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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
To: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
	Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com>,
	dwarves@vger.kernel.org,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 11/16] dwarf_loader: Handle DW_FORM_block in attr_numeric for Rust discriminant values
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:24:34 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260622202441.14799-12-acme@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260622202441.14799-1-acme@kernel.org>

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

Rust enums with 128-bit discriminant types (i128/u128) encode their
DW_AT_discr_value as a DW_FORM_block1 containing a 16-byte little-endian
integer, rather than using a standard data form like DW_FORM_data*.

Since attr_numeric did not handle DW_FORM_block*, these discriminant
values were not read and produced 311 warnings on a real Rust binary like
sashiko-cli:

  DW_AT_<0x16>=0xa
  DW_AT_<0x16>=0xa
  ...

(0x16 = DW_AT_discr_value, 0xa = DW_FORM_block1)

Add DW_FORM_block1/block2/block4/block to attr_numeric, reading up to 8
bytes from the block into a uint64_t via memcpy and converting from
little-endian with le64toh() so the result is correct on big-endian hosts
as well.  This covers all practical discriminant values.

Before (sashiko-cli):

  $ pahole --btf_encode sashiko-cli 2>&1 | grep -c 'DW_AT_'
  311

After:

  $ pahole --btf_encode sashiko-cli 2>&1 | wc -l
  0

All warnings from Rust DWARF encoding of sashiko-cli are now resolved.

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 dwarf_loader.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/dwarf_loader.c b/dwarf_loader.c
index fc88221ae339e7cd..9f7d2bd23359191b 100644
--- a/dwarf_loader.c
+++ b/dwarf_loader.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <dwarf.h>
+#include <endian.h>
 #include <elfutils/libdwfl.h>
 #include <elfutils/version.h>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -353,6 +354,19 @@ static uint64_t attr_numeric(Dwarf_Die *die, uint32_t name)
 			return value;
 	}
 		break;
+	case DW_FORM_block1:
+	case DW_FORM_block2:
+	case DW_FORM_block4:
+	case DW_FORM_block: {
+		Dwarf_Block block;
+		if (dwarf_formblock(&attr, &block) == 0 && block.length > 0) {
+			uint64_t value = 0;
+			size_t n = block.length > sizeof(value) ? sizeof(value) : block.length;
+			memcpy(&value, block.data, n);
+			return le64toh(value);
+		}
+	}
+		break;
 	default:
 		fprintf(stderr, "DW_AT_<0x%x>=0x%x\n", name, form);
 		break;
-- 
2.54.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-22 20:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-22 20:24 [PATCHES v3 0/7] Initial support for some Rust tags, DW_TAG_imported_unit Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-22 20:24 ` [PATCH 01/16] dwarf_loader: Initial support for DW_TAG_variant_part Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-22 20:24 ` [PATCH 02/16] dwarf_loader: Allow forcing the merge of CUs for solving inter CU tag references Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-22 20:24 ` [PATCH 03/16] dwarf_loader: Initial support for DW_TAG_subprogram in DW_TAG_enumeration Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-22 20:24 ` [PATCH 04/16] encoders: Fix diagnostic messages for unexpected tags in enumerations Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-22 20:24 ` [PATCH 05/16] dwarves_fprintf: Accumulate function__fprintf return value in enumeration printing Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-22 20:24 ` [PATCH 06/16] dwarves: Use tag__delete for enumeration children Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-22 20:24 ` [PATCH 07/16] btf_encoder: Fix types__match parameter comparison in BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-22 20:24 ` [PATCH 08/16] encoders: Handle DW_TAG_subprogram in enumerations during BTF/CTF encoding Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-22 20:24 ` [PATCH 09/16] dwarf_loader: Populate DW_TAG_variant children in DW_TAG_variant_part Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-22 20:24 ` [PATCH 10/16] btf_encoder: Encode variant parts as union members in BTF Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-22 20:24 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2026-06-22 20:24 ` [PATCH 12/16] dwarf_loader: Support DW_TAG_imported_unit for same-file partial units Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-22 20:24 ` [PATCH 13/16] dwarf_loader: Fix cus__merging_cu failing to detect DW_FORM_ref_addr Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-22 20:24 ` [PATCH 14/16] tests: Add inter-CU type reference comparison test Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-22 20:24 ` [PATCH 15/16] tests: Guard cleanup() against empty outdir to prevent rm /* Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-22 20:24 ` [PATCH 16/16] tests: Source test_lib.sh via dirname so tests run from any directory Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

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