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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:12:08 -0600
From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To: Jean Pihet <jean.pihet@...aro.org>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Fwd: perf: callchain feature on ARM - question about libunwind
API
[Added Jiri who added the feature to perf]
On 8/27/13 5:58 AM, Jean Pihet wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I am looking for info and help on the libunwind API.
>
> What I am trying to achieve is to allow the callchain feature on perf
> for ARM (v7 to start with, then ARMv8), from the DWARF info found in
> the .debug_frame section.
>
> From the source code in tools/perf I have added the call to
> dwarf_find_debug_frame to load and parse the debug info from
> .debug_frame. This works correctly, all IP ranges are found from the
> debug code (test program and libraries). Then at some point I get an
> assertion: 'perf: dwarf/Gparser.c:459: fetch_proc_info: Assertion
> `c->pi.unwind_info' failed.' At that point c->pi is NULL. Cf. below
> for more info.
>
> It looks like I am not using the libunwind API as it should, so that
> the perf code apparently builds a list of IP ranges to resolve but
> cannot use it later on to gather statistics on the runtime info.
>
> Any idea on how to progress? I am also looking at the *_proc_info API
> of libunwind.
>
> Here is the patch I am using below.
>
> Cheers,
> Jean
>
> ---
> Debug log:
>
> perf report --sort symbol --call-graph --stdio
>
> _Uarm_step: calling dwarf_step(ip=0x8464, c->dwarf@...ee150f8,
> c->dwarf.pi@...2bc0008)
> unwind: find_proc_info dso /home/linaro/perf-libunwind/
> test_app/stress_bt
> read_unwind_spec_debug_frame: .debug_frame offset=9304
> opened file '/home/linaro/perf-libunwind/test_app/stress_bt'. Section
> header at offset 18152
> read 3160 bytes of .debug_frame from offset 9304
> ...
> _ULarm_step: calling dwarf_step(ip=0xb6e6e764, c->dwarf@...ee07508,
> c->dwarf.pi@...6e955c0)
> _ULarm_find_proc_info: looking for IP=0xb6e6e763
> opened file '/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libunwind.so.8'. Section
> header at offset 513260
> read 17072 bytes of .debug_frame from offset 451836
> _ULarm_dwarf_search_unwind_table: looking for IP=0xb6e6e763
> _ULarm_find_proc_info returns 0
> ...
> perf: dwarf/Gparser.c:459: fetch_proc_info: Assertion
> `c->pi.unwind_info' failed.
>
>
> ---
> Patch to the kernel source:
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind.c b/tools/perf/util/unwind.c
> index 958723b..dd97688 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/unwind.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind.c
> @@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ UNW_OBJ(dwarf_search_unwind_table) (unw_addr_space_t as,
>
> #define dwarf_search_unwind_table UNW_OBJ(dwarf_search_unwind_table)
>
> +extern int
> +UNW_OBJ(dwarf_find_debug_frame) (int found, unw_dyn_info_t *di_debug,
> + unw_word_t ip, unw_word_t segbase,
> + const char* obj_name, unw_word_t start,
> + unw_word_t end);
> +
> +#define dwarf_find_debug_frame UNW_OBJ(dwarf_find_debug_frame)
> +
> #define DW_EH_PE_FORMAT_MASK 0x0f /* format of the encoded value */
> #define DW_EH_PE_APPL_MASK 0x70 /* how the value is to be applied */
>
> @@ -245,8 +253,9 @@ static int unwind_spec_ehframe(struct dso *dso,
> struct machine *machine,
> return 0;
> }
>
> -static int read_unwind_spec(struct dso *dso, struct machine *machine,
> - u64 *table_data, u64 *segbase, u64 *fde_count)
> +static int read_unwind_spec_eh_frame(struct dso *dso, struct machine *machine,
> + u64 *table_data, u64 *segbase,
> + u64 *fde_count)
> {
> int ret = -EINVAL, fd;
> u64 offset;
> @@ -255,18 +264,40 @@ static int read_unwind_spec(struct dso *dso,
> struct machine *machine,
> if (fd < 0)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> + /* Check the .eh_frame section for unwinding info */
> offset = elf_section_offset(fd, ".eh_frame_hdr");
> close(fd);
>
> - if (offset)
> + if (offset) {
> + fprintf(stderr, "%s: .eh_frame offset=%llu\n", __func__, offset);
> ret = unwind_spec_ehframe(dso, machine, offset,
> table_data, segbase,
> fde_count);
> + }
>
> - /* TODO .debug_frame check if eh_frame_hdr fails */
> return ret;
> }
>
> +static int read_unwind_spec_debug_frame(struct dso *dso,
> + struct machine *machine,
> + u64 *segbase)
> +{
> + int fd = dso__data_fd(dso, machine);
> + if (fd < 0)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + /* Check the .debug_frame section for unwinding info */
> + *segbase = elf_section_offset(fd, ".debug_frame");
> + close(fd);
> +
> + fprintf(stderr, "%s: .debug_frame offset=%llu\n", __func__, *segbase);
> +
> + if (!segbase)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> static struct map *find_map(unw_word_t ip, struct unwind_info *ui)
> {
> struct addr_location al;
> @@ -289,22 +320,32 @@ find_proc_info(unw_addr_space_t as, unw_word_t
> ip, unw_proc_info_t *pi,
> if (!map || !map->dso)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> - pr_debug("unwind: find_proc_info dso %s\n", map->dso->name);
> + fprintf(stderr, "unwind: find_proc_info dso %s\n", map->dso->name);
> +
> + /* Check the .eh_frame section for unwinding info */
> + if (!read_unwind_spec_eh_frame(map->dso, ui->machine,
> + &table_data, &segbase, &fde_count)) {
> + memset(&di, 0, sizeof(di));
> + di.format = UNW_INFO_FORMAT_REMOTE_TABLE;
> + di.start_ip = map->start;
> + di.end_ip = map->end;
> + di.u.rti.segbase = map->start + segbase;
> + di.u.rti.table_data = map->start + table_data;
> + di.u.rti.table_len = fde_count * sizeof(struct table_entry)
> + / sizeof(unw_word_t);
> + return dwarf_search_unwind_table(as, ip, &di, pi,
> + need_unwind_info, arg);
> + }
>
> - if (read_unwind_spec(map->dso, ui->machine,
> - &table_data, &segbase, &fde_count))
> - return -EINVAL;
> + /* Check the .debug_frame section for unwinding info */
> + if (!read_unwind_spec_debug_frame(map->dso, ui->machine, &segbase)) {
> + memset(&di, 0, sizeof(di));
> + if (dwarf_find_debug_frame(0, &di, ip, segbase, map->dso->name,
> + map->start, map->end))
> + return 0;
> + }
>
> - memset(&di, 0, sizeof(di));
> - di.format = UNW_INFO_FORMAT_REMOTE_TABLE;
> - di.start_ip = map->start;
> - di.end_ip = map->end;
> - di.u.rti.segbase = map->start + segbase;
> - di.u.rti.table_data = map->start + table_data;
> - di.u.rti.table_len = fde_count * sizeof(struct table_entry)
> - / sizeof(unw_word_t);
> - return dwarf_search_unwind_table(as, ip, &di, pi,
> - need_unwind_info, arg);
> + return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> static int access_fpreg(unw_addr_space_t __maybe_unused as,
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