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Message-ID: <CAP-5=fUQ-9s2pzi1sLqonSOPAnhV+rsZL11bQcsco5_v7=TovQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:34:09 -0700
From: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
To: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/24] perf: Make code more generic with modern defaults

On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Ian,
>
> On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 09:39:36PM -0700, Ian Rogers wrote:
> > This patch series combines:
> > "perf: Default use of build IDs and improvements"
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250428213409.1417584-1-irogers@google.com/
> > "Remove global perf_env"
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250527064153.149939-1-irogers@google.com/
> > "Generic weight struct, use env for sort key and header"
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250521135500.677508-1-irogers@google.com/
> > This is done as the last 2 series depend on each other and the
> > cleanups in the 1st have the potential to conflict with them.
> >
> > "perf: Default use of build IDs and improvements"
> >
> > Build ID mmap2 events have been available since Linux v5.12 and avoid
> > certain races. Enable these by default as discussed in:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-perf-users/CAP-5=fXP7jN_QrGUcd55_QH5J-Y-FCaJ6=NaHVtyx0oyNh8_-Q@mail.gmail.com/
> >
> > The dso_id is used to indentify a DSO that may change by being
> > overwritten. The inode generation isn't present in /proc/pid/maps and
> > so was already only optionally filled in. With build ID mmap events
> > the other major, minor and inode varialbes aren't filled in. Change
> > the dso_id implementation to make optional values explicit, rather
> > than injecting a dso_id we want to improve it during find operations,
> > add the buildid to the dso_id for sorting and so that matching fails
> > when build IDs vary between DSOs.
> >
> > Mark the callchain for buildids and not just the sample IP, fixing
> > missing DSOs.
> >
> > Fix sample__for_each_callchain_node to populate the map even when
> > symbols aren't computed.
> >
> > Other minor bits of build_id clean up.
>
> I've tried to pick the build-id part, but I got a build error like this:
>
>   util/probe-finder.c: In function 'find_probe_point_lazy':
>   util/probe-finder.c:863:25: error: implicit declaration of function 'build_id__sprintf';
>   did you mean 'build_id__snprintf'? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>     863 |                         build_id__sprintf(&bid, sbuild_id);
>         |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   --
>   util/probe-event.c: In function '__show_line_range':
>   util/probe-event.c:1093:17: error: implicit declaration of function 'build_id__sprintf';
>   did you mean 'build_id__snprintf'? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>    1093 |                 build_id__sprintf(&bid, sbuild_id);
>         |                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   tests/sdt.c: In function 'build_id_cache__add_file':
>   tests/sdt.c:40:9: error: implicit declaration of function 'build_id__sprintf';
>   did you mean 'build_id__snprintf'? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>      40 |         build_id__sprintf(&bid, sbuild_id);
>         |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> >
> > "Remove global perf_env"
> >
> > The global perf_env is used to hold host information, but it is also
> > used as a fallback in a number of cases where the information may be
> > bogus. Restructure the code so that the perf_env of the session is
> > accessed. When necessary a locally scoped host perf_env is created and
> > used.
> >
> > Cleaning up the inconsistency was requested by Kan Liang in:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/c56c9e23-cf6e-4040-aee8-da13d5157dcf@linux.intel.com/
>
> And I got some conflicts here.

Sorry for the build breakage and conflicts, I'll send a v5 to address
them but it'll try to hang on for Thomas' perf top change:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250513231813.13846-2-thomas.falcon@intel.com/
so as to not also need a v6.

