[PATCH] perf scripts python arm-cs-trace-disasm.py: Skip disasm if address continuity is broken
James Clark
james.clark at linaro.org
Tue Jul 23 08:46:37 PDT 2024
On 23/07/2024 4:26 pm, Ganapatrao Kulkarni wrote:
>
>
> On 23-07-2024 06:40 pm, James Clark wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 22/07/2024 11:02 am, Ganapatrao Kulkarni wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi James,
>>>
>>> On 19-07-2024 08:09 pm, James Clark wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 19/07/2024 10:26 am, Ganapatrao Kulkarni wrote:
>>>>> To generate the instruction tracing, script uses 2 contiguous packets
>>>>> address range. If there a continuity brake due to discontiguous branch
>>>>> address, it is required to reset the tracing and start tracing with
>>>>> the
>>>>> new set of contiguous packets.
>>>>>
>>>>> Adding change to identify the break and complete the remaining tracing
>>>>> of current packets and restart tracing from new set of packets, if
>>>>> continuity is established.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Ganapatrao,
>>>>
>>>> Can you add a before and after example of what's changed to the
>>>> commit message? It wasn't immediately obvious to me if this is
>>>> adding missing output, or it was correcting the tail end of the
>>>> output that was previously wrong.
>>>
>>> It is adding tail end of the trace as well avoiding the segfault of
>>> the perf application. With out this change the perf segfaults with as
>>> below log
>>>
>>>
>>> ./perf script --script=python:./scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py
>>> -- -d objdump -k ../../vmlinux -v $* > dump
>>> objdump: error: the stop address should be after the start address
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>> File "./scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py", line 271, in
>>> process_event
>>> print_disam(dso_fname, dso_vm_start, start_addr, stop_addr)
>>> File "./scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py", line 105, in
>>> print_disam
>>> for line in read_disam(dso_fname, dso_start, start_addr,
>>> stop_addr):
>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>> File "./scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py", line 99, in
>>> read_disam
>>> disasm_output = check_output(disasm).decode('utf-8').split('\n')
>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>> File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 466, in check_output
>>> return run(*popenargs, stdout=PIPE, timeout=timeout, check=True,
>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>> File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 571, in run
>>> raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args,
>>> subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['objdump', '-d', '-z',
>>> '--start-address=0xffff80008125b758',
>>> '--stop-address=0xffff80008125a934', '../../vmlinux']' returned
>>> non-zero exit status 1.
>>> Fatal Python error: handler_call_die: problem in Python trace event
>>> handler
>>> Python runtime state: initialized
>>>
>>> Current thread 0x0000ffffb05054e0 (most recent call first):
>>> <no Python frame>
>>>
>>> Extension modules: perf_trace_context, systemd._journal,
>>> systemd._reader, systemd.id128, report._py3report, _dbus_bindings,
>>> problem._py3abrt (total: 7)
>>> Aborted (core dumped)
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Ganapatrao Kulkarni
>>>>> <gankulkarni at os.amperecomputing.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> tools/perf/scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py | 10 ++++++++++
>>>>> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py
>>>>> b/tools/perf/scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py
>>>>> index d973c2baed1c..ad10cee2c35e 100755
>>>>> --- a/tools/perf/scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py
>>>>> +++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py
>>>>> @@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ def process_event(param_dict):
>>>>> cpu_data[str(cpu) + 'addr'] = addr
>>>>> return
>>>>> + if (cpu_data.get(str(cpu) + 'ip') == None):
>>>>> + cpu_data[str(cpu) + 'ip'] = ip
>>>>> +
>>>>
>>>> Do you need to write into the global cpu_data here? Doesn't it get
>>>> overwritten after you load it back into 'prev_ip'
>>>
>>> No, the logic is same as holding the addr of previous packet.
>>> Saving the previous packet saved ip in to prev_ip before overwriting
>>> with the current packet.
>>
>> It's not exactly the same logic as holding the addr of the previous
>> sample. For addr, we return on the first None, with your change we now
>> "pretend" that the second one is also the previous one:
>>
>> if (cpu_data.get(str(cpu) + 'addr') == None):
>> cpu_data[str(cpu) + 'addr'] = addr
>> return <----------------------------sample 0 return
>>
>> if (cpu_data.get(str(cpu) + 'ip') == None):
>> cpu_data[str(cpu) + 'ip'] = ip <---- sample 1 save but no return
>>
>> Then for sample 1 'prev_ip' is actually now the 'current' IP:
>
> Yes, it is dummy for first packet. Added anticipating that we wont hit
> the discontinuity for the first packet itself.
