[PATCH v3 dwarves 0/2] Check DW_OP_[GNU_]entry_value for possible parameter matching

[PATCH v3 dwarves 0/2] Check DW_OP_[GNU_]entry_value for possible parameter matching

[Alan Maguire]

Currently, pahole relies on DWARF to find whether a particular func
has its parameter mismatched with standard or optimized away.
In both these cases, the func will not be put in BTF and this
will prevent fentry/fexit tracing for these functions.

The current parameter checking focuses on the first location/expression
to match intended parameter register. But in some cases, the first
location/expression does not have expected matching information,
but further location like DW_OP_[GNU_]entry_value can provide
information which matches the expected parameter register.

Patch 1 supports this; patch 2 adds locking around dwarf_getlocation*
as it is unsafe in a multithreaded environment.

Alan Maguire (1):
  dwarf_loader: use libdw__lock for dwarf_getlocation(s)

Eduard Zingerman (1):
  dwarf_loader: Check DW_OP_[GNU_]entry_value for possible parameter
    matching

 dwarf_loader.c | 123 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 98 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

-- 
2.31.1

[PATCH v3 dwarves 1/2] dwarf_loader: Check DW_OP_[GNU_]entry_value for possible parameter matching

[Alan Maguire]

From: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>

Song Liu reported that a kernel func (perf_event_read()) cannot be traced
in certain situations since the func is not in vmlinux bTF. This happens
in kernels 6.4, 6.9 and 6.11 and the kernel is built with pahole 1.27.

The perf_event_read() signature in kernel (kernel/events/core.c):
   static int perf_event_read(struct perf_event *event, bool group)

Adding '-V' to pahole command line, and the following error msg can be found:
   skipping addition of 'perf_event_read'(perf_event_read) due to unexpected register used for parameter

Eventually the error message is attributed to the setting
(parm->unexpected_reg = 1) in parameter__new() function.

The following is the dwarf representation for perf_event_read():
    0x0334c034:   DW_TAG_subprogram
                DW_AT_low_pc    (0xffffffff812c6110)
                DW_AT_high_pc   (0xffffffff812c640a)
                DW_AT_frame_base        (DW_OP_reg7 RSP)
                DW_AT_GNU_all_call_sites        (true)
                DW_AT_name      ("perf_event_read")
                DW_AT_decl_file ("/rw/compile/kernel/events/core.c")
                DW_AT_decl_line (4641)
                DW_AT_prototyped        (true)
                DW_AT_type      (0x03324f6a "int")
    0x0334c04e:     DW_TAG_formal_parameter
                  DW_AT_location        (0x007de9fd:
                     [0xffffffff812c6115, 0xffffffff812c6141): DW_OP_reg5 RDI
                     [0xffffffff812c6141, 0xffffffff812c6323): DW_OP_reg14 R14
                     [0xffffffff812c6323, 0xffffffff812c63fe): DW_OP_GNU_entry_value(DW_OP_reg5 RDI), DW_OP_stack_value
                     [0xffffffff812c63fe, 0xffffffff812c6405): DW_OP_reg14 R14
                     [0xffffffff812c6405, 0xffffffff812c640a): DW_OP_GNU_entry_value(DW_OP_reg5 RDI), DW_OP_stack_value)
                  DW_AT_name    ("event")
                  DW_AT_decl_file       ("/rw/compile/kernel/events/core.c")
                  DW_AT_decl_line       (4641)
                  DW_AT_type    (0x0333aac2 "perf_event *")
    0x0334c05e:     DW_TAG_formal_parameter
                  DW_AT_location        (0x007dea82:
                     [0xffffffff812c6137, 0xffffffff812c63f2): DW_OP_reg12 R12
                     [0xffffffff812c63f2, 0xffffffff812c63fe): DW_OP_GNU_entry_value(DW_OP_reg4 RSI), DW_OP_stack_value
                     [0xffffffff812c63fe, 0xffffffff812c640a): DW_OP_reg12 R12)
                  DW_AT_name    ("group")
                  DW_AT_decl_file       ("/rw/compile/kernel/events/core.c")
                  DW_AT_decl_line       (4641)
                  DW_AT_type    (0x03327059 "bool")

