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If it failed to find a variable for the location directly, it might be due to a missing variable in the source code. For example, accessing pointer variables in a chain can result in the case like below: struct foo *foo = ...; int i = foo->bar->baz; The DWARF debug information is created for each variable so it'd have one for 'foo'. But there's no variable for 'foo->bar' and then it cannot know the type of 'bar' and 'baz'. The above source code can be compiled to the follow x86 instructions: mov 0x8(%rax), %rcx mov 0x4(%rcx), %rdx <=== PMU sample mov %rdx, -4(%rbp) Let's say 'foo' is located in the %rax and it has a pointer to struct foo. But perf sample is captured in the second instruction and there is no variable or type info for the %rcx. It'd be great if compiler could generate debug info for %rcx, but we should handle it on our side. So this patch implements the logic to iterate instructions and update the type table for each location. As it already collected a list of scopes including the target instruction, we can use it to construct the type table smartly. +---------------- scope[0] subprogram | | +-------------- scope[1] lexical_block | | | | +------------ scope[2] inlined_subroutine | | | | | | +---------- scope[3] inlined_subroutine | | | | | | | | +-------- scope[4] lexical_block | | | | | | | | | | *** target instruction ... Image the target instruction has 5 scopes, each scope will have its own variables and parameters. Then it can start with the innermost scope (4). So it'd search the shortest path from the start of scope[4] to the target address and build a list of basic blocks. Then it iterates the basic blocks with the variables in the scope and update the table. If it finds a type at the target instruction, then returns it. Otherwise, it moves to the upper scope[3]. Now it'd search the shortest path from the start of scope[3] to the start of scope[4]. Then connect it to the existing basic block list. Then it'd iterate the blocks with variables for both scopes. It can repeat this until it finds a type at the target instruction or reaches to the top scope[0]. As the basic blocks contain the shortest path, it won't worry about branches and can update the table simply. The final check will be done by find_matching_type() in the next patch. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240319055115.4063940-15-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.