* [PATCH v3 1/3] perf config: Rename symbol_conf::disable_add2line_warn
2026-04-07 10:08 [PATCH v3 0/3] perf addr2line: Rework disable_add2line_warn Thomas Richter
@ 2026-04-07 10:08 ` Thomas Richter
2026-04-07 10:08 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] perf config: Make symbol_conf::addr2line_disable_warn configurable Thomas Richter
2026-04-07 10:08 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] perf addr2line: Remove global variable addr2line_timeout_ms Thomas Richter
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Richter @ 2026-04-07 10:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel, linux-s390, linux-perf-users, acme, namhyung
Cc: agordeev, gor, sumanthk, hca, japo, Thomas Richter, Ian Rogers
Rename member symbol_conf::disable_add2line_warn to
symbol_conf::addr2line_disable_warn to make it consistent with other
addr2line_xxx constants.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
tools/perf/builtin-diff.c | 4 ++--
tools/perf/util/addr2line.c | 12 ++++++------
tools/perf/util/block-info.c | 2 +-
tools/perf/util/libbfd.c | 2 +-
tools/perf/util/symbol_conf.h | 2 +-
5 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index 69069926dd0b..35d599d5c9fa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@ static int cycles_printf(struct hist_entry *he, struct hist_entry *pair,
/*
* Avoid printing the warning "addr2line_init failed for ..."
*/
- symbol_conf.disable_add2line_warn = true;
+ symbol_conf.addr2line_disable_warn = true;
bi = block_he->block_info;
@@ -1986,7 +1986,7 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv)
if (compute == COMPUTE_STREAM) {
symbol_conf.show_branchflag_count = true;
- symbol_conf.disable_add2line_warn = true;
+ symbol_conf.addr2line_disable_warn = true;
callchain_param.mode = CHAIN_FLAT;
callchain_param.key = CCKEY_SRCLINE;
callchain_param.branch_callstack = 1;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/addr2line.c b/tools/perf/util/addr2line.c
index 31c0391fffa3..e9f084db0802 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/addr2line.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/addr2line.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static enum cmd_a2l_style cmd_addr2line_configure(struct child_process *a2l, con
lines = 3;
pr_debug3("Detected binutils addr2line style\n");
} else {
- if (!symbol_conf.disable_add2line_warn) {
+ if (!symbol_conf.addr2line_disable_warn) {
char *output = NULL;
size_t output_len;
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ int cmd__addr2line(const char *dso_name, u64 addr,
}
if (a2l == NULL) {
- if (!symbol_conf.disable_add2line_warn)
+ if (!symbol_conf.addr2line_disable_warn)
pr_warning("%s %s: addr2line_subprocess_init failed\n", __func__, dso_name);
goto out;
}
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ int cmd__addr2line(const char *dso_name, u64 addr,
len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%016"PRIx64"\n,\n", addr);
written = len > 0 ? write(a2l->in, buf, len) : -1;
if (written != len) {
- if (!symbol_conf.disable_add2line_warn)
+ if (!symbol_conf.addr2line_disable_warn)
pr_warning("%s %s: could not send request\n", __func__, dso_name);
goto out;
}
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ int cmd__addr2line(const char *dso_name, u64 addr,
switch (read_addr2line_record(&io, cmd_a2l_style, dso_name, addr, /*first=*/true,
&record_function, &record_filename, &record_line_nr)) {
case -1:
- if (!symbol_conf.disable_add2line_warn)
+ if (!symbol_conf.addr2line_disable_warn)
pr_warning("%s %s: could not read first record\n", __func__, dso_name);
goto out;
case 0:
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ int cmd__addr2line(const char *dso_name, u64 addr,
/*addr=*/1, /*first=*/true,
NULL, NULL, NULL)) {
case -1:
- if (!symbol_conf.disable_add2line_warn)
