[PATCH v7 00/14] perf: Support multiple system call tables in the build

Namhyung Kim namhyung at kernel.org
Thu Mar 20 16:59:17 PDT 2025


On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 10:07:27PM -0700, Ian Rogers wrote:
> This work builds on the clean up of system call tables and removal of
> libaudit by Charlie Jenkins <charlie at rivosinc.com>.
> 
> The system call table in perf trace is used to map system call numbers
> to names and vice versa. Prior to these changes, a single table
> matching the perf binary's build was present. The table would be
> incorrect if tracing say a 32-bit binary from a 64-bit version of
> perf, the names and numbers wouldn't match.
> 
> Change the build so that a single system call file is built and the
> potentially multiple tables are identifiable from the ELF machine type
> of the process being examined. To determine the ELF machine type, the
> executable's maps are searched and the associated DSOs ELF headers are
> read. When this fails and when live, /proc/pid/exe's ELF header is
> read. Fallback to using the perf's binary type when unknown.
> 
> Remove some runtime types used by the system call tables and make
> equivalents generated at build time.
> 
> v7: Rebase for dso data locking changes. Don't NULL check before
>     btf__free (Arnaldo). Add patch to clean up perf trace's evlist to
>     make leak sanitizer happier.
> 
> v6: Incorporate Namhyung's fixes:
>     https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Z9PCjQ8PhOadVGQ8@google.com/
>     https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Z9YHCzINiu4uBQ8B@google.com/
>     Which highlighted an issue with syscall pointers becoming
>     stale. Add a patch 12 to make the syscall table a table of
>     pointers that don't move so that struct syscalls don't move. Add a
>     patch 13 fixing a BTF memory leak.
> 
> v5: Add byte swap to dso__e_machine and fix comment as suggested by
>     Namhyung.
> 
> v4: Add reading the e_machine from the thread's maps dsos, only read
>     from /proc/pid/exe on failure and when live as requested by
>     Namhyung. Add patches to add dso comments and remove unused
>     dso_data variables that are unused without libunwind.
> 
> v3: Add Charlie's reviewed-by tags. Incorporate feedback from Arnd
>     Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de> on additional optional column and MIPS
>     system call numbering. Rebase past Namhyung's global system call
>     statistics and add comments that they don't yet support an
>     e_machine other than EM_HOST.
> 
> v2: Change the 1 element cache for the last table as suggested by
>     Howard Chu, add Howard's reviewed-by tags.
>     Add a comment and apology to Charlie for not doing better in
>     guiding:
>     https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250114-perf_syscall_arch_runtime-v1-1-5b304e408e11@rivosinc.com/
>     After discussion on v1 and he agreed this patch series would be
>     the better direction.
> 
> Ian Rogers (14):
>   perf dso: Move libunwind dso_data variables into ifdef
>   perf dso: kernel-doc for enum dso_binary_type
>   perf syscalltbl: Remove syscall_table.h
>   perf trace: Reorganize syscalls
>   perf syscalltbl: Remove struct syscalltbl
>   perf dso: Add support for reading the e_machine type for a dso
>   perf thread: Add support for reading the e_machine type for a thread
>   perf trace beauty: Add syscalltbl.sh generating all system call tables
>   perf syscalltbl: Use lookup table containing multiple architectures
>   perf build: Remove Makefile.syscalls
>   perf syscalltbl: Mask off ABI type for MIPS system calls
>   perf trace: Make syscall table stable
>   perf trace: Fix BTF memory leak
>   perf trace: Fix evlist memory leak

Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung at kernel.org>

Thanks,
Namhyung

> 
>  tools/perf/Makefile.perf                      |  10 +-
>  tools/perf/arch/alpha/entry/syscalls/Kbuild   |   2 -
>  .../alpha/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls    |   5 -
>  tools/perf/arch/alpha/include/syscall_table.h |   2 -
>  tools/perf/arch/arc/entry/syscalls/Kbuild     |   2 -
>  .../arch/arc/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls |   3 -
>  tools/perf/arch/arc/include/syscall_table.h   |   2 -
>  tools/perf/arch/arm/entry/syscalls/Kbuild     |   4 -
>  .../arch/arm/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls |   2 -
>  tools/perf/arch/arm/include/syscall_table.h   |   2 -
>  tools/perf/arch/arm64/entry/syscalls/Kbuild   |   3 -
>  .../arm64/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls    |   6 -
>  tools/perf/arch/arm64/include/syscall_table.h |   8 -
>  tools/perf/arch/csky/entry/syscalls/Kbuild    |   2 -
>  .../csky/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls     |   3 -
>  tools/perf/arch/csky/include/syscall_table.h  |   2 -
>  .../perf/arch/loongarch/entry/syscalls/Kbuild |   2 -
>  .../entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls          |   3 -
>  .../arch/loongarch/include/syscall_table.h    |   2 -
>  tools/perf/arch/mips/entry/syscalls/Kbuild    |   2 -
>  .../mips/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls     |   5 -
>  tools/perf/arch/mips/include/syscall_table.h  |   2 -
>  tools/perf/arch/parisc/entry/syscalls/Kbuild  |   3 -
>  .../parisc/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls   |   6 -
>  .../perf/arch/parisc/include/syscall_table.h  |   8 -
>  tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/Kbuild |   3 -
>  .../powerpc/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls  |   6 -
>  .../perf/arch/powerpc/include/syscall_table.h |   8 -
>  tools/perf/arch/riscv/entry/syscalls/Kbuild   |   2 -
>  .../riscv/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls    |   4 -
>  tools/perf/arch/riscv/include/syscall_table.h |   8 -
>  tools/perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/Kbuild    |   2 -
>  .../s390/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls     |   5 -
>  tools/perf/arch/s390/include/syscall_table.h  |   2 -
>  tools/perf/arch/sh/entry/syscalls/Kbuild      |   2 -
>  .../arch/sh/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls  |   4 -
>  tools/perf/arch/sh/include/syscall_table.h    |   2 -
>  tools/perf/arch/sparc/entry/syscalls/Kbuild   |   3 -
>  .../sparc/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls    |   5 -
>  tools/perf/arch/sparc/include/syscall_table.h |   8 -
>  tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/Kbuild     |   3 -
>  .../arch/x86/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls |   6 -
>  tools/perf/arch/x86/include/syscall_table.h   |   8 -
>  tools/perf/arch/xtensa/entry/syscalls/Kbuild  |   2 -
>  .../xtensa/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls   |   4 -
>  .../perf/arch/xtensa/include/syscall_table.h  |   2 -
>  tools/perf/builtin-trace.c                    | 339 ++++++++++++------
>  tools/perf/scripts/Makefile.syscalls          |  61 ----
>  tools/perf/scripts/syscalltbl.sh              |  86 -----
>  tools/perf/trace/beauty/syscalltbl.sh         | 274 ++++++++++++++
>  tools/perf/util/dso.c                         |  89 +++++
>  tools/perf/util/dso.h                         |  62 ++++
>  tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c                  |  27 --
>  tools/perf/util/syscalltbl.c                  | 148 ++++----
>  tools/perf/util/syscalltbl.h                  |  22 +-
>  tools/perf/util/thread.c                      |  80 +++++
>  tools/perf/util/thread.h                      |  14 +-
>  57 files changed, 839 insertions(+), 543 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/alpha/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/alpha/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/alpha/include/syscall_table.h
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arc/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arc/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arc/include/syscall_table.h
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arm/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arm/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arm/include/syscall_table.h
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arm64/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arm64/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arm64/include/syscall_table.h
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/csky/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/csky/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/csky/include/syscall_table.h
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/loongarch/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/loongarch/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/loongarch/include/syscall_table.h
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/mips/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/mips/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/mips/include/syscall_table.h
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/parisc/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/parisc/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/parisc/include/syscall_table.h
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/powerpc/include/syscall_table.h
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/riscv/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/riscv/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/riscv/include/syscall_table.h
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/s390/include/syscall_table.h
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/sh/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/sh/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/sh/include/syscall_table.h
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/sparc/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/sparc/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/sparc/include/syscall_table.h
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/x86/include/syscall_table.h
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/xtensa/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/xtensa/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/xtensa/include/syscall_table.h
>  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/scripts/Makefile.syscalls
>  delete mode 100755 tools/perf/scripts/syscalltbl.sh
>  create mode 100755 tools/perf/trace/beauty/syscalltbl.sh
> 
> -- 
> 2.49.0.rc1.451.g8f38331e32-goog
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