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Message-ID: <51661f76-c02a-49fb-8d68-53a8549acd19@os.amperecomputing.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 15:27:16 +0530
From: Ganapatrao Kulkarni <gankulkarni@...amperecomputing.com>
To: James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>, Mike Leach <mike.leach@...aro.org>
Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@....com>, scclevenger@...amperecomputing.com,
acme@...hat.com, coresight@...ts.linaro.org,
linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
darren@...amperecomputing.com, james.clark@....com, suzuki.poulose@....com,
Al.Grant@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf scripts python arm-cs-trace-disasm.py: Skip disasm
if address continuity is broken
Hi James/Mike,
On 23-08-2024 02:33 pm, James Clark wrote:
>
>
> On 19/08/2024 11:59 am, Mike Leach wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> A new branch of OpenCSD is available - ocsd-consistency-checks-1.5.4-rc1
>>
>> Testing I managed to do confirms the N atom on unconditional branches
>> appear to work. I do not have a test case for the range
>> discontinuities.
>>
>> The checks are enabled using operation flags on decoder creation. See
>> the docs for details.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> I tested the new OpenCSD and I don't see the error anymore in the
> disassembly script. I'm not sure if we need to go any further and add
> the backwards check, it looks like just a later symptom and the checks
> that you've added already prevent it.
>
> If you release a new version I can send the perf patch. I was going to
> use these flags if that looks right to you? As far as I know that's the
> set that can be always on and won't fail on bad hardware?
>
> I also assumed that ETM4_OPFLG_PKTDEC_AA64_OPCODE_CHK can be given even
> for etmv3 and it's just a nop?
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c
> b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c
> index e917985bbbe6..90967fd807e6 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c
> @@ -685,9 +685,14 @@ cs_etm_decoder__create_etm_decoder(struct
> cs_etm_decoder_params *d_params,
> return 0;
>
> if (d_params->operation == CS_ETM_OPERATION_DECODE) {
> + int decode_flags = OCSD_CREATE_FLG_FULL_DECODER;
> +#ifdef OCSD_OPFLG_N_UNCOND_DIR_BR_CHK
> + decode_flags |= OCSD_OPFLG_N_UNCOND_DIR_BR_CHK |
> OCSD_OPFLG_CHK_RANGE_CONTINUE |
> + ETM4_OPFLG_PKTDEC_AA64_OPCODE_CHK;
> +#endif
> if (ocsd_dt_create_decoder(decoder->dcd_tree,
> decoder->decoder_name,
> - OCSD_CREATE_FLG_FULL_DECODER,
> + decode_flags,
> trace_config, &csid))
> return -1;
>
I tried Mike's branch with above James's patch and still the segfault is
happening to us.
--
Thanks,
Ganapat/GK
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