From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "James Clark" <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] perf libdw: Find the CU by iterating all CUs when aranges are missing
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2026 05:36:30 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-200834@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261105-james-perf-test-fixes-v1-1-0b279bee5830@linaro.org>
> libdw__addr2line() finds the CU with dwfl_module_getsrc() and
> dwfl_module_addrdie(), which use dwarf_getaranges(). In elfutils 0.190
> this only reads .debug_aranges, which can be partial. For example, when
> Perf is built with LLVM=1, clang doesn't emit .debug_aranges by default
> so the lookup then fails and no source lines are found for most of the
> Perf binary.
>
> This used to be hidden by falling back to the next addr2line style, but
> now missing information stops the fallback since commit (62d7cdc8d587
> "perf libdw: Optimize fallback logic for missing DWARF").
>
> find_cu_die() in annotate-data.c already handles partial aranges by
> iterating all CUs in .debug_info and checking them with dwarf_haspc().
> Move it to dwarf-aux.c, then look up the line in that CU with
> dwarf_getsrc_die() and use the same CU for unwinding inlines. While
> [ ... ]
> ---- end(-1) ----
> 79: test addr2line inline unwinding : FAILED!
>
> Fixes: 88c51002d06f ("perf addr2line: Add a libdw implementation")
> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-06 5:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-05 15:49 [PATCH 0/4] perf tools: LLVM dwarf and flaky test fixes James Clark
2026-11-05 15:49 ` [PATCH 1/4] perf libdw: Find the CU by iterating all CUs when aranges are missing James Clark
2026-11-06 5:36 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-11-05 15:49 ` [PATCH 2/4] perf dwarf-aux: Support DW_OP_addrx locations for global variables James Clark
2026-11-06 5:44 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-05 15:49 ` [PATCH 3/4] perf test probe_vfs_getname: Fix missing debuginfo detection James Clark
2026-11-06 4:39 ` Namhyung Kim
2026-11-06 5:47 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-05 15:49 ` [PATCH 4/4] perf test: Don't starve per-process tests with system-wide events James Clark
2026-11-06 4:43 ` Namhyung Kim
2026-11-06 5:51 ` sashiko-bot
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