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Message-ID: <a197123a-be59-4052-9615-cac79ffa357a@os.amperecomputing.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 12:08:37 +0530
From: Ganapatrao Kulkarni <gankulkarni@...amperecomputing.com>
To: James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>
Cc: acme@...hat.com, coresight@...ts.linaro.org,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 darren@...amperecomputing.com, scclevenger@...amperecomputing.com,
 james.clark@....com, mike.leach@...aro.org, suzuki.poulose@....com,
 Leo Yan <leo.yan@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf scripts python arm-cs-trace-disasm.py: Skip disasm
 if address continuity is broken



On 23-07-2024 09:16 pm, James Clark wrote:
> 
> 
> On 23/07/2024 4:26 pm, Ganapatrao Kulkarni wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 23-07-2024 06:40 pm, James Clark wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 22/07/2024 11:02 am, Ganapatrao Kulkarni wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi James,
>>>>
>>>> On 19-07-2024 08:09 pm, James Clark wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 19/07/2024 10:26 am, Ganapatrao Kulkarni wrote:
>>>>>> To generate the instruction tracing, script uses 2 contiguous packets
>>>>>> address range. If there a continuity brake due to discontiguous 
>>>>>> branch
>>>>>> address, it is required to reset the tracing and start tracing 
>>>>>> with the
>>>>>> new set of contiguous packets.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Adding change to identify the break and complete the remaining 
>>>>>> tracing
>>>>>> of current packets and restart tracing from new set of packets, if
>>>>>> continuity is established.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Ganapatrao,
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you add a before and after example of what's changed to the 
>>>>> commit message? It wasn't immediately obvious to me if this is 
>>>>> adding missing output, or it was correcting the tail end of the 
>>>>> output that was previously wrong.
>>>>
>>>> It is adding tail end of the trace as well avoiding the segfault of 
>>>> the perf application. With out this change the perf segfaults with 
>>>> as below log
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ./perf script 
>>>> --script=python:./scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py -- -d 
>>>> objdump -k ../../vmlinux -v $* > dump
>>>> objdump: error: the stop address should be after the start address
>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>    File "./scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py", line 271, in 
>>>> process_event
>>>>      print_disam(dso_fname, dso_vm_start, start_addr, stop_addr)
>>>>    File "./scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py", line 105, in 
>>>> print_disam
>>>>      for line in read_disam(dso_fname, dso_start, start_addr, 
>>>> stop_addr):
>>>>                  
>>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>>    File "./scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py", line 99, in 
>>>> read_disam
>>>>      disasm_output = check_output(disasm).decode('utf-8').split('\n')
>>>>                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>>    File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 466, in 
>>>> check_output
>>>>      return run(*popenargs, stdout=PIPE, timeout=timeout, check=True,
>>>>             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>>    File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 571, in run
>>>>      raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args,
>>>> subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['objdump', '-d', '-z', 
>>>> '--start-address=0xffff80008125b758', 
>>>> '--stop-address=0xffff80008125a934', '../../vmlinux']' returned 
>>>> non-zero exit status 1.
>>>> Fatal Python error: handler_call_die: problem in Python trace event 
>>>> handler
>>>> Python runtime state: initialized
>>>>
>>>> Current thread 0x0000ffffb05054e0 (most recent call first):
>>>>    <no Python frame>
>>>>
>>>> Extension modules: perf_trace_context, systemd._journal, 
>>>> systemd._reader, systemd.id128, report._py3report, _dbus_bindings, 
>>>> problem._py3abrt (total: 7)
>>>> Aborted (core dumped)
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Ganapatrao Kulkarni 
>>>>>> <gankulkarni@...amperecomputing.com>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>   tools/perf/scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py | 10 ++++++++++
>>>>>>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py 
>>>>>> b/tools/perf/scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py
>>>>>> index d973c2baed1c..ad10cee2c35e 100755
>>>>>> --- a/tools/perf/scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py
>>>>>> +++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py
>>>>>> @@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ def process_event(param_dict):
>>>>>>           cpu_data[str(cpu) + 'addr'] = addr
>>>>>>           return
>>>>>> +    if (cpu_data.get(str(cpu) + 'ip') == None):
>>>>>> +        cpu_data[str(cpu) + 'ip'] = ip
>>>>>> +
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you need to write into the global cpu_data here? Doesn't it get 
>>>>> overwritten after you load it back into 'prev_ip'
>>>>
>>>> No, the logic is same as holding the addr of previous packet.
