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 v7 3/5] dwarf_loader: Analyze per-parameter information for true signatures
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:07:20 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260623040720.2734590-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260623040704.2732530-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev>
Add a function-level pass, function__analyze_parameter_locations(), run
from cu__resolve_func_ret_types_optimized() which walks a function's
parameters in ABI argument-register order and consumes the location state
decoded by parameter__decode_location() in the previous commit. Each
parameter advances the expected-register index by the number of argument
registers it occupies (parameter__abi_slots(), e.g. a two-eightbyte
aggregate consumes two registers).
For every producer it keeps the existing bookkeeping, now driven by the
decoded fields:
- a parameter with no location, a constant value, or (for non-clang) no
register found is marked optimized out
- a parameter found in a register other than the expected one is marked
unexpected_reg
When true_signature is enabled for a signature-changed function it
reconstructs the real register-level signature:
- parameters that were optimized out are dropped from the signature
- a parameter whose location cannot be tied to its expected register,
wrong register, no register found, or a non-aggregate sitting on the
stack - marks the function unexpected_reg so no untrustworthy signature
is emitted;
- an aggregate genuinely passed on the stack (passed_in_memory) is kept;
- an aggregate split across registers via DW_OP_piece is kept whole when
it is fully used or the next parameter still lands on its expected
register, otherwise it is rewritten to the single member actually passed
in a register (true_sig_*).
Together with the decoding commit this replaces the previous inline,
per-parameter register check in parameter__new().
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
---
dwarf_loader.c | 155 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 152 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dwarf_loader.c b/dwarf_loader.c
index 443b824..9d51ff7 100644
--- a/dwarf_loader.c
+++ b/dwarf_loader.c
@@ -3054,6 +3054,153 @@ static void ftype__recode_dwarf_types(struct tag *tag, struct cu *cu)
}
}
+static struct parameter *ftype__next_parameter(struct ftype *ftype, struct parameter *parm)
+{
+ if (parm->tag.node.next == &ftype->parms)
+ return NULL;
+ return list_entry(parm->tag.node.next, struct parameter, tag.node);
+}
+
+static int parameter__abi_slots(const struct parameter *parm, const struct cu *cu)
+{
+ int slots;
+
+ if (!cu->agg_use_two_regs || parm->type_byte_size <= cu->addr_size)
+ return 1;
+
+ slots = (parm->type_byte_size + cu->addr_size - 1) / cu->addr_size;
+ return slots > 0 ? slots : 1;
+}
+
+static bool parameter__has_piece_info(const struct parameter *parm)
+{
+ return parm->first_reg_fields || parm->second_reg_fields;
+}
+
+static bool parameter__uses_full_aggregate(const struct parameter *parm)
+{
+ return parm->first_reg_fields && parm->second_reg_fields;
+}
+
+static bool ftype__next_parameter_preserves_slots(struct ftype *ftype, struct parameter *parm,
+ int reg_idx, int slots, struct cu *cu)
+{
+ struct parameter *next = ftype__next_parameter(ftype, parm);
+ int next_reg_idx;
+
+ if (!next || next->loc_reg == PARAMETER_UNKNOWN_REG)
+ return false;
+
+ next_reg_idx = reg_idx + slots;
+ return next_reg_idx < cu->nr_register_params &&
+ next->loc_reg == cu->register_params[next_reg_idx];
+}
+
+static bool parameter__apply_true_sig_member(struct parameter *parm, struct cu *cu)
+{
+ struct dwarf_tag tmp = {};
+ struct dwarf_tag *dtype;
+
+ if (!parm->true_sig_member_name || parm->true_sig_type == 0)
+ return false;
+
+ tmp.type = parm->true_sig_type;
+ tmp.from_types_section.type = parm->true_sig_type_from_types;
+ dtype = __dwarf_cu__find_type_by_ref(cu->priv, tmp.type, tmp.from_types_section.type);
+ if (!dtype)
+ return false;
+
+ parm->tag.type = dtype->small_id;
+ return true;
+}
+
+static void function__analyze_parameter_locations(struct function *fn, struct cu *cu,
+ struct conf_load *conf)
+{
+ struct ftype *ftype = &fn->proto;
+ struct parameter *pos;
+ bool true_sig_enabled = conf->true_signature && ftype->signature_changed;
