* [PATCH v2] perf trace: Add --bitmask-list option and correct cpumask formatting
@ 2026-07-17 1:35 Aaron Tomlin
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From: Aaron Tomlin @ 2026-07-17 1:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: peterz, mingo, acme, namhyung
Cc: mark.rutland, alexander.shishkin, jolsa, irogers, adrian.hunter,
james.clark, howardchu95, atomlin, neelx, chjohnst, sean,
linux-perf-users, linux-kernel
Currently, dynamic non-array fields such as 'cpumask_t' are mishandled
in 'perf trace', causing the raw length and offset descriptors to be
interpreted and displayed as a literal integer (e.g., 'cpumask: 524320'
instead of the actual mask data).
This patch corrects the parsing of dynamic fields that do not have the
TEP_FIELD_IS_ARRAY flag set. By doing so, it ensures the pointer to the
raw bits is properly resolved within the payload.
Furthermore, it improves the display formatting for 'cpumask' types:
- By default, the cpumask is now correctly output as a zero-suppressed
hexadecimal string, resolving the aforementioned integer display
anomaly
- A new '--bitmask-list' command-line option has been introduced.
When specified, this delegates formatting to 'bitmap_scnprintf()',
enabling the cpumask to be rendered as a condensed, human-readable
list (e.g., '0,2-5,7')
Fixes: c5e006cdbd27 ("perf trace: Support tracepoint dynamic char arrays")
Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
---
Changes since v1:
- Refactored cpumask parsing by moving the dynamic bitmask
reconstruction logic into a new helper function,
format_field__get_cpumask()
- Made bitmask parsing cross-platform, word-size, and endianness-safe
- Added a new helper function, bitmap_byte() to extract bytes from the
host-native bitmask in a host-endianness-independent manner,
simplifying hexadecimal cpumask formatting
- Cleaned up trace__fprintf_tp_fields() to remove complex inline
parsing logic
- Linked to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260714162947.214270-1-atomlin@atomlin.com/
---
tools/perf/builtin-trace.c | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
tools/perf/util/evsel.h | 6 +++
3 files changed, 162 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index ba0f8749fc7d..0142a16830de 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ struct trace {
bool force;
bool vfs_getname;
bool force_btf;
+ bool bitmask_list;
bool summary_bpf;
int trace_pgfaults;
char *perfconfig_events;
@@ -3207,6 +3208,21 @@ static void bpf_output__fprintf(struct trace *trace,
++trace->nr_events_printed;
}
+static unsigned char bitmap_byte(const unsigned long *mask, int byte_idx)
+{
+ unsigned char b_val = 0;
+ int bit_in_byte;
+
+ for (bit_in_byte = 0; bit_in_byte < 8; bit_in_byte++) {
+ int b_idx = byte_idx * 8 + bit_in_byte;
+ int host_w_idx = b_idx / BITS_PER_LONG;
+ int host_bit_in_word = b_idx % BITS_PER_LONG;
+ if (mask[host_w_idx] & (1UL << host_bit_in_word))
+ b_val |= (1 << bit_in_byte);
+ }
+ return b_val;
+}
+
static size_t trace__fprintf_tp_fields(struct trace *trace, struct perf_sample *sample,
struct thread *thread, void *augmented_args, int augmented_args_size)
{
@@ -3238,17 +3254,57 @@ static size_t trace__fprintf_tp_fields(struct trace *trace, struct perf_sample *
syscall_arg.len = 0;
syscall_arg.fmt = arg;
if (field->flags & TEP_FIELD_IS_ARRAY) {
- int offset = field->offset;
-
- if (field->flags & TEP_FIELD_IS_DYNAMIC) {
- offset = format_field__intval(field, sample, evsel->needs_swap);
- syscall_arg.len = offset >> 16;
- offset &= 0xffff;
- if (tep_field_is_relative(field->flags))
- offset += field->offset + field->size;
+ void *ptr = format_field__get_raw_data(field, sample,
+ evsel->needs_swap,
+ &syscall_arg.len);
+
+ if (!ptr) {
+ pr_err("Problem processing %s field, skipping...\n", field->name);
+ continue;
+ }
+ val = (uintptr_t)ptr;
+ } else if ((field->flags & TEP_FIELD_IS_DYNAMIC) &&
+ strstr(field->type, "cpumask")) {
+ unsigned long *mask = format_field__get_cpumask(field, sample,
+ evsel->needs_swap,
+ &syscall_arg.len);
+
+ if (!mask) {
+ pr_err("Problem processing %s field, skipping...\n", field->name);
+ continue;
}
- val = (uintptr_t)(sample->raw_data + offset);
+ printed += scnprintf(bf + printed, size - printed, "%s", printed ? ", " : "");
+ if (trace->show_arg_names)
+ printed += scnprintf(bf + printed, size - printed, "%s: ", field->name);
+
+ if (syscall_arg.len == 0) {
+ printed += scnprintf(bf + printed, size - printed, "0");
+ } else if (trace->bitmask_list) {
+ printed += bitmap_scnprintf(mask, syscall_arg.len * 8,
+ bf + printed, size - printed);
+ } else {
+ int i;
+ bool skip_zero = true;
+
+ printed += scnprintf(bf + printed, size - printed, "0x");
+ /* Print bytes from most significant to least significant */