+ if (!symbol_conf.addr2line_disable_warn)
pr_warning("%s %s: could not read sentinel record\n",
__func__, dso_name);
break;
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ int cmd__addr2line(const char *dso_name, u64 addr,
/* The sentinel as expected. */
break;
default:
- if (!symbol_conf.disable_add2line_warn)
+ if (!symbol_conf.addr2line_disable_warn)
pr_warning("%s %s: unexpected record instead of sentinel",
__func__, dso_name);
break;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/block-info.c b/tools/perf/util/block-info.c
index 649392bee7ed..8d3a9a661f26 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/block-info.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/block-info.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static int block_range_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt, struct perf_hpp *hpp,
char buf[128];
char *start_line, *end_line;
- symbol_conf.disable_add2line_warn = true;
+ symbol_conf.addr2line_disable_warn = true;
start_line = map__srcline(he->ms.map, bi->sym->start + bi->start,
he->ms.sym);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/libbfd.c b/tools/perf/util/libbfd.c
index 63ea3fb53e77..c1c12308cc12 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/libbfd.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/libbfd.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ int libbfd__addr2line(const char *dso_name, u64 addr,
}
if (a2l == NULL) {
- if (!symbol_conf.disable_add2line_warn)
+ if (!symbol_conf.addr2line_disable_warn)
pr_warning("addr2line_init failed for %s\n", dso_name);
return 0;
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol_conf.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol_conf.h
index ac1b444a8fd8..21a1f096d4f0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol_conf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol_conf.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct symbol_conf {
report_block,
report_individual_block,
inline_name,
- disable_add2line_warn,
+ addr2line_disable_warn,
no_buildid_mmap2,
guest_code,
lazy_load_kernel_maps,
--
2.53.0
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2026-04-07 10:08 [PATCH v3 0/3] perf addr2line: Rework disable_add2line_warn Thomas Richter
2026-04-07 10:08 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] perf config: Rename symbol_conf::disable_add2line_warn Thomas Richter
@ 2026-04-07 10:08 ` Thomas Richter
2026-04-07 10:08 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] perf addr2line: Remove global variable addr2line_timeout_ms Thomas Richter
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Richter @ 2026-04-07 10:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel, linux-s390, linux-perf-users, acme, namhyung
Cc: agordeev, gor, sumanthk, hca, japo, Thomas Richter, Ian Rogers
Make symbol_conf::addr2line_disable_warn configurable by reading
the perfconfig file.
Use section core and addr2line-disable-warn = value.
Update documentation.
Example:
# perf config -l
core.addr2line-timeout=5000
core.addr2line-disable-warn=1
#
Signed-off-by: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>
Suggested-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt | 6 ++++++
tools/perf/util/config.c | 3 +++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
index 642d1c490d9e..9b223f892829 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
@@ -210,6 +210,12 @@ core.*::
Sets a timeout (in milliseconds) for parsing /proc/<pid>/maps files.
Can be overridden by the --proc-map-timeout option on supported
subcommands. The default timeout is 500ms.
+ addr2line-disable-warn::
+ When set to 'true' disable all warnings from 'addr2line' output.
+ Default setting is 'false' to show these warnings.
+ addr2line-timeout::
+ Sets a timeout (in milliseconds) for parsing 'addr2line'
+ output. The default timeout is 5s.