>>>> Saving the previous packet saved ip in to prev_ip before overwriting 
>>>> with the current packet.
>>>
>>> It's not exactly the same logic as holding the addr of the previous 
>>> sample. For addr, we return on the first None, with your change we 
>>> now "pretend" that the second one is also the previous one:
>>>
>>>    if (cpu_data.get(str(cpu) + 'addr') == None):
>>>      cpu_data[str(cpu) + 'addr'] = addr
>>>      return  <----------------------------sample 0 return
>>>
>>>    if (cpu_data.get(str(cpu) + 'ip') == None):
>>>        cpu_data[str(cpu) + 'ip'] = ip <---- sample 1 save but no return
>>>
>>> Then for sample 1 'prev_ip' is actually now the 'current' IP:
>>
>> Yes, it is dummy for first packet. Added anticipating that we wont hit 
>> the discontinuity for the first packet itself.
>>
>> Can this be changed to more intuitive like below?
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py 
>> b/tools/perf/scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py
>> index d973c2baed1c..d49f5090059f 100755
>> --- a/tools/perf/scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py
>> +++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py
>> @@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ def process_event(param_dict):
>>                  cpu_data[str(cpu) + 'addr'] = addr
>>                  return
>>
>> +       if (cpu_data.get(str(cpu) + 'ip') != None):
>> +               prev_ip = cpu_data[str(cpu) + 'ip']
>>
>>          if (options.verbose == True):
>>                  print("Event type: %s" % name)
>> @@ -243,12 +245,18 @@ def process_event(param_dict):
>>
>>          # Record for previous sample packet
>>          cpu_data[str(cpu) + 'addr'] = addr
>> +       cpu_data[str(cpu) + 'ip'] = stop_addr
>>
>>          # Handle CS_ETM_TRACE_ON packet if start_addr=0 and stop_addr=4
>>          if (start_addr == 0 and stop_addr == 4):
>>                  print("CPU%d: CS_ETM_TRACE_ON packet is inserted" % cpu)
>>                  return
>>
>> +       if (stop_addr < start_addr and prev_ip != 0):
>> +               # Continuity of the Packets broken, set start_addr to 
>> previous
>> +               # packet ip to complete the remaining tracing of the 
>> address range.
>> +               start_addr = prev_ip
>> +
>>          if (start_addr < int(dso_start) or start_addr > int(dso_end)):
>>                  print("Start address 0x%x is out of range [ 0x%x .. 
>> 0x%x ] for dso %s" % (start_addr, int(dso_start), int(dso_end), dso))
>>                  return
>>
>> Without this patch below is the failure log(with segfault) for reference.
>>
>> [root@...01sys-r214 perf]# timeout 4s ./perf record -e cs_etm// -C 1 
>> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null
>> [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
>> [ perf record: Captured and wrote 1.087 MB perf.data ]
>> [root@...01sys-r214 perf]# ./perf script 
>> --script=python:./scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py -- -d objdump 
>> -k ../../vmlinux -v $* > dump
>> objdump: error: the stop address should be after the start address
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>    File "./scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py", line 271, in 
>> process_event
>>      print_disam(dso_fname, dso_vm_start, start_addr, stop_addr)
>>    File "./scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py", line 105, in 
>> print_disam
>>      for line in read_disam(dso_fname, dso_start, start_addr, stop_addr):
>>                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>    File "./scripts/python/arm-cs-trace-disasm.py", line 99, in read_disam
>>      disasm_output = check_output(disasm).decode('utf-8').split('\n')
>>                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>    File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 466, in check_output
>>      return run(*popenargs, stdout=PIPE, timeout=timeout, check=True,
>>             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>    File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 571, in run
>>      raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args,
>> subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['objdump', '-d', '-z', 
>> '--start-address=0xffff80008125b758', 
>> '--stop-address=0xffff80008125a934', '../../vmlinux']' returned 
>> non-zero exit status 1.