>
> Can this be changed to more intuitive like below?
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py
> b/tools/perf/scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py
> index d973c2baed1c..d49f5090059f 100755
> --- a/tools/perf/scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py
> +++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py
> @@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ def process_event(param_dict):
> cpu_data[str(cpu) + 'addr'] = addr
> return
>
> + if (cpu_data.get(str(cpu) + 'ip') != None):
> + prev_ip = cpu_data[str(cpu) + 'ip']
>
> if (options.verbose == True):
> print("Event type: %s" % name)
> @@ -243,12 +245,18 @@ def process_event(param_dict):
>
> # Record for previous sample packet
> cpu_data[str(cpu) + 'addr'] = addr
> + cpu_data[str(cpu) + 'ip'] = stop_addr
>
> # Handle CS_ETM_TRACE_ON packet if start_addr=0 and stop_addr=4
> if (start_addr == 0 and stop_addr == 4):
> print("CPU%d: CS_ETM_TRACE_ON packet is inserted" % cpu)
> return
>
> + if (stop_addr < start_addr and prev_ip != 0):
> + # Continuity of the Packets broken, set start_addr to
> previous
> + # packet ip to complete the remaining tracing of the
> address range.
> + start_addr = prev_ip
> +
> if (start_addr < int(dso_start) or start_addr > int(dso_end)):
> print("Start address 0x%x is out of range [ 0x%x ..
> 0x%x ] for dso %s" % (start_addr, int(dso_start), int(dso_end), dso))
> return
>
> Without this patch below is the failure log(with segfault) for reference.
>
> [root at sut01sys-r214 perf]# timeout 4s ./perf record -e cs_etm// -C 1 dd
> if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null
> [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
> [ perf record: Captured and wrote 1.087 MB perf.data ]
> [root at sut01sys-r214 perf]# ./perf script
> --script=python:./scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py -- -d objdump -k
> ../../vmlinux -v $* > dump
> objdump: error: the stop address should be after the start address
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "./scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py", line 271, in
> process_event
> print_disam(dso_fname, dso_vm_start, start_addr, stop_addr)
> File "./scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py", line 105, in print_disam
> for line in read_disam(dso_fname, dso_start, start_addr, stop_addr):
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> File "./scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py", line 99, in read_disam
> disasm_output = check_output(disasm).decode('utf-8').split('\n')
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 466, in check_output
> return run(*popenargs, stdout=PIPE, timeout=timeout, check=True,
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 571, in run
> raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args,
> subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['objdump', '-d', '-z',
> '--start-address=0xffff80008125b758',
> '--stop-address=0xffff80008125a934', '../../vmlinux']' returned non-zero
> exit status 1.
> Fatal Python error: handler_call_die: problem in Python trace event handler
> Python runtime state: initialized
>
> Current thread 0x0000ffffb90d54e0 (most recent call first):
> <no Python frame>
>
> Extension modules: perf_trace_context, systemd._journal,
> systemd._reader, systemd.id128, report._py3report, _dbus_bindings,
> problem._py3abrt (total: 7)
> Aborted (core dumped)
>
>
> dump snippet:
> ============
> Event type: branches
> Sample = { cpu: 0001 addr: 0xffff80008030cb00 phys_addr:
> 0x0000000000000000 ip: 0xffff800080313f0c pid: 12720 tid: 12720 period:
> 1 time: 5986372298040 }
> ffff800080313f04 <__perf_event_header__init_id+0x4c>:
> ffff800080313f04: 36100094 tbz w20, #2,
> ffff800080313f14 <__perf_event_header__init_id+0x5c>
> ffff800080313f08: f941e6a0 ldr x0, [x21, #968]
> ffff800080313f0c: d63f0000 blr x0
> perf 12720/12720 [0001] 5986.372298040
> __perf_event_header__init_id+0x54
> .../coresight/linux/kernel/events/core.c 586 return
> event->clock();
> Event type: branches
> Sample = { cpu: 0001 addr: 0xffff8000801bb4a8 phys_addr:
> 0x0000000000000000 ip: 0xffff80008030cb0c pid: 12720 tid: 12720 period:
> 1 time: 5986372298040 }
> ffff80008030cb00 <local_clock>:
> ffff80008030cb00: d503233f paciasp
> ffff80008030cb04: a9bf7bfd stp x29, x30, [sp,
> #-16]!
