From: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
To: acme@kernel.org, james.clark@linaro.org, namhyung@kernel.org
Cc: adrian.hunter@intel.com, alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com,
dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com, john.g.garry@oracle.com,
jolsa@kernel.org, leo.yan@linux.dev,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,
mark.rutland@arm.com, mike.leach@arm.com, mingo@redhat.com,
peterz@infradead.org, shimin.guo@skydio.com, will@kernel.org,
Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] perf record: Refactor ARM64 leaf caller setup out of arch
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 22:41:40 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260512054140.3427725-1-irogers@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260507170622.611933-1-irogers@google.com>
Code in tools/perf/arch causes portability issues/opaqueness and LTO
issues due to the use of weak symbols. Move the adding of LR to the
sample_user_regs into arm64-frame-pointer-unwind-support.c conditional
on EM_HOST == EM_AARCH64 (false on all non-ARM64 builds). This also
better encapsulates the use of the sampled registers by
get_leaf_frame_caller_aarch64 and the set up by the new
add_leaf_frame_caller_opts_aarch64, exposing opportunities for
possibly sampling PC and SP to help the unwinder.
Reviewed-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build | 1 -
tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/machine.c | 12 ------------
tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 11 +++++------
tools/perf/util/arm64-frame-pointer-unwind-support.c | 6 ++++++
tools/perf/util/arm64-frame-pointer-unwind-support.h | 2 ++
tools/perf/util/callchain.h | 2 --
6 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/machine.c
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build
index 4e06a08d281a..638aa6948ab5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ perf-util-y += ../../arm/util/pmu.o
perf-util-y += arm-spe.o
perf-util-y += header.o
perf-util-y += hisi-ptt.o
-perf-util-y += machine.o
perf-util-y += mem-events.o
perf-util-y += pmu.o
perf-util-y += tsc.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/machine.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 80fb13c958d9..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/machine.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-
-#include "callchain.h" // prototype of arch__add_leaf_frame_record_opts
-#include "perf_regs.h"
-#include "record.h"
-
-#define SMPL_REG_MASK(b) (1ULL << (b))
-
-void arch__add_leaf_frame_record_opts(struct record_opts *opts)
-{
- opts->sample_user_regs |= SMPL_REG_MASK(PERF_REG_ARM64_LR);
-}
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 4a5eba498c02..272bba7f4b9e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
#include "util/parse-events.h"
#include "util/config.h"
+#include "util/arm64-frame-pointer-unwind-support.h"
#include "util/callchain.h"
#include "util/cgroup.h"
#include "util/header.h"
@@ -3230,10 +3231,6 @@ static int record__parse_off_cpu_thresh(const struct option *opt,
return 0;
}
-void __weak arch__add_leaf_frame_record_opts(struct record_opts *opts __maybe_unused)
-{
-}
-
static int parse_control_option(const struct option *opt,
const char *str,
int unset __maybe_unused)
@@ -4319,8 +4316,10 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
evlist__warn_user_requested_cpus(rec->evlist, rec->opts.target.cpu_list);
- if (callchain_param.enabled && callchain_param.record_mode == CALLCHAIN_FP)
- arch__add_leaf_frame_record_opts(&rec->opts);
+ if (callchain_param.enabled && callchain_param.record_mode == CALLCHAIN_FP) {
+ if (EM_HOST == EM_AARCH64)
+ add_leaf_frame_caller_opts_aarch64(&rec->opts);
+ }
err = -ENOMEM;
if (evlist__create_maps(rec->evlist, &rec->opts.target) < 0) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/arm64-frame-pointer-unwind-support.c b/tools/perf/util/arm64-frame-pointer-unwind-support.c
index 858ce2b01812..3af8c7a466e0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/arm64-frame-pointer-unwind-support.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/arm64-frame-pointer-unwind-support.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
#include "arm64-frame-pointer-unwind-support.h"
#include "callchain.h"
#include "event.h"
+#include "record.h"
#include "unwind.h"
#include <string.h>
@@ -16,6 +17,11 @@ struct entries {
#define SMPL_REG_MASK(b) (1ULL << (b))
+void add_leaf_frame_caller_opts_aarch64(struct record_opts *opts)
+{
+ opts->sample_user_regs |= SMPL_REG_MASK(PERF_REG_ARM64_LR);
+}
+
static bool get_leaf_frame_caller_enabled(struct perf_sample *sample)
{
struct regs_dump *regs;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/arm64-frame-pointer-unwind-support.h b/tools/perf/util/arm64-frame-pointer-unwind-support.h
index 42d3a45490f5..ba35b295bfcd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/arm64-frame-pointer-unwind-support.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/arm64-frame-pointer-unwind-support.h
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
#include <linux/types.h>
struct perf_sample;
+struct record_opts;
struct thread;
+void add_leaf_frame_caller_opts_aarch64(struct record_opts *opts);
u64 get_leaf_frame_caller_aarch64(struct perf_sample *sample, struct thread *thread, int user_idx);
#endif /* __PERF_ARM_FRAME_POINTER_UNWIND_SUPPORT_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.h b/tools/perf/util/callchain.h
index 06d463ccc7a0..b7702d65ad60 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.h
@@ -277,8 +277,6 @@ static inline int arch_skip_callchain_idx(struct thread *thread __maybe_unused,
}
#endif
-void arch__add_leaf_frame_record_opts(struct record_opts *opts);
-
char *callchain_list__sym_name(struct callchain_list *cl,
char *bf, size_t bfsize, bool show_dso);
char *callchain_node__scnprintf_value(struct callchain_node *node,
--
2.54.0.563.g4f69b47b94-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-12 5:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-07 17:06 [PATCH v1] perf record: Refactor ARM64 leaf caller setup out of arch Ian Rogers
2026-05-07 23:16 ` sashiko-bot
2026-05-08 10:35 ` James Clark
2026-05-12 5:41 ` Ian Rogers [this message]
2026-05-14 17:38 ` [PATCH v2] " Ian Rogers
2026-05-14 23:49 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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