+ int reg_idx = 0;
+
+ if (!ftype__analyze_locations(ftype, cu, conf))
+ return;
+
+ ftype__for_each_parameter(ftype, pos) {
+ bool consumes_register = true;
+ bool regs_available = reg_idx < cu->nr_register_params;
+ int slots = parameter__abi_slots(pos, cu);
+ int expected_reg = regs_available ? cu->register_params[reg_idx] : -1;
+ int reg_slots = pos->passed_in_memory ? 1 : slots;
+
+ if (pos->has_loc) {
+ if (true_sig_enabled && pos->loc_const_value) {
+ pos->optimized = 1;
+ consumes_register = false;
+ goto next;
+ }
+
+ if (!regs_available) {
+ consumes_register = false;
+ goto next;
+ }
+
+ if (true_sig_enabled && pos->loc_stack) {
+ if (pos->passed_in_memory)
+ consumes_register = false;
+ else
+ pos->unexpected_reg = 1;
+ goto next;
+ }
+
+ if (pos->loc_reg == PARAMETER_UNKNOWN_REG) {
+ if (true_sig_enabled)
+ pos->unexpected_reg = 1;
+ else
+ pos->optimized = 1;
+ goto next;
+ }
+
+ if (expected_reg >= 0 && expected_reg != pos->loc_reg) {
+ pos->unexpected_reg = 1;
+ goto next;
+ }
+
+ if (true_sig_enabled && parameter__has_piece_info(pos)) {
+ if (parameter__uses_full_aggregate(pos)) {
+ reg_idx += slots;
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ if (ftype__next_parameter_preserves_slots(ftype, pos, reg_idx, slots, cu)) {
+ pos->true_sig_member_name = 0;
+ reg_idx += slots;
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ if (parameter__apply_true_sig_member(pos, cu)) {
+ reg_idx++;
+ continue;
+ }
+ }
+ } else if (pos->has_const_value && !cu->producer_clang) {
+ pos->optimized = 1;
+ } else if (true_sig_enabled) {
+ if (regs_available &&
+ ftype__next_parameter_preserves_slots(ftype, pos, reg_idx, slots, cu)) {
+ reg_idx += slots;
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ pos->optimized = 1;
+ consumes_register = false;
+ }
+
+next:
+ if (consumes_register)
+ reg_idx += reg_slots;
+ }
+}
+
static void lexblock__recode_dwarf_types(struct lexblock *tag, struct cu *cu)
{
struct tag *pos;
@@ -3329,7 +3476,7 @@ static bool param__is_struct(struct cu *cu, struct tag *tag)
}
}
-static int cu__resolve_func_ret_types_optimized(struct cu *cu)
+static int cu__resolve_func_ret_types_optimized(struct cu *cu, struct conf_load *conf)
{
struct ptr_table *pt = &cu->functions_table;
uint32_t i;
@@ -3340,6 +3487,8 @@ static int cu__resolve_func_ret_types_optimized(struct cu *cu)
struct function *fn = tag__function(tag);
bool has_unexpected_reg = false, has_struct_param = false;
+ function__analyze_parameter_locations(fn, cu, conf);
+
/* mark function as optimized if parameter is, or
* if parameter does not have a location; at this
* point location presence has been marked in
@@ -3518,7 +3667,7 @@ static int die__process_and_recode(Dwarf_Die *die, struct cu *cu, struct conf_lo
if (ret != 0)
return ret;
- return cu__resolve_func_ret_types_optimized(cu);
+ return cu__resolve_func_ret_types_optimized(cu, conf);
}
static int class_member__cache_byte_size(struct tag *tag, struct cu *cu,
@@ -4281,7 +4430,7 @@ static int cus__merge_and_process_cu(struct cus *cus, struct conf_load *conf,
* encoded in another subprogram through abstract_origin
* tag. Let us visit all subprograms again to resolve this.
*/
- if (cu__resolve_func_ret_types_optimized(cu) != LSK__KEEPIT)
+ if (cu__resolve_func_ret_types_optimized(cu, conf) != LSK__KEEPIT)
goto out_abort;
cu__finalize(cu, cus, conf);
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-23 4:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-23 4:07 [PATCH dwarves v7 0/5] pahole: Encode true signatures in kernel BTF Yonghong Song
2026-06-23 4:07 ` [PATCH dwarves v7 1/5] dwarf_loader: Detect aggregate ABI register usage and signature changes Yonghong Song
2026-06-23 4:07 ` [PATCH dwarves v7 2/5] dwarf_loader: Collect per-parameter information Yonghong Song
2026-06-23 4:07 ` Yonghong Song [this message]
2026-06-23 4:07 ` [PATCH dwarves v7 4/5] btf_encoder: Emit true function signatures Yonghong Song
2026-06-23 4:07 ` [PATCH dwarves v7 5/5] tests: Add BTF true_signature encoding tests Yonghong Song
2026-06-23 12:28 ` [PATCH dwarves v7 0/5] pahole: Encode true signatures in kernel BTF Jiri Olsa
2026-06-23 13:11 ` Alan Maguire
2026-06-23 16:02 ` Alan Maguire
2026-06-23 16:49 ` Yonghong Song
2026-06-23 16:58 ` Yonghong Song
2026-06-24 9:28 ` Jiri Olsa
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