> ffff80008030cb08: 910003fd mov x29, sp
> ffff80008030cb0c: 97faba67 bl ffff8000801bb4a8
> <sched_clock>
> perf 12720/12720 [0001] 5986.372298040 local_clock+0xc
> ...t/linux/./include/linux/sched/clock.h 64 return sched_clock();
> Event type: branches
> Sample = { cpu: 0001 addr: 0xffff80008125a8a8 phys_addr:
> 0x0000000000000000 ip: 0xffff8000801bb4c8 pid: 12720 tid: 12720 period:
> 1 time: 5986372298040 }
> ffff8000801bb4a8 <sched_clock>:
> ffff8000801bb4a8: d503233f paciasp
> ffff8000801bb4ac: a9be7bfd stp x29, x30, [sp,
> #-32]!
> ffff8000801bb4b0: 910003fd mov x29, sp
> ffff8000801bb4b4: a90153f3 stp x19, x20, [sp,
> #16]
> ffff8000801bb4b8: d5384113 mrs x19, sp_el0
> ffff8000801bb4bc: b9401260 ldr w0, [x19, #16]
> ffff8000801bb4c0: 11000400 add w0, w0, #0x1
> ffff8000801bb4c4: b9001260 str w0, [x19, #16]
> ffff8000801bb4c8: 94427cf8 bl ffff80008125a8a8
> <sched_clock_noinstr>
> perf 12720/12720 [0001] 5986.372298040
> sched_clock+0x20 ...sight/linux/kernel/time/sched_clock.c 105
> ns = sched_clock_noinstr();
> Event type: branches
> Sample = { cpu: 0001 addr: 0xffff80008125b758 phys_addr:
> 0x0000000000000000 ip: 0xffff80008125a8e4 pid: 12720 tid: 12720 period:
> 1 time: 5986372298040 }
> ffff80008125a8a8 <sched_clock_noinstr>:
> ffff80008125a8a8: d503233f paciasp
> ffff80008125a8ac: a9bc7bfd stp x29, x30, [sp,
> #-64]!
> ffff80008125a8b0: 910003fd mov x29, sp
> ffff80008125a8b4: a90153f3 stp x19, x20, [sp,
> #16]
> ffff80008125a8b8: b000e354 adrp x20,
> ffff800082ec3000 <tick_bc_dev+0x140>
> ffff80008125a8bc: 910d0294 add x20, x20, #0x340
> ffff80008125a8c0: a90363f7 stp x23, x24, [sp,
> #48]
> ffff80008125a8c4: 91002297 add x23, x20, #0x8
> ffff80008125a8c8: 52800518 mov w24, #0x28
> // #40
> ffff80008125a8cc: a9025bf5 stp x21, x22, [sp,
> #32]
> ffff80008125a8d0: b9400296 ldr w22, [x20]
> ffff80008125a8d4: 120002d5 and w21, w22, #0x1
> ffff80008125a8d8: 9bb87eb5 umull x21, w21, w24
> ffff80008125a8dc: 8b1502f3 add x19, x23, x21
> ffff80008125a8e0: f9400e60 ldr x0, [x19, #24]
> ffff80008125a8e4: d63f0000 blr x0
> perf 12720/12720 [0001] 5986.372298040
> sched_clock_noinstr+0x3c ...sight/linux/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
> 93 cyc = (rd->read_sched_clock() - rd->epoch_cyc) &
> Event type: branches
> Sample = { cpu: 0001 addr: 0xffff8000801bb4cc phys_addr:
> 0x0000000000000000 ip: 0xffff80008125a930 pid: 12720 tid: 12720 period:
> 1 time: 5986372298040 }
>
>
> With fix:
> =========
>
> Event type: branches
> Sample = { cpu: 0001 addr: 0xffff80008030cb00 phys_addr:
> 0x0000000000000000 ip: 0xffff800080313f0c pid: 12720 tid: 12720 period:
> 1 time: 5986372298040 }
> ffff800080313f04 <__perf_event_header__init_id+0x4c>:
> ffff800080313f04: 36100094 tbz w20, #2,
> ffff800080313f14 <__perf_event_header__init_id+0x5c>
> ffff800080313f08: f941e6a0 ldr x0, [x21, #968]
> ffff800080313f0c: d63f0000 blr x0
> perf 12720/12720 [0001] 5986.372298040
> __perf_event_header__init_id+0x54
> .../coresight/linux/kernel/events/core.c 586 return
> event->clock();
> Event type: branches
> Sample = { cpu: 0001 addr: 0xffff8000801bb4a8 phys_addr:
> 0x0000000000000000 ip: 0xffff80008030cb0c pid: 12720 tid: 12720 period:
> 1 time: 5986372298040 }
> ffff80008030cb00 <local_clock>:
> ffff80008030cb00: d503233f paciasp
> ffff80008030cb04: a9bf7bfd stp x29, x30, [sp,
> #-16]!