>> Fatal Python error: handler_call_die: problem in Python trace event 
>> handler
>> Python runtime state: initialized
>>
>> Current thread 0x0000ffffb90d54e0 (most recent call first):
>>    <no Python frame>
>>
>> Extension modules: perf_trace_context, systemd._journal, 
>> systemd._reader, systemd.id128, report._py3report, _dbus_bindings, 
>> problem._py3abrt (total: 7)
>> Aborted (core dumped)
>>
>>
>> dump snippet:
>> ============
>> Event type: branches
>> Sample = { cpu: 0001 addr: 0xffff80008030cb00 phys_addr: 
>> 0x0000000000000000 ip: 0xffff800080313f0c pid: 12720 tid: 12720 
>> period: 1 time: 5986372298040 }
>>          ffff800080313f04 <__perf_event_header__init_id+0x4c>:
>>          ffff800080313f04:       36100094        tbz     w20, #2, 
>> ffff800080313f14 <__perf_event_header__init_id+0x5c>
>>          ffff800080313f08:       f941e6a0        ldr     x0, [x21, #968]
>>          ffff800080313f0c:       d63f0000        blr     x0
>>              perf 12720/12720 [0001]      5986.372298040 
>> __perf_event_header__init_id+0x54 
>> .../coresight/linux/kernel/events/core.c  586         return 
>> event->clock();
>> Event type: branches
>> Sample = { cpu: 0001 addr: 0xffff8000801bb4a8 phys_addr: 
>> 0x0000000000000000 ip: 0xffff80008030cb0c pid: 12720 tid: 12720 
>> period: 1 time: 5986372298040 }
>>          ffff80008030cb00 <local_clock>:
>>          ffff80008030cb00:       d503233f        paciasp
>>          ffff80008030cb04:       a9bf7bfd        stp     x29, x30, 
>> [sp, #-16]!
>>          ffff80008030cb08:       910003fd        mov     x29, sp
>>          ffff80008030cb0c:       97faba67        bl ffff8000801bb4a8 
>> <sched_clock>
>>              perf 12720/12720 [0001]      5986.372298040 
>> local_clock+0xc ...t/linux/./include/linux/sched/clock.h   64         
>> return sched_clock();
>> Event type: branches
>> Sample = { cpu: 0001 addr: 0xffff80008125a8a8 phys_addr: 
>> 0x0000000000000000 ip: 0xffff8000801bb4c8 pid: 12720 tid: 12720 
>> period: 1 time: 5986372298040 }
>>          ffff8000801bb4a8 <sched_clock>:
>>          ffff8000801bb4a8:       d503233f        paciasp
>>          ffff8000801bb4ac:       a9be7bfd        stp     x29, x30, 
>> [sp, #-32]!
>>          ffff8000801bb4b0:       910003fd        mov     x29, sp
>>          ffff8000801bb4b4:       a90153f3        stp     x19, x20, 
>> [sp, #16]
>>          ffff8000801bb4b8:       d5384113        mrs     x19, sp_el0
>>          ffff8000801bb4bc:       b9401260        ldr     w0, [x19, #16]
>>          ffff8000801bb4c0:       11000400        add     w0, w0, #0x1
>>          ffff8000801bb4c4:       b9001260        str     w0, [x19, #16]
>>          ffff8000801bb4c8:       94427cf8        bl ffff80008125a8a8 
>> <sched_clock_noinstr>
>>              perf 12720/12720 [0001]      5986.372298040 
>> sched_clock+0x20 ...sight/linux/kernel/time/sched_clock.c  105 ns = 
>> sched_clock_noinstr();
>> Event type: branches
>> Sample = { cpu: 0001 addr: 0xffff80008125b758 phys_addr: 
>> 0x0000000000000000 ip: 0xffff80008125a8e4 pid: 12720 tid: 12720 
>> period: 1 time: 5986372298040 }
>>          ffff80008125a8a8 <sched_clock_noinstr>:
>>          ffff80008125a8a8:       d503233f        paciasp
>>          ffff80008125a8ac:       a9bc7bfd        stp     x29, x30, 
>> [sp, #-64]!
