension common_sort_dimensions[] = { >> DIM(SORT_PID, "pid", sort_thread), >> DIM(SORT_TGID, "tgid", sort_tgid), >> DIM(SORT_COMM, "comm", sort_comm), >> + DIM(SORT_COMM_IGNORE_DIGIT, "comm_ignore_digit", sort_comm_ignore_digit), >> DIM(SORT_DSO, "dso", sort_dso), >> DIM(SORT_SYM, "symbol", sort_sym), >> DIM(SORT_PARENT, "parent", sort_parent), >> @@ -3577,7 +3666,7 @@ static int __sort_dimension__update(struct sort_dimension *sd, >> list->socket = 1; >> } else if (sd->entry == &sort_thread) { >> list->thread = 1; >> - } else if (sd->entry == &sort_comm) { >> + } else if (sd->entry == &sort_comm || sd->entry == &sort_comm_ignore_digit) { >> list->comm = 1; >> } else if (sd->entry == &sort_type_offset) { >> symbol_conf.annotate_data_member = true; >> @@ -4040,6 +4129,7 @@ static bool get_elide(int idx, FILE *output) >> case HISTC_DSO: >> return __get_elide(symbol_conf.dso_list, "dso", output); >> case HISTC_COMM: >> + case HISTC_COMM_IGNORE_DIGIT: >> return __get_elide(symbol_conf.comm_list, "comm", output); >> default: >> break; >> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.h b/tools/perf/util/sort.h >> index d7787958e06b9..6819934b4d48a 100644 >> --- a/tools/perf/util/sort.h >> +++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.h >> @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ enum sort_type { >> /* common sort keys */ >> SORT_PID, >> SORT_COMM, >> + SORT_COMM_IGNORE_DIGIT, >> SORT_DSO, >> SORT_SYM, >> SORT_PARENT, >> -- >> 2.47.3 >>