linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/6] Add a libdw addr2line implementation

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Message-ID: <20260110082647.1487574-1-irogers@google.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:26:41 -0800
From: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
To: Tony Jones <tonyj@...e.de>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, 
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, 
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, 
	Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>, 
	James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>, Howard Chu <howardchu95@...il.com>, 
	Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@...cle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/6] Add a libdw addr2line implementation

addr2line is a performance bottleneck in perf, add a libdw based
implementation that avoids forking addr2line and caches the decoded
debug information.

Allow the addr2line implementation to be picked via the configuration
file or --addr2line-style with `perf report`.

Test/fix that inline callchains are properly displayed by perf script.

v2: Fix bias issue with libdwfl functions. Use cu_walk_functions_at
    from perf's dwarf-aux to fully walk inline functions. Add testing
    that inlined functions are shown in the perf script srcline
    callchain information. Add configurability as to which addr2line
    style to use.

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20251122093934.94971-1-irogers@google.com/

Ian Rogers (6):
  perf addr2line: Add a libdw implementation
  perf addr2line.c: Rename a2l_style to cmd_a2l_style
  perf srcline: Add configuration support for the addr2line style
  perf callchain: Fix srcline printing with inlines
  perf test workload: Add inlineloop test workload
  perf test: Test addr2line unwinding works with inline functions

 tools/perf/builtin-report.c                 |  10 ++
 tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c             |   1 +
 tools/perf/tests/shell/addr2line_inlines.sh |  47 +++++++
 tools/perf/tests/tests.h                    |   1 +
 tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build            |   2 +
 tools/perf/tests/workloads/inlineloop.c     |  52 +++++++
 tools/perf/util/Build                       |   1 +
 tools/perf/util/addr2line.c                 |  20 +--
 tools/perf/util/config.c                    |   4 +
 tools/perf/util/dso.c                       |   2 +
 tools/perf/util/dso.h                       |  11 ++
 tools/perf/util/evsel_fprintf.c             |   8 +-
 tools/perf/util/libdw.c                     | 148 ++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/libdw.h                     |  60 ++++++++
 tools/perf/util/srcline.c                   | 116 +++++++++++++--
 tools/perf/util/srcline.h                   |   3 +
 tools/perf/util/symbol_conf.h               |  10 ++
 17 files changed, 476 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 tools/perf/tests/shell/addr2line_inlines.sh
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/tests/workloads/inlineloop.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/libdw.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/libdw.h

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