Thanks,
Ian

> Please take a look, thanks!
> Namhyung
>
> >
> > "Generic weight struct, use env for sort key and header"
> >
> > The arch directory is a barrier to cross-platform development as files
> > and behaviors within it are inherently platform specific. Sample
> > parsing should be generic but the PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_STRUCT handling
> > was only present if building for x86 or powerpc. The sort key and
> > headers should be specific to the session that is being executed and
> > not to the machine perf is being run upon. These patches clean this
> > and associated code up.
> >
> > v4: Shorten to "weight3" histogram and sample variable, but comment
> >     its use (Namhyung). Fix evsel__env use in `perf trace` where no
> >     session was present. Assert the session is never passed a NULL
> >     host_env when there is no data file and its associated env.
> >
> > Ian Rogers (24):
> >   perf callchain: Always populate the addr_location map when adding IP
> >   perf build-id: Reduce size of "size" variable
> >   perf build-id: Truncate to avoid overflowing the build_id data
> >   perf build-id: Change sprintf functions to snprintf
> >   perf build-id: Mark DSO in sample callchains
> >   perf build-id: Ensure struct build_id is empty before use
> >   perf dso: Move build_id to dso_id
> >   perf jitdump: Directly mark the jitdump DSO
> >   perf record: Make --buildid-mmap the default
> >   perf session: Add accessor for session->header.env
> >   perf session: Add an env pointer for the current perf_env
> >   perf evlist: Change env variable to session
> >   perf header: Clean up use of perf_env
> >   perf test: Avoid use perf_env
> >   perf session: Add host_env argument to perf_session__new
> >   perf top: Make perf_env locally scoped
> >   perf bench synthesize: Avoid use of global perf_env
> >   perf machine: Explicitly pass in host perf_env
> >   perf auxtrace: Pass perf_env from session through to mmap read
> >   perf trace: Avoid global perf_env with evsel__env
> >   perf env: Remove global perf_env
> >   perf sample: Remove arch notion of sample parsing
> >   perf test: Move PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_STRUCT parsing to common test
> >   perf sort: Use perf_env to set arch sort keys and header
> >
> >  tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build            |   1 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/event.c          |  60 ------
> >  tools/perf/arch/x86/include/arch-tests.h      |   1 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/Build               |   1 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/arch-tests.c        |   2 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/sample-parsing.c    | 125 ------------
> >  tools/perf/arch/x86/util/event.c              |  46 -----
> >  tools/perf/bench/inject-buildid.c             |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/bench/synthesize.c                 |  30 +--
> >  tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c                 |   6 +-
> >  tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c            |  22 +--
> >  tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c             |  11 +-
> >  tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c                      |  69 ++++---
> >  tools/perf/builtin-diff.c                     |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/builtin-inject.c                   |  41 ++--
> >  tools/perf/builtin-kallsyms.c                 |  21 +-
> >  tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c                     |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c                      |   4 +-
> >  tools/perf/builtin-kwork.c                    |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/builtin-lock.c                     |   4 +-
> >  tools/perf/builtin-mem.c                      |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/builtin-record.c                   |  63 +++---
> >  tools/perf/builtin-report.c                   |  27 ++-
> >  tools/perf/builtin-sched.c                    |   8 +-
> >  tools/perf/builtin-script.c                   |  18 +-
> >  tools/perf/builtin-stat.c                     |  23 +--
> >  tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c                |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/builtin-top.c                      |  58 ++++--
> >  tools/perf/builtin-trace.c                    |  38 ++--
> >  tools/perf/include/perf/perf_dlfilter.h       |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/perf.c                             |   3 -
> >  tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c               |   6 +-
> >  tools/perf/tests/dlfilter-test.c              |  51 ++---
> >  tools/perf/tests/dwarf-unwind.c               |  10 +-
> >  tools/perf/tests/hists_cumulate.c             |   8 +-
> >  tools/perf/tests/hists_filter.c               |   8 +-
> >  tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c                 |   8 +-
> >  tools/perf/tests/hists_output.c               |  10 +-
> >  tools/perf/tests/mmap-thread-lookup.c         |   6 +-
> >  tools/perf/tests/pe-file-parsing.c            |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/tests/sample-parsing.c             |  14 ++
> >  tools/perf/tests/sdt.c                        |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/tests/symbols.c                    |  12 +-
> >  tools/perf/tests/topology.c                   |  39 ++--
> >  tools/perf/ui/browser.h                       |   4 +-
> >  tools/perf/ui/browsers/header.c               |   4 +-
> >  tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c                |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/amd-sample-raw.c              |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c                     |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c                    |  13 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h                    |   6 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c                   |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/branch.c                      |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/build-id.c                    |  63 +++---
> >  tools/perf/util/build-id.h                    |   8 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c             |  16 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/data-convert-json.c           |  36 ++--
> >  tools/perf/util/debuginfo.c                   |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/disasm.c                      |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/dlfilter.c                    |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/dso.c                         | 111 ++++++-----
> >  tools/perf/util/dso.h                         |  75 ++++----
> >  tools/perf/util/dsos.c                        |  20 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/env.c                         |   3 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/env.h                         |   2 -
> >  tools/perf/util/event.c                       |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/event.h                       |   5 -
> >  tools/perf/util/evlist.h                      |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/evsel.c                       |  29 ++-
> >  tools/perf/util/evsel.h                       |   1 +
> >  tools/perf/util/header.c                      | 182 ++++++++++--------
> >  tools/perf/util/hist.c                        |   4 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/hist.h                        |   3 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/intel-tpebs.c                 |   4 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/jitdump.c                     |  21 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/machine.c                     |  42 ++--
> >  tools/perf/util/machine.h                     |   4 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/map.c                         |  15 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/map.h                         |   5 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/probe-event.c                 |   8 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/probe-file.c                  |   4 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c                |   3 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/s390-cpumsf.c                 |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/sample-raw.c                  |   7 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/sample-raw.h                  |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/sample.h                      |   6 +-
> >  .../scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c    |   7 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/session.c                     |  20 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/session.h                     |   9 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/sort.c                        |  95 +++++----
> >  tools/perf/util/sort.h                        |   5 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c              |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/symbol.c                      |   7 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/symbol_conf.h                 |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c            |  54 ++++--
> >  tools/perf/util/thread.c                      |   8 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/thread.h                      |   2 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/tool.c                        |   2 +-
> >  98 files changed, 919 insertions(+), 894 deletions(-)
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/event.c
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/sample-parsing.c
> >
> > --
> > 2.49.0.1204.g71687c7c1d-goog
> >

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