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Message-ID: <7495eeb9-777b-4b9e-8312-c6654268d6ec@linux.dev>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 10:35:04 -0700
From: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@...ux.dev>
To: 赵佳炜 <phoenix500526@....com>
Cc: ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net, andrii@...nel.org,
bpf@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/2] selftests/bpf: Force -O2 for USDT selftests to
cover SIB handling logic
On 8/17/25 6:43 AM, 赵佳炜 wrote:
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> Hi, Yonghong. I've already filed an issue[1] in GCC community.
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> Accroding to the discussion, it's not a gcc bug but may be a systemtap bug.
> I don't know how to report this bug to systemtap, but I found that the
> libbpf/usdt have the same problem. I've filed an issue in libbpf/usdt repo[2].
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> I also have some ideas about it. I wrote it down in the issue[2] comment.
> May be we can discuss there.
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> [1]. https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=121569
> [2]. https://github.com/libbpf/usdt/issues/13
Thanks for filing an issue on gcc and getting some feedback/suggestions
from gcc community.
Currently, libbpf/usdt does not suport format like '-1@ti(%rip)'. If we do
intend to implement this. libbpf/usdt can reject that if 'ti' is a
static variable. libbpf can provide some hints about how to make it
work (see above [1] and [2]). Then, it would be user's reponsibility to
change code so libbpf can support it.
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> At 2025-08-13 13:24:39, "Yonghong Song" <yonghong.song@...ux.dev> wrote:
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>> On 8/12/25 7:27 PM, 赵佳炜 wrote:
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>>>
>>> Sure.
>>>
>>> The usdt_rip.c source code:
>>>
>>> ```C
>>> // the usdt_rip.c file
>>> #include <stddef.h>
>>> #include <stdint.h>
>>> #include "sdt.h"
>>>
>>> static volatile char ti = 0;
>>>
>>> int add(int a, int b) {
>>> return a + b;
>>> }
>>> int (*add_ptr)(int, int) = add;
>>>
>>> struct st{
>>> int a;
>>> char b;
>>> };
>>>
>>> volatile struct st t1 = {.a = 1, .b = 'a'};
>>>
>>> static void __always_inline trigger_func() {
>>> STAP_PROBE4(usdt_rip, rip_global_var, ti, add_ptr, t1.b, ti);
>>> }
>>>
>>> int main() {
>>> trigger_func();
>>> return 0;
>>> }
>>> ```
>>>
>>> The test/usdt_rip.c source code:
>>>
>>> ```C
>>> // The test/usdt_rip.c file
>>> static volatile char ti = 0;
>>> ```
>>>
>>> The compiler option is `gcc -O2 -g usdt_rip.c test/usdt_rip.c -o usdt_rip`
>>>
>>> My compiler version:
>>> ```bash
>>> $ gcc -v
>>> Using built-in specs.
>>> COLLECT_GCC=gcc
>>> COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/13/lto-wrapper
>>> OFFLOAD_TARGET_NAMES=nvptx-none:amdgcn-amdhsa
>>> OFFLOAD_TARGET_DEFAULT=1
>>> Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
>>> Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-13/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++,m2 --prefix=/usr --with-gcc-major-version-only --program-suffix=-13 --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/libexec --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --enable-bootstrap --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --enable-libstdcxx-backtrace --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-vtable-verify --enable-plugin --enable-default-pie --with-system-zlib --enable-libphobos-checking=release --with-target-system-zlib=auto --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-multiarch --disable-werror --enable-cet --with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --enable-multilib --with-tune=generic --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none=/build/gcc-13-fG75Ri/gcc-13-13.3.0/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,amdgcn-amdhsa=/build/gcc-13-fG75Ri/gcc-13-13.3.0/debian/tmp-gcn/usr --enable-offload-defaulted --without-cuda-driver --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-build-config=bootstrap-lto-lean --enable-link-serialization=2
>>> Thread model: posix
>>> Supported LTO compression algorithms: zlib zstd
>>> gcc version 13.3.0 (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04)
>>> ```
>> Thanks for the code. I compiled with gcc14 compiler and the below is the asm code for 'main' function:
>>
>> 0000000000401020 <main>:
>> 401020: 90 nop
>> 401021: 31 c0 xor %eax,%eax
>> 401023: c3 ret
>> 401024: 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 cs nopw 0x0(%rax,%rax,1)
>> 40102b: 00 00 00
>> 40102e: 66 90 xchg %ax,%ax
>>
>> stapsdt note:
>> Displaying notes found in: .note.stapsdt
>> Owner Data size Description
>> stapsdt 0x00000066 NT_STAPSDT (SystemTap probe descriptors)
>> Provider: usdt_rip
>> Name: rip_global_var
>> Location: 0x0000000000401020, Base: 0x0000000000402010, Semaphore: 0x0000000000000000
>> Arguments: -1@ti(%rip) 8@..._ptr(%rip) -1@...4(%rip) -1@ti(%rip)
>>
>> $ readelf -s usdt_rip | grep ti
>> 4: 0000000000404019 1 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 24 ti
>> 14: 000000000040401a 1 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 24 ti
>>
>> So yet, it would be hard to find which 'ti' should be used to resolve usdt arguments.
