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From: Zecheng Li <zecheng@google.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
	 Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	 Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,  Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
	 Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Xu Liu <xliuprof@google.com>,
	linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,  linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Zecheng Li <zecheng@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 4/9] perf annotate: Save pointer offset in stack state
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 18:16:01 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251013181607.2745653-5-zecheng@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251013181607.2745653-1-zecheng@google.com>

The tracked pointer offset was not being preserved in the stack state,
which could lead to incorrect type analysis. This change adds a
ptr_offset field to the type_state_stack struct and passes it to
set_stack_state and findnew_stack_state to ensure the offset is
preserved after the pointer is loaded from a stack location. It improves
the type annotation coverage and quality.

Signed-off-by: Zecheng Li <zecheng@google.com>
---
 tools/perf/arch/x86/annotate/instructions.c |  6 +++---
 tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c             | 12 +++++++-----
 tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h             |  7 +++++--
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/annotate/instructions.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/annotate/instructions.c
index def7729a394c..0c87e42ca3dc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/annotate/instructions.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/annotate/instructions.c
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ static void update_insn_state_x86(struct type_state *state,
 			} else if (!stack->compound) {
 				tsr->type = stack->type;
 				tsr->kind = stack->kind;
-				tsr->offset = 0;
+				tsr->offset = stack->ptr_offset;
 				tsr->ok = true;
 			} else if (die_get_member_type(&stack->type,
 						       offset - stack->offset,
@@ -724,10 +724,10 @@ static void update_insn_state_x86(struct type_state *state,
 				 */
 				if (!stack->compound)
 					set_stack_state(stack, offset, tsr->kind,
-							&tsr->type);
+							&tsr->type, tsr->offset);
 			} else {
 				findnew_stack_state(state, offset, tsr->kind,
-						    &tsr->type);
+						    &tsr->type, tsr->offset);
 			}
 
 			if (dst->reg1 == fbreg) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
index 4204a7956ee5..e183c6104d59 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ struct type_state_stack *find_stack_state(struct type_state *state,
 }
 
 void set_stack_state(struct type_state_stack *stack, int offset, u8 kind,
-			    Dwarf_Die *type_die)
+			    Dwarf_Die *type_die, int ptr_offset)
 {
 	int tag;
 	Dwarf_Word size;
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ void set_stack_state(struct type_state_stack *stack, int offset, u8 kind,
 	stack->type = *type_die;
 	stack->size = size;
 	stack->offset = offset;
+	stack->ptr_offset = ptr_offset;
 	stack->kind = kind;
 
 	if (kind == TSR_KIND_POINTER) {
@@ -614,18 +615,19 @@ void set_stack_state(struct type_state_stack *stack, int offset, u8 kind,
 
 struct type_state_stack *findnew_stack_state(struct type_state *state,
 						    int offset, u8 kind,
-						    Dwarf_Die *type_die)
+						    Dwarf_Die *type_die,
+						    int ptr_offset)
 {
 	struct type_state_stack *stack = find_stack_state(state, offset);
 
 	if (stack) {
-		set_stack_state(stack, offset, kind, type_die);
+		set_stack_state(stack, offset, kind, type_die, ptr_offset);
 		return stack;
 	}
 
 	stack = malloc(sizeof(*stack));
 	if (stack) {
-		set_stack_state(stack, offset, kind, type_die);
+		set_stack_state(stack, offset, kind, type_die, ptr_offset);
 		list_add(&stack->list, &state->stack_vars);
 	}
 	return stack;
@@ -895,7 +897,7 @@ static void update_var_state(struct type_state *state, struct data_loc_info *dlo
 				continue;
 
 			findnew_stack_state(state, offset, TSR_KIND_TYPE,
-					    &mem_die);
+					    &mem_die, /*ptr_offset=*/0);
 
 			if (var->reg == state->stack_reg) {
 				pr_debug_dtp("var [%"PRIx64"] %#x(reg%d)",
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h
index 14655b76db65..869307c7f130 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ struct type_state_stack {
 	struct list_head list;
 	Dwarf_Die type;
 	int offset;
+	/* pointer offset, saves tsr->offset on the stack state */
+	int ptr_offset;
 	int size;
 	bool compound;
 	u8 kind;
@@ -247,9 +249,10 @@ int annotated_data_type__get_member_name(struct annotated_data_type *adt,
 bool has_reg_type(struct type_state *state, int reg);
 struct type_state_stack *findnew_stack_state(struct type_state *state,
 						int offset, u8 kind,
-						Dwarf_Die *type_die);
+						Dwarf_Die *type_die,
+						int ptr_offset);
 void set_stack_state(struct type_state_stack *stack, int offset, u8 kind,
-				Dwarf_Die *type_die);
+				Dwarf_Die *type_die, int ptr_offset);
 struct type_state_stack *find_stack_state(struct type_state *state,
 						int offset);
 bool get_global_var_type(Dwarf_Die *cu_die, struct data_loc_info *dloc,
-- 
2.51.0.788.g6d19910ace-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-10-13 18:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-10-13 18:15 [PATCH v4 0/9] perf tools: Some improvements on data type profiler Zecheng Li
2025-10-13 18:15 ` [PATCH v4 1/9] perf annotate: Skip annotating data types to lea instructions Zecheng Li
2025-10-14 18:40   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2025-10-20  4:29     ` Namhyung Kim
2025-10-13 18:15 ` [PATCH v4 2/9] perf annotate: Track address registers via TSR_KIND_POINTER Zecheng Li
2025-10-13 18:16 ` [PATCH v4 3/9] perf annotate: Track arithmetic instructions on pointers Zecheng Li
2025-10-13 18:16 ` Zecheng Li [this message]
2025-10-13 18:16 ` [PATCH v4 5/9] perf annotate: Invalidate register states for untracked instructions Zecheng Li
2025-10-13 18:16 ` [PATCH v4 6/9] perf dwarf-aux: Skip check_variable for die_find_variable_by_reg Zecheng Li
2025-10-13 18:16 ` [PATCH v4 7/9] perf dwarf-aux: Preserve typedefs in match_var_offset Zecheng Li
2025-10-25 17:40   ` Namhyung Kim
2025-10-13 18:16 ` [PATCH v4 8/9] perf annotate: Improve type comparison from different scopes Zecheng Li
2025-10-25 17:46   ` Namhyung Kim
2025-10-13 18:16 ` [PATCH v4 9/9] perf dwarf-aux: Support DW_OP_piece expressions Zecheng Li
2025-10-25 17:57   ` Namhyung Kim
2025-10-22  0:41 ` [PATCH v4 0/9] perf tools: Some improvements on data type profiler Namhyung Kim

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