>>          ffff80008125a8b0:       910003fd        mov     x29, sp
>>          ffff80008125a8b4:       a90153f3        stp     x19, x20, 
>> [sp, #16]
>>          ffff80008125a8b8:       b000e354        adrp    x20, 
>> ffff800082ec3000 <tick_bc_dev+0x140>
>>          ffff80008125a8bc:       910d0294        add     x20, x20, #0x340
>>          ffff80008125a8c0:       a90363f7        stp     x23, x24, 
>> [sp, #48]
>>          ffff80008125a8c4:       91002297        add     x23, x20, #0x8
>>          ffff80008125a8c8:       52800518        mov     w24, #0x28 
>>                  // #40
>>          ffff80008125a8cc:       a9025bf5        stp     x21, x22, 
>> [sp, #32]
>>          ffff80008125a8d0:       b9400296        ldr     w22, [x20]
>>          ffff80008125a8d4:       120002d5        and     w21, w22, #0x1
>>          ffff80008125a8d8:       9bb87eb5        umull   x21, w21, w24
>>          ffff80008125a8dc:       8b1502f3        add     x19, x23, x21
>>          ffff80008125a8e0:       f9400e60        ldr     x0, [x19, #24]
>>          ffff80008125a8e4:       d63f0000        blr     x0
>>              perf 12720/12720 [0001]      5986.372298040 
>> sched_clock_noinstr+0x3c ...sight/linux/kernel/time/sched_clock.c 
>> 93                 cyc = (rd->read_sched_clock() - rd->epoch_cyc) &
>> Event type: branches
>> Sample = { cpu: 0001 addr: 0xffff8000801bb4cc phys_addr: 
>> 0x0000000000000000 ip: 0xffff80008125a930 pid: 12720 tid: 12720 
>> period: 1 time: 5986372298040 }
>>
>>
>> With fix:
>> =========
>>
>> Event type: branches
>> Sample = { cpu: 0001 addr: 0xffff80008030cb00 phys_addr: 
>> 0x0000000000000000 ip: 0xffff800080313f0c pid: 12720 tid: 12720 
>> period: 1 time: 5986372298040 }
>>          ffff800080313f04 <__perf_event_header__init_id+0x4c>:
>>          ffff800080313f04:       36100094        tbz     w20, #2, 
>> ffff800080313f14 <__perf_event_header__init_id+0x5c>
>>          ffff800080313f08:       f941e6a0        ldr     x0, [x21, #968]
>>          ffff800080313f0c:       d63f0000        blr     x0
>>              perf 12720/12720 [0001]      5986.372298040 
>> __perf_event_header__init_id+0x54 
>> .../coresight/linux/kernel/events/core.c  586         return 
>> event->clock();
>> Event type: branches
>> Sample = { cpu: 0001 addr: 0xffff8000801bb4a8 phys_addr: 
>> 0x0000000000000000 ip: 0xffff80008030cb0c pid: 12720 tid: 12720 
>> period: 1 time: 5986372298040 }
>>          ffff80008030cb00 <local_clock>:
>>          ffff80008030cb00:       d503233f        paciasp
>>          ffff80008030cb04:       a9bf7bfd        stp     x29, x30, 
>> [sp, #-16]!
>>          ffff80008030cb08:       910003fd        mov     x29, sp
>>          ffff80008030cb0c:       97faba67        bl ffff8000801bb4a8 
>> <sched_clock>
>>              perf 12720/12720 [0001]      5986.372298040 
>> local_clock+0xc ...t/linux/./include/linux/sched/clock.h   64         
>> return sched_clock();
>> Event type: branches
>> Sample = { cpu: 0001 addr: 0xffff80008125a8a8 phys_addr: 
>> 0x0000000000000000 ip: 0xffff8000801bb4c8 pid: 12720 tid: 12720 
>> period: 1 time: 5986372298040 }
>>          ffff8000801bb4a8 <sched_clock>:
>>          ffff8000801bb4a8:       d503233f        paciasp
>>          ffff8000801bb4ac:       a9be7bfd        stp     x29, x30, 
>> [sp, #-32]!