>>
>>
>> I then tried with clang21. The 'main' function:
>>
>> 0000000000001140 <main>:
>> 1140: 0f b6 05 f2 2e 00 00 movzbl 0x2ef2(%rip),%eax # 4039 <ti>
>> 1147: 48 8b 0d da 2e 00 00 mov 0x2eda(%rip),%rcx # 4028 <add_ptr>
>> 114e: 0f b6 15 df 2e 00 00 movzbl 0x2edf(%rip),%edx # 4034 <t1+0x4>
>> 1155: 0f b6 35 dd 2e 00 00 movzbl 0x2edd(%rip),%esi # 4039 <ti>
>> 115c: 88 44 24 f7 mov %al,-0x9(%rsp)
>> 1160: 48 89 4c 24 f8 mov %rcx,-0x8(%rsp)
>> 1165: 88 54 24 f6 mov %dl,-0xa(%rsp)
>> 1169: 40 88 74 24 f5 mov %sil,-0xb(%rsp)
>> 116e: 90 nop
>> 116f: 31 c0 xor %eax,%eax
>> 1171: c3 ret
>> 1172: 66 90 xchg %ax,%ax
>>
>> For this case, usdt should work properly. The following is related symbol table:
>>
>> 74: 0000000000004028 8 OBJECT GLOBAL DEFAULT 26 add_ptr
>> 64: 0000000000004030 8 OBJECT GLOBAL DEFAULT 26 t1
>> 50: 0000000000004039 1 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 27 ti <=== for '# 4039 <ti>'.
>>
>> And for llvm21, only one 'ti' in the symbol table.
>>
>> $ readelf -s usdt_rip | grep ti
>> 50: 0000000000004039 1 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 27 ti
>>
>> The stapsdt note:
>> Displaying notes found in: .note.stapsdt
>> Owner Data size Description
>> stapsdt 0x00000061 NT_STAPSDT (SystemTap probe descriptors)
>> Provider: usdt_rip
>> Name: rip_global_var
>> Location: 0x000000000000116e, Base: 0x0000000000002004, Semaphore: 0x0000000000000000
>> Arguments: -1@-9(%rsp) 8@-8(%rsp) -1@-10(%rsp) -1@-11(%rsp)
>>
>> It looks like clang optimized away the following:
>> // The test/usdt_rip.c file
>> static volatile char ti = 0;
>> but gcc does not. But even if the above 'ti' is preserved for clang,
>> clang generated code should still be fine since the argument
>> is -1@-9(%rsp) 8@-8(%rsp) -1@-10(%rsp) -1@-11(%rsp).
>>
>> I think you can file a bug for gcc community.