tui.*, gtk.*::
Subcommands that can be configured here are 'top', 'report' and 'annotate'.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.c b/tools/perf/util/config.c
index 0452fbc6c085..8e30def2b1f7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.c
@@ -461,6 +461,9 @@ static int perf_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value)
if (!strcmp(var, "core.addr2line-timeout"))
addr2line_timeout_ms = strtoul(value, NULL, 10);
+ if (!strcmp(var, "core.addr2line-disable-warn"))
+ symbol_conf.addr2line_disable_warn = perf_config_bool(var, value);
+
/* Add other config variables here. */
return 0;
}
--
2.53.0
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* [PATCH v3 3/3] perf addr2line: Remove global variable addr2line_timeout_ms
2026-04-07 10:08 [PATCH v3 0/3] perf addr2line: Rework disable_add2line_warn Thomas Richter
2026-04-07 10:08 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] perf config: Rename symbol_conf::disable_add2line_warn Thomas Richter
2026-04-07 10:08 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] perf config: Make symbol_conf::addr2line_disable_warn configurable Thomas Richter
@ 2026-04-07 10:08 ` Thomas Richter
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Richter @ 2026-04-07 10:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel, linux-s390, linux-perf-users, acme, namhyung
Cc: agordeev, gor, sumanthk, hca, japo, Thomas Richter, Ian Rogers
Remove global variable addr2line_timeout_ms and add is as member
to symbol_conf structure.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
tools/perf/util/addr2line.c | 8 ++++----
tools/perf/util/addr2line.h | 2 --
tools/perf/util/config.c | 3 +--
tools/perf/util/symbol_conf.h | 1 +
4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/addr2line.c b/tools/perf/util/addr2line.c
index e9f084db0802..1b7f66ece570 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/addr2line.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/addr2line.c
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
#define MAX_INLINE_NEST 1024
-/* If addr2line doesn't return data for 5 seconds then timeout. */
-int addr2line_timeout_ms = 5 * 1000;
-
static int filename_split(char *filename, unsigned int *line_nr)
{
char *sep;
@@ -87,6 +84,9 @@ static struct child_process *addr2line_subprocess_init(const char *addr2line_pat
return NULL;
}
+ if (!symbol_conf.addr2line_timeout_ms)
+ symbol_conf.addr2line_timeout_ms = 5 * 1000;
+
return a2l;
}
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ int cmd__addr2line(const char *dso_name, u64 addr,
goto out;
}
io__init(&io, a2l->out, buf, sizeof(buf));
- io.timeout_ms = addr2line_timeout_ms;
+ io.timeout_ms = symbol_conf.addr2line_timeout_ms;
switch (read_addr2line_record(&io, cmd_a2l_style, dso_name, addr, /*first=*/true,
&record_function, &record_filename, &record_line_nr)) {
case -1:
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/addr2line.h b/tools/perf/util/addr2line.h
index d35a47ba8dab..75989a92f16b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/addr2line.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/addr2line.h
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ struct dso;
struct inline_node;
struct symbol;
-extern int addr2line_timeout_ms;
-
int cmd__addr2line(const char *dso_name, u64 addr,
char **file, unsigned int *line_nr,
struct dso *dso,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.c b/tools/perf/util/config.c
index 8e30def2b1f7..087002fb1b9b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
#include "util/hist.h" /* perf_hist_config */
#include "util/stat.h" /* perf_stat__set_big_num */
#include "util/evsel.h" /* evsel__hw_names, evsel__use_bpf_counters */
-#include "util/addr2line.h" /* addr2line_timeout_ms */
#include "srcline.h"
#include "build-id.h"
#include "debug.h"
@@ -459,7 +458,7 @@ static int perf_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value)
proc_map_timeout = strtoul(value, NULL, 10);
if (!strcmp(var, "core.addr2line-timeout"))
- addr2line_timeout_ms = strtoul(value, NULL, 10);
+ symbol_conf.addr2line_timeout_ms = strtoul(value, NULL, 10);
if (!strcmp(var, "core.addr2line-disable-warn"))
symbol_conf.addr2line_disable_warn = perf_config_bool(var, value);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol_conf.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol_conf.h
index 21a1f096d4f0..6cd454d7c98e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol_conf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol_conf.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ struct symbol_conf {
*bt_stop_list_str;
const char *addr2line_path;
enum a2l_style addr2line_style[MAX_A2L_STYLE];
+ int addr2line_timeout_ms;
unsigned long time_quantum;
struct strlist *dso_list,
*comm_list,
--
2.53.0
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