By inspecting the binary, the second argument ("bool group") is used
in the function. The following are the disasm code:
    ffffffff812c6110 <perf_event_read>:
    ffffffff812c6110: 0f 1f 44 00 00        nopl    (%rax,%rax)
    ffffffff812c6115: 55                    pushq   %rbp
    ffffffff812c6116: 41 57                 pushq   %r15
    ffffffff812c6118: 41 56                 pushq   %r14
    ffffffff812c611a: 41 55                 pushq   %r13
    ffffffff812c611c: 41 54                 pushq   %r12
    ffffffff812c611e: 53                    pushq   %rbx
    ffffffff812c611f: 48 83 ec 18           subq    $24, %rsp
    ffffffff812c6123: 41 89 f4              movl    %esi, %r12d
    <=========== NOTE that here '%esi' is used and moved to '%r12d'.
    ffffffff812c6126: 49 89 fe              movq    %rdi, %r14
    ffffffff812c6129: 65 48 8b 04 25 28 00 00 00    movq    %gs:40, %rax
    ffffffff812c6132: 48 89 44 24 10        movq    %rax, 16(%rsp)
    ffffffff812c6137: 8b af a8 00 00 00     movl    168(%rdi), %ebp
    ffffffff812c613d: 85 ed                 testl   %ebp, %ebp
    ffffffff812c613f: 75 3f                 jne     0xffffffff812c6180 <perf_event_read+0x70>
    ffffffff812c6141: 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 nopw    %cs:(%rax,%rax)
    ffffffff812c614b: 0f 1f 44 00 00        nopl    (%rax,%rax)
    ffffffff812c6150: 49 8b 9e 28 02 00 00  movq    552(%r14), %rbx
    ffffffff812c6157: 48 89 df              movq    %rbx, %rdi
    ffffffff812c615a: e8 c1 a0 d7 00        callq   0xffffffff82040220 <_raw_spin_lock_irqsave>
    ffffffff812c615f: 49 89 c7              movq    %rax, %r15
    ffffffff812c6162: 41 8b ae a8 00 00 00  movl    168(%r14), %ebp
    ffffffff812c6169: 85 ed                 testl   %ebp, %ebp
    ffffffff812c616b: 0f 84 9a 00 00 00     je      0xffffffff812c620b <perf_event_read+0xfb>
    ffffffff812c6171: 48 89 df              movq    %rbx, %rdi
    ffffffff812c6174: 4c 89 fe              movq    %r15, %rsi
    <=========== NOTE: %rsi is overwritten
    ......
    ffffffff812c63f0: 41 5c                 popq    %r12
    <============ POP r12
    ffffffff812c63f2: 41 5d                 popq    %r13
    ffffffff812c63f4: 41 5e                 popq    %r14
    ffffffff812c63f6: 41 5f                 popq    %r15
    ffffffff812c63f8: 5d                    popq    %rbp
    ffffffff812c63f9: e9 e2 a8 d7 00        jmp     0xffffffff82040ce0 <__x86_return_thunk>
    ffffffff812c63fe: 31 c0                 xorl    %eax, %eax
    ffffffff812c6400: e9 be fe ff ff        jmp     0xffffffff812c62c3 <perf_event_read+0x1b3>

It is not clear why dwarf didn't encode %rsi in locations. But
DW_OP_GNU_entry_value(DW_OP_reg4 RSI) tells us that RSI is live at
the entry of perf_event_read(). So this patch tries to search
DW_OP_GNU_entry_value/DW_OP_entry_value location/expression so if
the expected parameter register matches the register in
DW_OP_GNU_entry_value/DW_OP_entry_value, then the original parameter
is not optimized.

For one of internal 6.11 kernel, there are 62498 functions in BTF and
perf_event_read() is not there. With this patch, there are 62552 functions
in BTF and perf_event_read() is included.