>>
>>>
>>> At 2025-08-13 00:11:45, "Yonghong Song" <yonghong.song@...ux.dev> wrote:
>>>> On 8/12/25 12:02 AM, 赵佳炜 wrote:
>>>>> Yes, I've tried that but it didn't help. FYI:
>>>>>
>>>>> $ readelf -nsr usdt_rip
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Relocation section '.rela.dyn' at offset 0x530 contains 9 entries:
>>>>> Offset Info Type Sym. Value Sym. Name + Addend
>>>>> 000000003df0 000000000008 R_X86_64_RELATIVE 1150
>>>>> 000000003df8 000000000008 R_X86_64_RELATIVE 1110
>>>>> 000000004008 000000000008 R_X86_64_RELATIVE 4008
>>>>> 000000004018 000000000008 R_X86_64_RELATIVE 1160
>>>>> 000000003fd8 000100000006 R_X86_64_GLOB_DAT 0000000000000000 __libc_start_main@...BC_2.34 + 0
>>>>> 000000003fe0 000200000006 R_X86_64_GLOB_DAT 0000000000000000 _ITM_deregisterTM[...] + 0
>>>>> 000000003fe8 000300000006 R_X86_64_GLOB_DAT 0000000000000000 __gmon_start__ + 0
>>>>> 000000003ff0 000400000006 R_X86_64_GLOB_DAT 0000000000000000 _ITM_registerTMCl[...] + 0
>>>>> 000000003ff8 000500000006 R_X86_64_GLOB_DAT 0000000000000000 __cxa_finalize@...BC_2.2.5 + 0
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Symbol table '.dynsym' contains 6 entries:
>>>>> Num: Value Size Type Bind Vis Ndx Name
>>>>> 0: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE LOCAL DEFAULT UND
>>>>> 1: 0000000000000000 0 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT UND _[...]@GLIBC_2.34 (2)
>>>>> 2: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE WEAK DEFAULT UND _ITM_deregisterT[...]
>>>>> 3: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE WEAK DEFAULT UND __gmon_start__
>>>>> 4: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE WEAK DEFAULT UND _ITM_registerTMC[...]
>>>>> 5: 0000000000000000 0 FUNC WEAK DEFAULT UND [...]@GLIBC_2.2.5 (3)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Symbol table '.symtab' contains 42 entries:
>>>>> Num: Value Size Type Bind Vis Ndx Name
>>>>> 0: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE LOCAL DEFAULT UND
>>>>> 1: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS Scrt1.o
>>>>> 2: 000000000000038c 32 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 4 __abi_tag
>>>>> 3: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS usdt_rip.c
>>>>> 4: 0000000000004021 1 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 25 ti
>>>>> 5: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS crtstuff.c
>>>>> 6: 00000000000010a0 0 FUNC LOCAL DEFAULT 14 deregister_tm_clones
>>>>> 7: 00000000000010d0 0 FUNC LOCAL DEFAULT 14 register_tm_clones
>>>>> 8: 0000000000001110 0 FUNC LOCAL DEFAULT 14 __do_global_dtors_aux
>>>>> 9: 0000000000004020 1 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 25 completed.0
>>>>> 10: 0000000000003df8 0 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 21 __do_global_dtor[...]
>>>>> 11: 0000000000001150 0 FUNC LOCAL DEFAULT 14 frame_dummy
>>>>> 12: 0000000000003df0 0 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 20 __frame_dummy_in[...]
>>>>> 13: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS damo.c
>>>>> 14: 0000000000004022 1 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 25 ti
>>>>> 15: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS crtstuff.c
>>>>> 16: 00000000000020d8 0 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 19 __FRAME_END__
>>>>> 17: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS
>>>>> 18: 0000000000003e00 0 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 22 _DYNAMIC
>>>>> 19: 0000000000002008 0 NOTYPE LOCAL DEFAULT 18 __GNU_EH_FRAME_HDR
>>>>> 20: 0000000000003fc0 0 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 23 _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_
>>>>> 21: 0000000000000000 0 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT UND __libc_start_mai[...]
>>>>> 22: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE WEAK DEFAULT UND _ITM_deregisterT[...]
>>>>> 23: 0000000000004000 0 NOTYPE WEAK DEFAULT 24 data_start
>>>>> 24: 0000000000001160 8 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT 14 add
>>>>> 25: 0000000000004020 0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT 24 _edata
>>>>> 26: 0000000000002004 1 NOTYPE WEAK HIDDEN 17 _.stapsdt.base
>>>>> 27: 0000000000004010 8 OBJECT GLOBAL DEFAULT 24 t1
>>>>> 28: 0000000000001168 0 FUNC GLOBAL HIDDEN 15 _fini
>>>>> 29: 0000000000004000 0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT 24 __data_start
>>>>> 30: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE WEAK DEFAULT UND __gmon_start__
>>>>> 31: 0000000000004008 0 OBJECT GLOBAL HIDDEN 24 __dso_handle
>>>>> 32: 0000000000002000 4 OBJECT GLOBAL DEFAULT 16 _IO_stdin_used
>>>>> 33: 0000000000004028 0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT 25 _end
>>>>> 34: 0000000000001070 38 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT 14 _start
>>>>> 35: 0000000000004020 0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT 25 __bss_start
>>>>> 36: 0000000000001040 48 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT 14 main
>>>>> 37: 0000000000004018 8 OBJECT GLOBAL DEFAULT 24 add_ptr
>>>>> 38: 0000000000004020 0 OBJECT GLOBAL HIDDEN 24 __TMC_END__
>>>>> 39: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE WEAK DEFAULT UND _ITM_registerTMC[...]