> ffff80008030cb08: 910003fd mov x29, sp
> ffff80008030cb0c: 97faba67 bl ffff8000801bb4a8
> <sched_clock>
> perf 12720/12720 [0001] 5986.372298040 local_clock+0xc
> ...t/linux/./include/linux/sched/clock.h 64 return sched_clock();
> Event type: branches
> Sample = { cpu: 0001 addr: 0xffff80008125a8a8 phys_addr:
> 0x0000000000000000 ip: 0xffff8000801bb4c8 pid: 12720 tid: 12720 period:
> 1 time: 5986372298040 }
> ffff8000801bb4a8 <sched_clock>:
> ffff8000801bb4a8: d503233f paciasp
> ffff8000801bb4ac: a9be7bfd stp x29, x30, [sp,
> #-32]!
> ffff8000801bb4b0: 910003fd mov x29, sp
> ffff8000801bb4b4: a90153f3 stp x19, x20, [sp,
> #16]
> ffff8000801bb4b8: d5384113 mrs x19, sp_el0
> ffff8000801bb4bc: b9401260 ldr w0, [x19, #16]
> ffff8000801bb4c0: 11000400 add w0, w0, #0x1
> ffff8000801bb4c4: b9001260 str w0, [x19, #16]
> ffff8000801bb4c8: 94427cf8 bl ffff80008125a8a8
> <sched_clock_noinstr>
> perf 12720/12720 [0001] 5986.372298040
> sched_clock+0x20 ...sight/linux/kernel/time/sched_clock.c 105
> ns = sched_clock_noinstr();
> Event type: branches
> Sample = { cpu: 0001 addr: 0xffff80008125b758 phys_addr:
> 0x0000000000000000 ip: 0xffff80008125a8e4 pid: 12720 tid: 12720 period:
> 1 time: 5986372298040 }
> ffff80008125a8a8 <sched_clock_noinstr>:
> ffff80008125a8a8: d503233f paciasp
> ffff80008125a8ac: a9bc7bfd stp x29, x30, [sp,
> #-64]!
> ffff80008125a8b0: 910003fd mov x29, sp
> ffff80008125a8b4: a90153f3 stp x19, x20, [sp,
> #16]
> ffff80008125a8b8: b000e354 adrp x20,
> ffff800082ec3000 <tick_bc_dev+0x140>
> ffff80008125a8bc: 910d0294 add x20, x20, #0x340
> ffff80008125a8c0: a90363f7 stp x23, x24, [sp,
> #48]
> ffff80008125a8c4: 91002297 add x23, x20, #0x8
> ffff80008125a8c8: 52800518 mov w24, #0x28
> // #40
> ffff80008125a8cc: a9025bf5 stp x21, x22, [sp,
> #32]
> ffff80008125a8d0: b9400296 ldr w22, [x20]
> ffff80008125a8d4: 120002d5 and w21, w22, #0x1
> ffff80008125a8d8: 9bb87eb5 umull x21, w21, w24
> ffff80008125a8dc: 8b1502f3 add x19, x23, x21
> ffff80008125a8e0: f9400e60 ldr x0, [x19, #24]
> ffff80008125a8e4: d63f0000 blr x0
It looks like the disassembly now assumes this BLR wasn't taken. We go
from ffff80008125a8e4 straight through to ...
> perf 12720/12720 [0001] 5986.372298040
> sched_clock_noinstr+0x3c ...sight/linux/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
> 93 cyc = (rd->read_sched_clock() - rd->epoch_cyc) &
> Event type: branches
> Sample = { cpu: 0001 addr: 0xffff8000801bb4cc phys_addr:
> 0x0000000000000000 ip: 0xffff80008125a930 pid: 12720 tid: 12720 period:
> 1 time: 5986372298040 }
> ffff80008125a8e8 <sched_clock_noinstr+0x40>:
> ffff80008125a8e8: f8756ae3 ldr x3, [x23, x21]
ffff80008125a8e4 which is just the previous one +4. Isn't your issue
actually a decode issue in Perf itself? Why is there a discontinuity
without branch samples being generated where either the source or
destination address is 0?
What are your record options to create this issue? As I mentioned in the
previous reply I haven't been able to reproduce it.
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