Reported-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
---
 dwarf_loader.c | 106 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 83 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dwarf_loader.c b/dwarf_loader.c
index ec8641b..4789967 100644
--- a/dwarf_loader.c
+++ b/dwarf_loader.c
@@ -1157,16 +1157,90 @@ static struct template_parameter_pack *template_parameter_pack__new(Dwarf_Die *d
 	return pack;
 }
 
+/* Returns number of locations found or negative value for errors. */
+static ptrdiff_t __dwarf_getlocations(Dwarf_Attribute *attr,
+				      ptrdiff_t offset, Dwarf_Addr *basep,
+				      Dwarf_Addr *startp, Dwarf_Addr *endp,
+				      Dwarf_Op **expr, size_t *exprlen)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+#if _ELFUTILS_PREREQ(0, 157)
+	ret = dwarf_getlocations(attr, offset, basep, startp, endp, expr, exprlen);
+#else
+	if (offset == 0) {
+		ret = dwarf_getlocation(attr, expr, exprlen);
+		if (ret == 0)
+			ret = 1;
+	}
+#endif
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* For DW_AT_location 'attr':
+ * - if first location is DW_OP_regXX with expected number, return the register;
+ *   otherwise save the register for later return
+ * - if location DW_OP_entry_value(DW_OP_regXX) with expected number is in the
+ *   list, return the register; otherwise save register for later return
+ * - otherwise if no register was found for locations, return -1.
+ */
+static int parameter__reg(Dwarf_Attribute *attr, int expected_reg)
+{
+	Dwarf_Addr base, start, end;
+	Dwarf_Op *expr, *entry_ops;
+	Dwarf_Attribute entry_attr;
+	size_t exprlen, entry_len;
+	ptrdiff_t offset = 0;
+	int loc_num = -1;
+	int ret = -1;
+
+	while ((offset = __dwarf_getlocations(attr, offset, &base, &start, &end, &expr, &exprlen)) > 0) {
+		loc_num++;
+
+		/* Convert expression list (XX DW_OP_stack_value) -> (XX).
+		 * DW_OP_stack_value instructs interpreter to pop current value from
+		 * DWARF expression evaluation stack, and thus is not important here.
+		 */
+		if (exprlen > 1 && expr[exprlen - 1].atom == DW_OP_stack_value)
+			exprlen--;
+
+		if (exprlen != 1)
+			continue;
+
+		switch (expr->atom) {
+		/* match DW_OP_regXX at first location */
+		case DW_OP_reg0 ... DW_OP_reg31:
+			if (loc_num != 0)
+				break;
+			ret = expr->atom;
+			if (ret == expected_reg)
+				goto out;
+			break;
+		/* match DW_OP_entry_value(DW_OP_regXX) at any location */
+		case DW_OP_entry_value:
+		case DW_OP_GNU_entry_value:
+			if (dwarf_getlocation_attr(attr, expr, &entry_attr) == 0 &&
+			    dwarf_getlocation(&entry_attr, &entry_ops, &entry_len) == 0 &&
+			    entry_len == 1) {
+				ret = entry_ops->atom;
+				if (ret == expected_reg)
+					goto out;
+			}
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static struct parameter *parameter__new(Dwarf_Die *die, struct cu *cu,
 					struct conf_load *conf, int param_idx)
 {
 	struct parameter *parm = tag__alloc(cu, sizeof(*parm));
 
 	if (parm != NULL) {
-		Dwarf_Addr base, start, end;
 		bool has_const_value;
 		Dwarf_Attribute attr;
-		struct location loc;
 
 		tag__init(&parm->tag, cu, die);
 		parm->name = attr_string(die, DW_AT_name, conf);
@@ -1208,35 +1282,21 @@ static struct parameter *parameter__new(Dwarf_Die *die, struct cu *cu,
 		 */
 		has_const_value = dwarf_attr(die, DW_AT_const_value, &attr) != NULL;
 		parm->has_loc = dwarf_attr(die, DW_AT_location, &attr) != NULL;
-		/* dwarf_getlocations() handles location lists; here we are
-		 * only interested in the first expr.
-		 */
-		if (parm->has_loc &&
-#if _ELFUTILS_PREREQ(0, 157)
-		    dwarf_getlocations(&attr, 0, &base, &start, &end,
-				       &loc.expr, &loc.exprlen) > 0 &&
-#else
-		    dwarf_getlocation(&attr, &loc.expr, &loc.exprlen) == 0 &&
-#endif
-			loc.exprlen != 0) {
+
+		if (parm->has_loc) {
 			int expected_reg = cu->register_params[param_idx];
-			Dwarf_Op *expr = loc.expr;
+			int actual_reg = parameter__reg(&attr, expected_reg);
 
