linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] perf tools: Fix arm64 build error with gcc-11

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Date:   Wed, 10 Feb 2021 02:31:37 +0000
From:   Jianlin Lv <Jianlin.Lv@....com>
To:     "leo.yan@...aro.org" <leo.yan@...aro.org>
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Subject: RE: [PATCH] perf tools: Fix arm64 build error with gcc-11



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 8:17 PM
> To: Jianlin Lv <Jianlin.Lv@....com>
> Cc: john.garry@...wei.com; will@...nel.org; mathieu.poirier@...aro.org;
> peterz@...radead.org; mingo@...hat.com; acme@...nel.org; Mark Rutland
> <Mark.Rutland@....com>; alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com;
> jolsa@...hat.com; namhyung@...nel.org; linux-arm-
> kernel@...ts.infradead.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf tools: Fix arm64 build error with gcc-11
> 
> Hi Jianlin,
> 
> On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 07:33:57PM +0800, Jianlin Lv wrote:
> > gcc version: 11.0.0 20210208 (experimental) (GCC)
> >
> > Following build error on arm64:
> >
> > .......
> > In function ‘printf’,
> >     inlined from ‘regs_dump__printf’ at util/session.c:1141:3,
> >     inlined from ‘regs__printf’ at util/session.c:1169:2:
> > /usr/include/aarch64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h:107:10: \
> >   error: ‘%-5s’ directive argument is null [-Werror=format-overflow=]
> >
> > 107 |   return __printf_chk (__USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1, __fmt, \
> >                 __va_arg_pack ());
> >
> > ......
> > In function ‘fprintf’,
> >   inlined from ‘perf_sample__fprintf_regs.isra’ at \
> >     builtin-script.c:622:14:
> > /usr/include/aarch64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h:100:10: \
> > 	error: ‘%5s’ directive argument is null [-Werror=format-overflow=]
> >   100 |   return __fprintf_chk (__stream, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1, __fmt,
> >   101 |                         __va_arg_pack ());
> >
> > cc1: all warnings being treated as errors .......
> >
> > This patch fixes Wformat-overflow warnings by replacing the return
> > value NULL of perf_reg_name with "unknown".
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jianlin Lv <Jianlin.Lv@....com>
> > ---
> >  tools/perf/arch/arm64/include/perf_regs.h | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/include/perf_regs.h
> > b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/include/perf_regs.h
> > index baaa5e64a3fb..901419f907c0 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/include/perf_regs.h
> > +++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/include/perf_regs.h
> > @@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ static inline const char *perf_reg_name(int id)
> >  	case PERF_REG_ARM64_PC:
> >  		return "pc";
> >  	default:
> > -		return NULL;
> > +		return "unknown";
> >  	}
> >
> > -	return NULL;
> > +	return "unknown";
> 
> This issue is a common issue crossing all archs.  So it's better to change the
> code in the places where calls perf_reg_name(), e.g. in
> util/session.c:
> 
> --- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
> @@ -1135,12 +1135,14 @@ static void branch_stack__printf(struct
> perf_sample *sample, bool callstack)  static void regs_dump__printf(u64
> mask, u64 *regs)  {
>         unsigned rid, i = 0;
> +       char *reg_name;
> 
>         for_each_set_bit(rid, (unsigned long *) &mask, sizeof(mask) * 8) {
>                 u64 val = regs[i++];
> 
> +               reg_name = perf_reg_name(rid);
>                 printf(".... %-5s 0x%016" PRIx64 "\n",
> -                      perf_reg_name(rid), val);
> +                      reg_name ?: "Unknown", val);
>         }
>  }
> 

Thanks for your comments, I will send a v2 of the patch today.

Jianlin


> And another potential issue is the format specifier "%-5s", it prints out
> maximum to 5 chars, but actually string "Unknown" has 7 chars.
> Actually the format specifier breaks other archs register names, e.g.
> [1][2], seems to me, it's better to change as "%-8s", you might need to use a
> dedicated patch for format specifier changes.
> 
> Thanks,
> Leo
> 
> 
> [1]
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/tools/
> perf/arch/powerpc/include/perf_regs.h#n57
> [2]
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/tools/
> perf/arch/csky/include/perf_regs.h#n83