>>>>> 40: 0000000000000000 0 FUNC WEAK DEFAULT UND __cxa_finalize@G[...]
>>>>> 41: 0000000000001000 0 FUNC GLOBAL HIDDEN 11 _init
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Displaying notes found in: .note.gnu.property
>>>>> Owner Data size Description
>>>>> GNU 0x00000020 NT_GNU_PROPERTY_TYPE_0
>>>>> Properties: x86 feature: IBT, SHSTK
>>>>> x86 ISA needed: x86-64-baseline
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Displaying notes found in: .note.gnu.build-id
>>>>> Owner Data size Description
>>>>> GNU 0x00000014 NT_GNU_BUILD_ID (unique build ID bitstring)
>>>>> Build ID: eb615daa575687cc44edc1d339b27890c12c27f1
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Displaying notes found in: .note.ABI-tag
>>>>> Owner Data size Description
>>>>> GNU 0x00000010 NT_GNU_ABI_TAG (ABI version tag)
>>>>> OS: Linux, ABI: 3.2.0
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Displaying notes found in: .note.stapsdt
>>>>> Owner Data size Description
>>>>> stapsdt 0x00000066 NT_STAPSDT (SystemTap probe descriptors)
>>>>> Provider: usdt_rip
>>>>> Name: rip_global_var
>>>>> Location: 0x0000000000001058, Base: 0x0000000000002004, Semaphore: 0x0000000000000000
>>>>> Arguments: -1@ti(%rip) 8@..._ptr(%rip) -1@...1(%rip) -1@ti(%rip)
>>>> Could you share the complete source codes and compiler options which
>>>> reproduce the above result?
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> At 2025-08-12 13:06:40, "Yonghong Song" <yonghong.song@...ux.dev> wrote:
>>>>>> On 8/10/25 1:55 AM, 赵佳炜 wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Yonghong,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I found another issue where symbols can be duplicated, and I’m not sure how to tell them apart.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For example, I created two C files named usdt_rip.c and hello.c. Both define their own static ti variables, like:`static volatile char ti = 0;`.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> After compiling, I obtained an ELF file usdt_rip whose .symtab contains the following entries:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> $ readelf -s usdt_rip
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Symbol table '.symtab' contains 42 entries:
>>>>>>> Num: Value Size Type Bind Vis Ndx Name
>>>>>>> 0: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE LOCAL DEFAULT UND
>>>>>>> 1: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS Scrt1.o
>>>>>>> 2: 000000000000038c 32 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 4 __abi_tag
>>>>>>> 3: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS usdt_rip.c
>>>>>>> 4: 0000000000004021 1 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 25 ti
>>>>>>> 5: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS crtstuff.c
>>>>>>> 6: 00000000000010a0 0 FUNC LOCAL DEFAULT 14 deregister_tm_clones
>>>>>>> 7: 00000000000010d0 0 FUNC LOCAL DEFAULT 14 register_tm_clones
>>>>>>> 8: 0000000000001110 0 FUNC LOCAL DEFAULT 14 __do_global_dtors_aux
>>>>>>> 9: 0000000000004020 1 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 25 completed.0
>>>>>>> 10: 0000000000003df8 0 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 21 __do_global_dtor[...]
>>>>>>> 11: 0000000000001150 0 FUNC LOCAL DEFAULT 14 frame_dummy
>>>>>>> 12: 0000000000003df0 0 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 20 __frame_dummy_in[...]
>>>>>>> 13: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS damo.c
>>>>>>> 14: 0000000000004022 1 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 25 ti
>>>>>>> 15: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS crtstuff.c
>>>>>>> 16: 00000000000020d8 0 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 19 __FRAME_END__
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As you can see, there are two ti variables in the .symtab section. Their values are very close, making them hard to distinguish.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I’m unsure how to handle this situation. Do you have any suggestions?
>>>>>> Did you check relocations? Relocaitons should be able to point exact which symbol.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Jiawei Zhao
>>>>>> [...]
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