From: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
To: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@gmail.com>,
dwarves@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@fb.com
Subject: [PATCH dwarves 1/2] dwarf_loader: Skip the argument register the arm64 ABI leaves as a hole
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 21:09:55 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260911040955.339939-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev> (raw)
arm64 requires an argument whose alignment is twice the register size to
start on an even-numbered argument register, so such an argument arriving
when the next free register is an odd one leaves that register unused:
u64 f_odd(u64 a, __int128 v, u64 b);
passes a in x0, v in x2:x3 -- skipping x1 -- and b in x4. The x86-64 ABI
has no such rule and packs v into rsi:rdx instead.
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
---
dwarf_loader.c | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
dwarves.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dwarf_loader.c b/dwarf_loader.c
index 61ef52f..81c2076 100644
--- a/dwarf_loader.c
+++ b/dwarf_loader.c
@@ -1501,6 +1501,23 @@ static bool arch__agg_use_two_regs(const GElf_Ehdr *ehdr)
}
}
+/*
+ * Some ABIs require an argument whose alignment is twice the register size to
+ * start on an even-numbered argument register, leaving a hole when the next
+ * free register is an odd one. For example, on arm64,
+ * u64 f(u64 a, __int128 v, u64 b)
+ * passes a in x0, v in x2:x3 -- skipping x1 -- and b in x4.
+ */
+static bool arch__arg_align_two_regs(const GElf_Ehdr *ehdr)
+{
+ switch (ehdr->e_machine) {
+ case EM_AARCH64:
+ return true;
+ default:
+ return false;
+ }
+}
+
static struct template_type_param *template_type_param__new(Dwarf_Die *die, struct cu *cu, struct conf_load *conf)
{
struct template_type_param *ttparm = tag__alloc(cu, sizeof(*ttparm));
@@ -3634,6 +3651,28 @@ static int parameter__abi_slots(const struct parameter *parm, const struct cu *c
return slots > 0 ? slots : 1;
}
+static int parameter__abi_reg_align(const struct parameter *parm, const struct cu *cu)
+{
+ struct tag *type;
+
+ if (!cu->arg_align_two_regs || parm->type_byte_size <= cu->addr_size)
+ return 1;
+
+ type = tag__strip_typedefs_and_modifiers(&parm->tag, cu);
+ if (type == NULL)
+ return 1;
+
+ return tag__natural_alignment(type, cu) > cu->addr_size ? 2 : 1;
+}
+
+static int parameter__align_reg_idx(const struct parameter *parm, int reg_idx,
+ const struct cu *cu)
+{
+ int align = parameter__abi_reg_align(parm, cu);
+
+ return (reg_idx + align - 1) & ~(align - 1);
+}
+
static bool parameter__has_piece_info(const struct parameter *parm)
{
return parm->first_reg_fields || parm->second_reg_fields;
@@ -3653,7 +3692,7 @@ static bool ftype__next_parameter_preserves_slots(struct ftype *ftype, struct pa
if (!next || next->loc_reg == PARAMETER_UNKNOWN_REG)
return false;
- next_reg_idx = reg_idx + slots;
+ next_reg_idx = parameter__align_reg_idx(next, reg_idx + slots, cu);
return next_reg_idx < cu->nr_register_params &&
next->loc_reg == cu->register_params[next_reg_idx];
}
@@ -3702,6 +3741,7 @@ static void function__match_clang_parameter_locations(struct ftype *ftype, struc
if (pos->passed_in_memory)
continue;
+ reg_idx = parameter__align_reg_idx(pos, reg_idx, cu);
if (reg_idx >= cu->nr_register_params)
break;
@@ -3732,11 +3772,17 @@ static void function__analyze_parameter_locations(struct function *fn, struct cu
ftype__for_each_parameter(ftype, pos) {
bool consumes_register = true;
- bool regs_available = reg_idx < cu->nr_register_params;
+ bool regs_available;
int slots = parameter__abi_slots(pos, cu);
- int expected_reg = regs_available ? cu->register_params[reg_idx] : -1;
+ int expected_reg;
int reg_slots = pos->passed_in_memory ? 1 : slots;
+ if (!pos->passed_in_memory)
+ reg_idx = parameter__align_reg_idx(pos, reg_idx, cu);
+
+ regs_available = reg_idx < cu->nr_register_params;
+ expected_reg = regs_available ? cu->register_params[reg_idx] : -1;
+
if (pos->has_loc) {
if (true_sig_enabled && pos->loc_const_value) {
pos->optimized = 1;
@@ -4467,6 +4513,7 @@ static int cu__set_common(struct cu *cu, struct conf_load *conf,
cu->little_endian = ehdr.e_ident[EI_DATA] == ELFDATA2LSB;
cu->nr_register_params = arch__nr_register_params(&ehdr);
cu->agg_use_two_regs = arch__agg_use_two_regs(&ehdr);
+ cu->arg_align_two_regs = arch__arg_align_two_regs(&ehdr);
arch__set_register_params(&ehdr, cu);
return 0;
}
diff --git a/dwarves.h b/dwarves.h
index df77f1e..70adbbf 100644
--- a/dwarves.h
+++ b/dwarves.h
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ struct cu {
uint8_t little_endian:1;
uint8_t producer_clang:1;
uint8_t agg_use_two_regs:1; /* An aggregate like {long a; long b;} */
+ uint8_t arg_align_two_regs:1; /* An over-aligned arg starts on an even register */
uint8_t nr_register_params;
int register_params[ARCH_MAX_REGISTER_PARAMS];
int functions_saved;
--
2.53.0-Meta
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-11 4:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-11 4:09 Yonghong Song [this message]
2026-09-11 4:10 ` [PATCH dwarves 2/2] tests: tests: Add test for 16-byte aligned arguments on arm64 Yonghong Song
2026-09-11 16:02 ` [PATCH dwarves 1/2] dwarf_loader: Skip the argument register the arm64 ABI leaves as a hole Yonghong Song
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