linux-kernel - [BUGFIX PATCH 1/4] perf probe: Skip end-of-sequence and non statement lines

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Message-Id: <157241936090.32002.12156347518596111660.stgit@devnote2>
Date:   Wed, 30 Oct 2019 16:09:21 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [BUGFIX PATCH 1/4] perf probe: Skip end-of-sequence and non statement lines

Skip end-of-sequence and non-statement lines while walking
through lines list.

The "end-of-sequence" line information means
 "the current address is that of the first byte after the
  end of a sequence of target machine instructions."
 (DWARF version 4 spec 6.2.2)
This actually means out of scope and we can not probe on it.

On the other hand, the statement lines (is_stmt) means
 "the current instruction is a recommended breakpoint location.
  A recommended breakpoint location is intended to “represent”
  a line, a statement and/or a semantically distinct subpart
  of a statement."
 (DWARF version 4 spec 6.2.2)
So, non-statement line info also should be skipped.

These can reduce unneeded probe points and also avoid an error.

E.g. without this patch,
  # perf probe -a "clear_tasks_mm_cpumask:1"
  Added new events:
    probe:clear_tasks_mm_cpumask (on clear_tasks_mm_cpumask:1)
    probe:clear_tasks_mm_cpumask_1 (on clear_tasks_mm_cpumask:1)
    probe:clear_tasks_mm_cpumask_2 (on clear_tasks_mm_cpumask:1)
    probe:clear_tasks_mm_cpumask_3 (on clear_tasks_mm_cpumask:1)
    probe:clear_tasks_mm_cpumask_4 (on clear_tasks_mm_cpumask:1)

  You can now use it in all perf tools, such as:

  	perf record -e probe:clear_tasks_mm_cpumask_4 -aR sleep 1

  #

This puts 5 probes on one line, but acutally it's not inlined
function. This is because there are many non statement instructions
at the function prologue.

With this patch,
  # perf probe -a "clear_tasks_mm_cpumask:1"
  Added new event:
    probe:clear_tasks_mm_cpumask (on clear_tasks_mm_cpumask:1)

  You can now use it in all perf tools, such as:

  	perf record -e probe:clear_tasks_mm_cpumask -aR sleep 1

  #

Now perf-probe skips unneeded addresses.

Fixes: 4cc9cec636e7 ("perf probe: Introduce lines walker interface")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
---
 tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c |    7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
index ac82fd937e4b..f31001d13bfb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
@@ -782,6 +782,7 @@ int die_walk_lines(Dwarf_Die *rt_die, line_walk_callback_t callback, void *data)
 	int decl = 0, inl;
 	Dwarf_Die die_mem, *cu_die;
 	size_t nlines, i;
+	bool flag;
 
 	/* Get the CU die */
 	if (dwarf_tag(rt_die) != DW_TAG_compile_unit) {
@@ -812,6 +813,12 @@ int die_walk_lines(Dwarf_Die *rt_die, line_walk_callback_t callback, void *data)
 				  "Possible error in debuginfo.\n");
 			continue;
 		}
+		/* Skip end-of-sequence */
+		if (dwarf_lineendsequence(line, &flag) != 0 || flag)
+			continue;
+		/* Skip Non statement line-info */
+		if (dwarf_linebeginstatement(line, &flag) != 0 || !flag)
+			continue;
 		/* Filter lines based on address */
 		if (rt_die != cu_die) {
 			/*