From: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
To: "Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@infradead.org>,
"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@redhat.com>,
"Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo" <acme@kernel.org>,
"Mark Rutland" <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
"Alexander Shishkin" <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
"Jiri Olsa" <jolsa@redhat.com>,
"Namhyung Kim" <namhyung@kernel.org>,
"Martin Liška" <mliska@suse.cz>,
"James Clark" <james.clark@arm.com>,
"Kajol Jain" <kjain@linux.ibm.com>,
linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: eranian@google.com, Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] perf symbols: Add documentation to struct symbol.
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 19:51:22 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211112035124.94327-1-irogers@google.com> (raw)
Refactor some existing comments and then infer the rest.
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
tools/perf/util/symbol.h | 17 ++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index 166196686f2e..3586fa549f44 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -40,22 +40,33 @@ Elf_Scn *elf_section_by_name(Elf *elf, GElf_Ehdr *ep,
GElf_Shdr *shp, const char *name, size_t *idx);
#endif
-/** struct symbol - symtab entry
- *
- * @ignore - resolvable but tools ignore it (e.g. idle routines)
+/**
+ * A symtab entry. When allocated this may be preceded by an annotation (see
+ * symbol__annotation), a browser_index (see symbol__browser_index) and rb_node
+ * to sort by name (see struct symbol_name_rb_node).
*/
struct symbol {
struct rb_node rb_node;
+ /** Range of symbol [start, end). */
u64 start;
u64 end;
+ /** Length of the string name. */
u16 namelen;
+ /** ELF symbol type as defined for st_info. E.g STT_OBJECT or STT_FUNC. */
u8 type:4;
+ /** ELF binding type as defined for st_info. E.g. STB_WEAK or STB_GLOBAL. */
u8 binding:4;
+ /** Set true for kernel symbols of idle routines. */
u8 idle:1;
+ /** Resolvable but tools ignore it (e.g. idle routines). */
u8 ignore:1;
+ /** Symbol for an inlined function. */
u8 inlined:1;
+ /** Architecture specific. Unused except on PPC where it holds st_other. */
u8 arch_sym;
+ /** Has symbol__annotate2 been performed. */
bool annotate2;
+ /** The name of length namelen associated with the symbol. */
char name[];
};
--
2.34.0.rc1.387.gb447b232ab-goog
next reply other threads:[~2021-11-12 3:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-12 3:51 Ian Rogers [this message]
2021-11-12 3:51 ` [PATCH 2/3] perf symbols: Bit pack to save a byte Ian Rogers
2021-11-12 3:51 ` [PATCH 3/3] perf symbols: Factor out annotation init/exit Ian Rogers
2021-11-12 4:04 ` [PATCH 1/3] perf symbols: Add documentation to struct symbol Namhyung Kim
2021-11-12 14:46 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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