-			switch (expr->atom) {
-			case DW_OP_reg0 ... DW_OP_reg31:
+			if (actual_reg < 0)
+				parm->optimized = 1;
+			else if (expected_reg >= 0 && expected_reg != actual_reg)
 				/* mark parameters that use an unexpected
 				 * register to hold a parameter; these will
 				 * be problematic for users of BTF as they
 				 * violate expectations about register
 				 * contents.
 				 */
-				if (expected_reg >= 0 && expected_reg != expr->atom)
-					parm->unexpected_reg = 1;
-				break;
-			default:
-				parm->optimized = 1;
-				break;
-			}
+				parm->unexpected_reg = 1;
 		} else if (has_const_value) {
 			parm->optimized = 1;
 		}
-- 
2.31.1

Re: [PATCH v3 dwarves 1/2] dwarf_loader: Check DW_OP_[GNU_]entry_value for possible parameter matching

[Yonghong Song]

On 11/15/24 3:36 AM, Alan Maguire wrote:
> From: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
>
> Song Liu reported that a kernel func (perf_event_read()) cannot be traced
> in certain situations since the func is not in vmlinux bTF. This happens
> in kernels 6.4, 6.9 and 6.11 and the kernel is built with pahole 1.27.
>
> The perf_event_read() signature in kernel (kernel/events/core.c):
>     static int perf_event_read(struct perf_event *event, bool group)
>
> Adding '-V' to pahole command line, and the following error msg can be found:
>     skipping addition of 'perf_event_read'(perf_event_read) due to unexpected register used for parameter
>
> Eventually the error message is attributed to the setting
> (parm->unexpected_reg = 1) in parameter__new() function.
>
> The following is the dwarf representation for perf_event_read():
>      0x0334c034:   DW_TAG_subprogram
>                  DW_AT_low_pc    (0xffffffff812c6110)
>                  DW_AT_high_pc   (0xffffffff812c640a)
>                  DW_AT_frame_base        (DW_OP_reg7 RSP)
>                  DW_AT_GNU_all_call_sites        (true)
>                  DW_AT_name      ("perf_event_read")
>                  DW_AT_decl_file ("/rw/compile/kernel/events/core.c")
>                  DW_AT_decl_line (4641)
>                  DW_AT_prototyped        (true)
>                  DW_AT_type      (0x03324f6a "int")
>      0x0334c04e:     DW_TAG_formal_parameter
>                    DW_AT_location        (0x007de9fd:
>                       [0xffffffff812c6115, 0xffffffff812c6141): DW_OP_reg5 RDI
>                       [0xffffffff812c6141, 0xffffffff812c6323): DW_OP_reg14 R14
>                       [0xffffffff812c6323, 0xffffffff812c63fe): DW_OP_GNU_entry_value(DW_OP_reg5 RDI), DW_OP_stack_value
>                       [0xffffffff812c63fe, 0xffffffff812c6405): DW_OP_reg14 R14
>                       [0xffffffff812c6405, 0xffffffff812c640a): DW_OP_GNU_entry_value(DW_OP_reg5 RDI), DW_OP_stack_value)
>                    DW_AT_name    ("event")
>                    DW_AT_decl_file       ("/rw/compile/kernel/events/core.c")
>                    DW_AT_decl_line       (4641)
>                    DW_AT_type    (0x0333aac2 "perf_event *")
>      0x0334c05e:     DW_TAG_formal_parameter
>                    DW_AT_location        (0x007dea82:
>                       [0xffffffff812c6137, 0xffffffff812c63f2): DW_OP_reg12 R12
>                       [0xffffffff812c63f2, 0xffffffff812c63fe): DW_OP_GNU_entry_value(DW_OP_reg4 RSI), DW_OP_stack_value