>>          ffff8000801bb4b0:       910003fd        mov     x29, sp
>>          ffff8000801bb4b4:       a90153f3        stp     x19, x20, 
>> [sp, #16]
>>          ffff8000801bb4b8:       d5384113        mrs     x19, sp_el0
>>          ffff8000801bb4bc:       b9401260        ldr     w0, [x19, #16]
>>          ffff8000801bb4c0:       11000400        add     w0, w0, #0x1
>>          ffff8000801bb4c4:       b9001260        str     w0, [x19, #16]
>>          ffff8000801bb4c8:       94427cf8        bl ffff80008125a8a8 
>> <sched_clock_noinstr>
>>              perf 12720/12720 [0001]      5986.372298040 
>> sched_clock+0x20 ...sight/linux/kernel/time/sched_clock.c  105 ns = 
>> sched_clock_noinstr();
>> Event type: branches
>> Sample = { cpu: 0001 addr: 0xffff80008125b758 phys_addr: 
>> 0x0000000000000000 ip: 0xffff80008125a8e4 pid: 12720 tid: 12720 
>> period: 1 time: 5986372298040 }
>>          ffff80008125a8a8 <sched_clock_noinstr>:
>>          ffff80008125a8a8:       d503233f        paciasp
>>          ffff80008125a8ac:       a9bc7bfd        stp     x29, x30, 
>> [sp, #-64]!
>>          ffff80008125a8b0:       910003fd        mov     x29, sp
>>          ffff80008125a8b4:       a90153f3        stp     x19, x20, 
>> [sp, #16]
>>          ffff80008125a8b8:       b000e354        adrp    x20, 
>> ffff800082ec3000 <tick_bc_dev+0x140>
>>          ffff80008125a8bc:       910d0294        add     x20, x20, #0x340
>>          ffff80008125a8c0:       a90363f7        stp     x23, x24, 
>> [sp, #48]
>>          ffff80008125a8c4:       91002297        add     x23, x20, #0x8
>>          ffff80008125a8c8:       52800518        mov     w24, #0x28 
>>                  // #40
>>          ffff80008125a8cc:       a9025bf5        stp     x21, x22, 
>> [sp, #32]
>>          ffff80008125a8d0:       b9400296        ldr     w22, [x20]
>>          ffff80008125a8d4:       120002d5        and     w21, w22, #0x1
>>          ffff80008125a8d8:       9bb87eb5        umull   x21, w21, w24
>>          ffff80008125a8dc:       8b1502f3        add     x19, x23, x21
>>          ffff80008125a8e0:       f9400e60        ldr     x0, [x19, #24]
>>          ffff80008125a8e4:       d63f0000        blr     x0
> 
> It looks like the disassembly now assumes this BLR wasn't taken. We go 
> from ffff80008125a8e4 straight through to ...
> 
>>              perf 12720/12720 [0001]      5986.372298040 
>> sched_clock_noinstr+0x3c ...sight/linux/kernel/time/sched_clock.c 
>> 93                 cyc = (rd->read_sched_clock() - rd->epoch_cyc) &
>> Event type: branches
>> Sample = { cpu: 0001 addr: 0xffff8000801bb4cc phys_addr: 
>> 0x0000000000000000 ip: 0xffff80008125a930 pid: 12720 tid: 12720 
>> period: 1 time: 5986372298040 }
>>          ffff80008125a8e8 <sched_clock_noinstr+0x40>:
>>          ffff80008125a8e8:       f8756ae3        ldr     x3, [x23, x21]
> 
> ffff80008125a8e4 which is just the previous one +4. Isn't your issue 
> actually a decode issue in Perf itself? Why is there a discontinuity 
> without branch samples being generated where either the source or 
> destination address is 0?
> 
> What are your record options to create this issue? As I mentioned in the 
> previous reply I haven't been able to reproduce it.

I am using below perf record command.

timeout 4s ./perf record -e cs_etm// -C 1 dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null

> 

Thanks,
Ganapat

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