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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].
>
> I also have some ideas about it. I wrote it down in the issue[2] comment.
> May be we can discuss there.
>
> [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:
>>
>> On 8/12/25 7:27 PM, 赵佳炜 wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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