>                       [0xffffffff812c63fe, 0xffffffff812c640a): DW_OP_reg12 R12)
>                    DW_AT_name    ("group")
>                    DW_AT_decl_file       ("/rw/compile/kernel/events/core.c")
>                    DW_AT_decl_line       (4641)
>                    DW_AT_type    (0x03327059 "bool")
>
> By inspecting the binary, the second argument ("bool group") is used
> in the function. The following are the disasm code:
>      ffffffff812c6110 <perf_event_read>:
>      ffffffff812c6110: 0f 1f 44 00 00        nopl    (%rax,%rax)
>      ffffffff812c6115: 55                    pushq   %rbp
>      ffffffff812c6116: 41 57                 pushq   %r15
>      ffffffff812c6118: 41 56                 pushq   %r14
>      ffffffff812c611a: 41 55                 pushq   %r13
>      ffffffff812c611c: 41 54                 pushq   %r12
>      ffffffff812c611e: 53                    pushq   %rbx
>      ffffffff812c611f: 48 83 ec 18           subq    $24, %rsp
>      ffffffff812c6123: 41 89 f4              movl    %esi, %r12d
>      <=========== NOTE that here '%esi' is used and moved to '%r12d'.
>      ffffffff812c6126: 49 89 fe              movq    %rdi, %r14
>      ffffffff812c6129: 65 48 8b 04 25 28 00 00 00    movq    %gs:40, %rax
>      ffffffff812c6132: 48 89 44 24 10        movq    %rax, 16(%rsp)
>      ffffffff812c6137: 8b af a8 00 00 00     movl    168(%rdi), %ebp
>      ffffffff812c613d: 85 ed                 testl   %ebp, %ebp
>      ffffffff812c613f: 75 3f                 jne     0xffffffff812c6180 <perf_event_read+0x70>
>      ffffffff812c6141: 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 nopw    %cs:(%rax,%rax)
>      ffffffff812c614b: 0f 1f 44 00 00        nopl    (%rax,%rax)
>      ffffffff812c6150: 49 8b 9e 28 02 00 00  movq    552(%r14), %rbx
>      ffffffff812c6157: 48 89 df              movq    %rbx, %rdi
>      ffffffff812c615a: e8 c1 a0 d7 00        callq   0xffffffff82040220 <_raw_spin_lock_irqsave>
>      ffffffff812c615f: 49 89 c7              movq    %rax, %r15
>      ffffffff812c6162: 41 8b ae a8 00 00 00  movl    168(%r14), %ebp
>      ffffffff812c6169: 85 ed                 testl   %ebp, %ebp
>      ffffffff812c616b: 0f 84 9a 00 00 00     je      0xffffffff812c620b <perf_event_read+0xfb>
>      ffffffff812c6171: 48 89 df              movq    %rbx, %rdi
>      ffffffff812c6174: 4c 89 fe              movq    %r15, %rsi
>      <=========== NOTE: %rsi is overwritten
>      ......
>      ffffffff812c63f0: 41 5c                 popq    %r12
>      <============ POP r12
>      ffffffff812c63f2: 41 5d                 popq    %r13
>      ffffffff812c63f4: 41 5e                 popq    %r14
>      ffffffff812c63f6: 41 5f                 popq    %r15
>      ffffffff812c63f8: 5d                    popq    %rbp
>      ffffffff812c63f9: e9 e2 a8 d7 00        jmp     0xffffffff82040ce0 <__x86_return_thunk>
>      ffffffff812c63fe: 31 c0                 xorl    %eax, %eax
>      ffffffff812c6400: e9 be fe ff ff        jmp     0xffffffff812c62c3 <perf_event_read+0x1b3>
>
> It is not clear why dwarf didn't encode %rsi in locations. But
> DW_OP_GNU_entry_value(DW_OP_reg4 RSI) tells us that RSI is live at
> the entry of perf_event_read(). So this patch tries to search
> DW_OP_GNU_entry_value/DW_OP_entry_value location/expression so if
