[PATCH] perf scripts python arm-cs-trace-disasm.py: Skip disasm if address continuity is broken
James Clark
james.clark at linaro.org
Wed Jul 24 07:45:48 PDT 2024
On 24/07/2024 7:38 am, Ganapatrao Kulkarni wrote:
>
>
> On 23-07-2024 09:16 pm, James Clark wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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.
>
> I am using below perf record command.
>
> timeout 4s ./perf record -e cs_etm// -C 1 dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null
>
Thanks I managed to reproduce it. I'll take a look to see if I think the
issue is somewhere else.
>>
>
> Thanks,
> Ganapat
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