+ for (i = syscall_arg.len - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+ unsigned char b_val = bitmap_byte(mask, i);
+
+ if (skip_zero && b_val == 0 && i > 0)
+ continue;
+
+ if (skip_zero) {
+ printed += scnprintf(bf + printed, size - printed, "%x", b_val);
+ skip_zero = false;
+ } else {
+ printed += scnprintf(bf + printed, size - printed, "%02x", b_val);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ free(mask);
+ continue;
} else
val = format_field__intval(field, sample, evsel->needs_swap);
/*
@@ -5537,6 +5593,7 @@ int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv)
"start"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "force-btf", &trace.force_btf, "Prefer btf_dump general pretty printer"
"to customized ones"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "bitmask-list", &trace.bitmask_list, "Show bitmask as a human-readable list"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "bpf-summary", &trace.summary_bpf, "Summary syscall stats in BPF"),
OPT_INTEGER(0, "max-summary", &trace.max_summary,
"Max number of entries in the summary."),
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index ea9fa04429f0..912d77044141 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@
#include <errno.h>
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
#include <dirent.h>
#include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/bitmap.h>
#include <linux/compiler.h>
#include <linux/ctype.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
@@ -3933,6 +3935,94 @@ void *perf_sample__rawptr(struct perf_sample *sample, const char *name)
return sample->raw_data + offset;
}
+void *format_field__get_raw_data(struct tep_format_field *field, struct
+ perf_sample *sample, bool needs_swap,
+ u16 *len_out)
+{
+ int offset = field->offset;
+ int size = field->size;
+
+ if (field->flags & TEP_FIELD_IS_DYNAMIC) {
+ unsigned int dynamic_data;
+
+ if (out_of_bounds(field, field->offset, field->size, sample->raw_size))
+ return NULL;
+
+ dynamic_data = format_field__intval(field, sample, needs_swap);
+
+ offset = dynamic_data & 0xffff;
+ size = (dynamic_data >> 16) & 0xffff;
+
+ if (tep_field_is_relative(field->flags))
+ offset += field->offset + field->size;
+ }
+
+ if (out_of_bounds(field, offset, size, sample->raw_size))
+ return NULL;
+
+ *len_out = size;
+ return sample->raw_data + offset;
+}
+
+unsigned long *format_field__get_cpumask(struct tep_format_field *field,
+ struct perf_sample *sample,
+ bool needs_swap, u16 *len_out)
+{
+ u16 len;
+ void *ptr = format_field__get_raw_data(field, sample, needs_swap, &len);
+ unsigned long *mask;
+ struct perf_env *env;
+ bool target_is_64;
+ int target_word_size;
+ int nr_words;
+ int bit_idx;
+ int nbits;
+
+ if (!ptr)
+ return NULL;
+
+ nbits = len * 8;
+ mask = bitmap_zalloc(nbits ?: 1);
+ if (!mask)
+ return NULL;
+
+ env = evsel__env(sample->evsel);
+ target_is_64 = env ? perf_env__kernel_is_64_bit(env) : (sizeof(void *) == 8);
+ target_word_size = target_is_64 ? 8 : 4;
+ nr_words = len / target_word_size;
+
+ for (bit_idx = 0; bit_idx < nbits; bit_idx++) {
+ int w_idx = bit_idx / (target_word_size * 8);
+ int bit_in_word = bit_idx % (target_word_size * 8);
+ bool set = false;
+
+ if (w_idx < nr_words) {
+ if (target_is_64) {
+ u64 word;
+ memcpy(&word, (unsigned char *)ptr + w_idx * 8, 8);
+ if (needs_swap)
+ word = bswap_64(word);
+ set = (word & (1ULL << bit_in_word)) != 0;
+ } else {
+ u32 word32;
+ memcpy(&word32, (unsigned char *)ptr + w_idx * 4, 4);
+ if (needs_swap)
+ word32 = bswap_32(word32);
+ set = (word32 & (1U << bit_in_word)) != 0;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (set) {
+ int host_w_idx = bit_idx / BITS_PER_LONG;
+ int host_bit_in_word = bit_idx % BITS_PER_LONG;
+ mask[host_w_idx] |= (1UL << host_bit_in_word);
+ }
+ }
+
+ *len_out = len;
+ return mask;
+}
+
u64 format_field__intval(struct tep_format_field *field, struct perf_sample *sample,
bool needs_swap)
{
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 163fc2b6a7ea..02129a022ea3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -400,6 +400,12 @@ static inline char *perf_sample__strval(struct perf_sample *sample, const char *
struct tep_format_field;
+void *format_field__get_raw_data(struct tep_format_field *field,
+ struct perf_sample *sample,
+ bool needs_swap, u16 *len_out);
+unsigned long *format_field__get_cpumask(struct tep_format_field *field,
+ struct perf_sample *sample,
+ bool needs_swap, u16 *len_out);
u64 format_field__intval(struct tep_format_field *field, struct perf_sample *sample, bool needs_swap);
#ifdef HAVE_LIBTRACEEVENT
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2.54.0
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