> the expected parameter register matches the register in
> DW_OP_GNU_entry_value/DW_OP_entry_value, then the original parameter
> is not optimized.
>
> For one of internal 6.11 kernel, there are 62498 functions in BTF and
> perf_event_read() is not there. With this patch, there are 62552 functions
> in BTF and perf_event_read() is included.
>
> Reported-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
> Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
> ---
>   dwarf_loader.c | 106 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>   1 file changed, 83 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/dwarf_loader.c b/dwarf_loader.c
> index ec8641b..4789967 100644
> --- a/dwarf_loader.c
> +++ b/dwarf_loader.c
> @@ -1157,16 +1157,90 @@ static struct template_parameter_pack *template_parameter_pack__new(Dwarf_Die *d
>   	return pack;
>   }
>   
> +/* Returns number of locations found or negative value for errors. */
> +static ptrdiff_t __dwarf_getlocations(Dwarf_Attribute *attr,
> +				      ptrdiff_t offset, Dwarf_Addr *basep,
> +				      Dwarf_Addr *startp, Dwarf_Addr *endp,
> +				      Dwarf_Op **expr, size_t *exprlen)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +#if _ELFUTILS_PREREQ(0, 157)
> +	ret = dwarf_getlocations(attr, offset, basep, startp, endp, expr, exprlen);
> +#else
> +	if (offset == 0) {
> +		ret = dwarf_getlocation(attr, expr, exprlen);
> +		if (ret == 0)
> +			ret = 1;
> +	}
> +#endif
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +/* For DW_AT_location 'attr':
> + * - if first location is DW_OP_regXX with expected number, return the register;
> + *   otherwise save the register for later return
> + * - if location DW_OP_entry_value(DW_OP_regXX) with expected number is in the
> + *   list, return the register; otherwise save register for later return
> + * - otherwise if no register was found for locations, return -1.
> + */
> +static int parameter__reg(Dwarf_Attribute *attr, int expected_reg)
> +{
> +	Dwarf_Addr base, start, end;
> +	Dwarf_Op *expr, *entry_ops;
> +	Dwarf_Attribute entry_attr;
> +	size_t exprlen, entry_len;
> +	ptrdiff_t offset = 0;
> +	int loc_num = -1;
> +	int ret = -1;
> +
> +	while ((offset = __dwarf_getlocations(attr, offset, &base, &start, &end, &expr, &exprlen)) > 0) {
> +		loc_num++;
> +
> +		/* Convert expression list (XX DW_OP_stack_value) -> (XX).
> +		 * DW_OP_stack_value instructs interpreter to pop current value from
> +		 * DWARF expression evaluation stack, and thus is not important here.
> +		 */
> +		if (exprlen > 1 && expr[exprlen - 1].atom == DW_OP_stack_value)
> +			exprlen--;
> +
> +		if (exprlen != 1)
> +			continue;
> +
> +		switch (expr->atom) {
> +		/* match DW_OP_regXX at first location */
> +		case DW_OP_reg0 ... DW_OP_reg31:
> +			if (loc_num != 0)
> +				break;
> +			ret = expr->atom;
> +			if (ret == expected_reg)
> +				goto out;
> +			break;
> +		/* match DW_OP_entry_value(DW_OP_regXX) at any location */
> +		case DW_OP_entry_value:
> +		case DW_OP_GNU_entry_value:
> +			if (dwarf_getlocation_attr(attr, expr, &entry_attr) == 0 &&
> +			    dwarf_getlocation(&entry_attr, &entry_ops, &entry_len) == 0 &&
> +			    entry_len == 1) {
> +				ret = entry_ops->atom;
> +				if (ret == expected_reg)
> +					goto out;
> +			}

