[PATCH v2 0/6] perf parse-regs: Refactor architecture functions

[Ian Rogers]

On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 6:46 PM Leo Yan <leo.yan at linaro.org> wrote:
>
> This patch series is to refactor arch related functions for register
> parsing, which follows up the discussion for v1:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230520025537.1811986-1-leo.yan@linaro.org/
>
> Compared to patch series v1, this patch series introduces new functions
> perf_arch_reg_{ip|sp}(), so this can allow the tool to support cross
> analysis.
>
> To verify the cross analysis, I used below steps:
>
> - Firstly, I captured perf data on Arm64 machine:
>
>   $ perf record --call-graph fp -- ./test_program
>
>   Or ...
>
>   $ perf record --call-graph dwarf -- ./test_program
>
>   Then, I also archived associated debug data:
>
>   $ perf archive
>
> - Secondly, I copied the perf data file and debug tar file on my x86
>   machine:
>
>   $ scp perf.data perf.data.tar.bz2 leoy at IP_ADDRESS:/target/path/
>
> - On x86 machine, I need to build perf for support multi-arch unwinding:
>
>   $ git clone http://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/libunwind.git
>   $ cd libunwind
>   $ autoreconf -i
>
>   # Build and install libunwind aarch64:
>   $ ./configure prefix=/home/leoy/Work/tools/libunwind/install/ \
>         --target=aarch64-linux-gnu CC=x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc
>   $ make && make install
>
>   # Build and install libunwind x86:
>   $ ./configure prefix=/home/leoy/Work/tools/libunwind/install/ \
>         --target=x86_64-linux-gnu CC=x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc
>   $ make && make install
>
> - Build perf tool for support multi-archs:
>
>   $ cd $LINUX/tools/perf
>   $ make VF=1 DEBUG=1 LIBUNWIND_DIR=/home/leoy/Work/tools/libunwind/install
>
> At the end, I verified the x86 perf tool can do cross analysis for aarch64's
> perf data file.
>
> Note, I still see x86 perf tool cannot display the complete callgraph
> for aarch64, but it should not the issue caused by this series, which
> will be addressed by separate patches.
>
> I also built this patch series on my Arm64 and x86 machines, both can
> compile perf tool successfully; but I have no chance to build other
> archs natively.
>
> Changes from v1:
> - For support cross analysis for IP/SP registers, introduced patch 0002
>   (James Clark, Ian Rogers).
>
>
> Leo Yan (6):
>   perf parse-regs: Refactor arch register parsing functions
>   perf parse-regs: Introduce functions perf_arch_reg_{ip|sp}()
>   perf unwind: Use perf_arch_reg_{ip|sp}() to substitute macros
>   perf parse-regs: Remove unused macros PERF_REG_{IP|SP}
>   perf parse-regs: Remove PERF_REGS_{MAX|MASK} from common code
>   perf parse-regs: Move out arch specific header from util/perf_regs.h

Sorry for the slow review. For the series:
Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers at google.com>

Some thoughts:
uint64_t __perf_reg_ip_arm(void)
uint64_t seems like we're giving a lot of space for future register
encodings. I think some of the other functions use this size of value
due to returning a bitmap/mask, but here it isn't clear and just feels
excessive.

Do we need the "__" prefix on all the functions?

In Makefile.config there are NO_PERF_REGS and CONFIG_PERF_REGS then
the define HAVE_PERF_REGS_SUPPORT. Is this still relevant? If we had
an architecture with no support, couldn't it still read a perf.data
file from a supported architecture? It would be nice to remove at
least NO_PERF_REGS and HAVE_PERF_REGS_SUPPORT.

This change is very worthwhile fix and cleanup, it didn't introduce
what is pondered above, hence the acked-by.

Thanks!
Ian

>  tools/perf/arch/arm/include/perf_regs.h       |   3 -
>  tools/perf/arch/arm/util/perf_regs.c          |  11 +
>  tools/perf/arch/arm/util/unwind-libdw.c       |   1 +
>  tools/perf/arch/arm64/include/perf_regs.h     |   3 -
>  tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/machine.c          |   1 +
>  tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/perf_regs.c        |   6 +
>  tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/unwind-libdw.c     |   1 +
>  tools/perf/arch/csky/include/perf_regs.h      |   3 -
>  tools/perf/arch/csky/util/perf_regs.c         |  11 +
>  tools/perf/arch/csky/util/unwind-libdw.c      |   1 +
>  tools/perf/arch/loongarch/include/perf_regs.h |   2 -
>  tools/perf/arch/loongarch/util/perf_regs.c    |  11 +
>  tools/perf/arch/loongarch/util/unwind-libdw.c |   1 +
>  tools/perf/arch/mips/include/perf_regs.h      |   2 -
>  tools/perf/arch/mips/util/perf_regs.c         |  11 +
>  tools/perf/arch/powerpc/include/perf_regs.h   |   3 -
>  tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/perf_regs.c      |   6 +
>  tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/unwind-libdw.c   |   1 +
>  tools/perf/arch/riscv/include/perf_regs.h     |   3 -
>  tools/perf/arch/riscv/util/perf_regs.c        |  11 +
>  tools/perf/arch/riscv/util/unwind-libdw.c     |   1 +
>  tools/perf/arch/s390/include/perf_regs.h      |   3 -
>  tools/perf/arch/s390/util/perf_regs.c         |  11 +
>  tools/perf/arch/s390/util/unwind-libdw.c      |   1 +
>  tools/perf/arch/x86/include/perf_regs.h       |   2 -
>  tools/perf/arch/x86/util/perf_regs.c          |   6 +
>  tools/perf/arch/x86/util/unwind-libdw.c       |   1 +
>  tools/perf/util/Build                         |   1 +
>  tools/perf/util/evsel.c                       |   6 +-
>  tools/perf/util/libunwind/arm64.c             |   2 -
>  tools/perf/util/libunwind/x86_32.c            |   2 -
>  tools/perf/util/perf-regs-arch/Build          |   9 +
>  .../util/perf-regs-arch/perf_regs_aarch64.c   |  96 +++
>  .../perf/util/perf-regs-arch/perf_regs_arm.c  |  60 ++
>  .../perf/util/perf-regs-arch/perf_regs_csky.c | 100 +++
>  .../util/perf-regs-arch/perf_regs_loongarch.c |  91 +++
>  .../perf/util/perf-regs-arch/perf_regs_mips.c |  87 ++
>  .../util/perf-regs-arch/perf_regs_powerpc.c   | 145 ++++
>  .../util/perf-regs-arch/perf_regs_riscv.c     |  92 +++
>  .../perf/util/perf-regs-arch/perf_regs_s390.c |  96 +++
>  .../perf/util/perf-regs-arch/perf_regs_x86.c  |  98 +++
>  tools/perf/util/perf_regs.c                   | 772 ++----------------
>  tools/perf/util/perf_regs.h                   |  49 +-
>  tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c                |   7 +-
>  tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind-local.c      |   6 +-
>  tools/perf/util/unwind.h                      |   8 -
>  46 files changed, 1078 insertions(+), 766 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/perf-regs-arch/Build
>  create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/perf-regs-arch/perf_regs_aarch64.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/perf-regs-arch/perf_regs_arm.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/perf-regs-arch/perf_regs_csky.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/perf-regs-arch/perf_regs_loongarch.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/perf-regs-arch/perf_regs_mips.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/perf-regs-arch/perf_regs_powerpc.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/perf-regs-arch/perf_regs_riscv.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/perf-regs-arch/perf_regs_s390.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/perf-regs-arch/perf_regs_x86.c
>
> --
> 2.34.1
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