For the above if statement, let us do

			if (dwarf_getlocation_attr(attr, expr, &entry_attr) == 0 &&
			    dwarf_getlocation(&entry_attr, &entry_ops, &entry_len) == 0 &&
			    entry_len == 1 && expected_reg == entry_ops->atom) {
				ret = entry_ops->atom;
				goto out;
			}

This has been discussed in comments of v2:
   https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/Zzdh_4Z-e8nl50L6@krava/T/#md3940ef06ee2b2f4bbaf2d1c8dc916f5783330b5


> +			break;
> +		}
> +	}
> +out:
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
>   static struct parameter *parameter__new(Dwarf_Die *die, struct cu *cu,
>   					struct conf_load *conf, int param_idx)
>   {
>   	struct parameter *parm = tag__alloc(cu, sizeof(*parm));
>   
>   	if (parm != NULL) {
> -		Dwarf_Addr base, start, end;
>   		bool has_const_value;
>   		Dwarf_Attribute attr;
> -		struct location loc;
>   
>   		tag__init(&parm->tag, cu, die);
>   		parm->name = attr_string(die, DW_AT_name, conf);
> @@ -1208,35 +1282,21 @@ static struct parameter *parameter__new(Dwarf_Die *die, struct cu *cu,
>   		 */
>   		has_const_value = dwarf_attr(die, DW_AT_const_value, &attr) != NULL;
>   		parm->has_loc = dwarf_attr(die, DW_AT_location, &attr) != NULL;
> -		/* dwarf_getlocations() handles location lists; here we are
> -		 * only interested in the first expr.
> -		 */
> -		if (parm->has_loc &&
> -#if _ELFUTILS_PREREQ(0, 157)
> -		    dwarf_getlocations(&attr, 0, &base, &start, &end,
> -				       &loc.expr, &loc.exprlen) > 0 &&
> -#else
> -		    dwarf_getlocation(&attr, &loc.expr, &loc.exprlen) == 0 &&
> -#endif
> -			loc.exprlen != 0) {
> +
> +		if (parm->has_loc) {
>   			int expected_reg = cu->register_params[param_idx];
> -			Dwarf_Op *expr = loc.expr;
> +			int actual_reg = parameter__reg(&attr, expected_reg);
>   
> -			switch (expr->atom) {
> -			case DW_OP_reg0 ... DW_OP_reg31:
> +			if (actual_reg < 0)
> +				parm->optimized = 1;
> +			else if (expected_reg >= 0 && expected_reg != actual_reg)
>   				/* mark parameters that use an unexpected
>   				 * register to hold a parameter; these will
>   				 * be problematic for users of BTF as they
>   				 * violate expectations about register
>   				 * contents.
>   				 */
> -				if (expected_reg >= 0 && expected_reg != expr->atom)
> -					parm->unexpected_reg = 1;
> -				break;
> -			default:
> -				parm->optimized = 1;
> -				break;
> -			}
> +				parm->unexpected_reg = 1;
>   		} else if (has_const_value) {
>   			parm->optimized = 1;
>   		}

[PATCH v3 dwarves 2/2] dwarf_loader: use libdw__lock for dwarf_getlocation(s)

[Alan Maguire]

Eduard noticed [1] intermittent segmentation faults triggered by caching
done internally in dwarf_getlocation(s).  A binary tree of location
information is cached in the CU, and if multiple threads access it
concurrently we can get segmentation faults.  It is possible to
compile elfutils with experimental thread-safe support, but safer for
now to add locking to pahole.

No additional overhead in pahole encoding was observed
as a result of these changes.

Reported-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/dwarves/080794545d8eb3df3d6eba90ac621111ab7171f5.camel@gmail.com/
---
 dwarf_loader.c | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dwarf_loader.c b/dwarf_loader.c
index 4789967..598fde4 100644
--- a/dwarf_loader.c
+++ b/dwarf_loader.c
@@ -450,7 +450,14 @@ static bool attr_type(Dwarf_Die *die, uint32_t attr_name, Dwarf_Off *offset)
 static int attr_location(Dwarf_Die *die, Dwarf_Op **expr, size_t *exprlen)
 {
 	Dwarf_Attribute attr;
+	int ret = 1;
+
 	if (dwarf_attr(die, DW_AT_location, &attr) != NULL) {
+		/* use libdw__lock as dwarf_getlocation(s) has concurrency
+		 * issues when libdw is not compiled with experimental
+		 * --enable-thread-safety
+		 */
+		pthread_mutex_lock(&libdw__lock);
 		if (dwarf_getlocation(&attr, expr, exprlen) == 0) {
 			/* DW_OP_addrx needs additional lookup for real addr. */
 			if (*exprlen != 0 && expr[0]->atom == DW_OP_addrx) {
@@ -462,11 +469,12 @@ static int attr_location(Dwarf_Die *die, Dwarf_Op **expr, size_t *exprlen)
 
 				expr[0]->number = address;
 			}
-			return 0;
+			ret = 0;
 		}
+		pthread_mutex_unlock(&libdw__lock);
 	}
 
-	return 1;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* The struct dwarf_tag has a fixed size while the 'struct tag' is just the base
@@ -1194,6 +1202,10 @@ static int parameter__reg(Dwarf_Attribute *attr, int expected_reg)
 	int loc_num = -1;
 	int ret = -1;
 
+	/* use libdw__lock as dwarf_getlocation(s) has concurrency issues
+	 * when libdw is not compiled with experimental --enable-thread-safety
+	 */
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&libdw__lock);
 	while ((offset = __dwarf_getlocations(attr, offset, &base, &start, &end, &expr, &exprlen)) > 0) {
 		loc_num++;
 
@@ -1230,6 +1242,7 @@ static int parameter__reg(Dwarf_Attribute *attr, int expected_reg)
 		}
 	}
 out:
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(&libdw__lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
2.31.1

Re: [PATCH v3 dwarves 0/2] Check DW_OP_[GNU_]entry_value for possible parameter matching

[Alan Maguire]

On 15/11/2024 11:36, Alan Maguire wrote:
> Currently, pahole relies on DWARF to find whether a particular func
> has its parameter mismatched with standard or optimized away.
> In both these cases, the func will not be put in BTF and this
> will prevent fentry/fexit tracing for these functions.
> 
> The current parameter checking focuses on the first location/expression
> to match intended parameter register. But in some cases, the first
> location/expression does not have expected matching information,
> but further location like DW_OP_[GNU_]entry_value can provide
> information which matches the expected parameter register.
> 
> Patch 1 supports this; patch 2 adds locking around dwarf_getlocation*
> as it is unsafe in a multithreaded environment.
>

apologies, forgot to note

Changes since v2:

- handle multiple DW_OP_entry_value expressions by bailing if the
register matches expected, otherwise save reg in return value (Eduard
Yonghong, Jiri, patch 1)

> Alan Maguire (1):
>   dwarf_loader: use libdw__lock for dwarf_getlocation(s)
> 
> Eduard Zingerman (1):
>   dwarf_loader: Check DW_OP_[GNU_]entry_value for possible parameter
>     matching
> 
>  dwarf_loader.c | 123 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 98 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> 

Re: [PATCH v3 dwarves 0/2] Check DW_OP_[GNU_]entry_value for possible parameter matching

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 11:40:16AM +0000, Alan Maguire wrote:
> On 15/11/2024 11:36, Alan Maguire wrote:
> > Currently, pahole relies on DWARF to find whether a particular func
> > has its parameter mismatched with standard or optimized away.
> > In both these cases, the func will not be put in BTF and this
> > will prevent fentry/fexit tracing for these functions.
> > 
> > The current parameter checking focuses on the first location/expression
> > to match intended parameter register. But in some cases, the first
> > location/expression does not have expected matching information,
> > but further location like DW_OP_[GNU_]entry_value can provide
> > information which matches the expected parameter register.
> > 
> > Patch 1 supports this; patch 2 adds locking around dwarf_getlocation*
> > as it is unsafe in a multithreaded environment.
> >
> 
> apologies, forgot to note
> 
> Changes since v2:
> 
> - handle multiple DW_OP_entry_value expressions by bailing if the
> register matches expected, otherwise save reg in return value (Eduard
> Yonghong, Jiri, patch 1)

Thanks, applied locally, will perform tests and push publicly later
today.

- Arnaldo
 
> > Alan Maguire (1):
> >   dwarf_loader: use libdw__lock for dwarf_getlocation(s)
> > 
> > Eduard Zingerman (1):
> >   dwarf_loader: Check DW_OP_[GNU_]entry_value for possible parameter
> >     matching
> > 
> >  dwarf_loader.c | 123 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
> >  1 file changed, 98 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> > 

Re: [PATCH v3 dwarves 0/2] Check DW_OP_[GNU_]entry_value for possible parameter matching

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 12:54:17PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 11:40:16AM +0000, Alan Maguire wrote:
> > On 15/11/2024 11:36, Alan Maguire wrote:
> > > Currently, pahole relies on DWARF to find whether a particular func
> > > has its parameter mismatched with standard or optimized away.
> > > In both these cases, the func will not be put in BTF and this
> > > will prevent fentry/fexit tracing for these functions.
> > > 
> > > The current parameter checking focuses on the first location/expression
> > > to match intended parameter register. But in some cases, the first
> > > location/expression does not have expected matching information,
> > > but further location like DW_OP_[GNU_]entry_value can provide
> > > information which matches the expected parameter register.
> > > 
> > > Patch 1 supports this; patch 2 adds locking around dwarf_getlocation*
> > > as it is unsafe in a multithreaded environment.
> > >
> > 
> > apologies, forgot to note
> > 
> > Changes since v2:
> > 
> > - handle multiple DW_OP_entry_value expressions by bailing if the
> > register matches expected, otherwise save reg in return value (Eduard
> > Yonghong, Jiri, patch 1)
> 
> Thanks, applied locally, will perform tests and push publicly later
> today.

Did the tests/tests run, passes, pushed out to the master branch.

Thanks!

- Arnaldo