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From: Tengda Wu <wutengda@huaweicloud.com>
To: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
	james.clark@linaro.org, xueshuai@linux.alibaba.com,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	leo.yan@linux.dev, Li Huafei <lihuafei1@huawei.com>,
	Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
	Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@arm.com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>,
	Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@gmail.com>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
	Zecheng Li <zli94@ncsu.edu>,
	linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	llvm@lists.linux.dev, Tengda Wu <wutengda@huaweicloud.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 13/26] perf annotate-arm64: Enable instruction tracking support
Date: Tue,  8 Sep 2026 13:01:09 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260908130122.633500-14-wutengda@huaweicloud.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260908130122.633500-1-wutengda@huaweicloud.com>

Enable basic instruction tracking for arm64 by implementing three
essential functions in the find_data_type_block() call path:

  find_data_type_block
    -> arch_supports_insn_tracking  (1)
    -> find_data_type_insn
         -> init_type_state         (2)
         -> update_var_state
         -> update_insn_state       (3)

Changes:

* arch_supports_insn_tracking(): add arm64 to the list of supported
  architectures, allowing find_data_type_block() to proceed with data
  type analysis.

* init_type_state(): correctly identify ret_reg, stack_reg, and
  caller-saved registers for arm64 during type state initialization.

* update_insn_state(): add the update_insn_state_arm64() callback with
  conservative register invalidation for call instructions and those with
  destination register(s), preventing stale type propagation. Full
  instruction-level analysis support will be added incrementally in
  later patches.

With these changes, arm64 gains support for basic variable type
inference during instruction tracking.

Signed-off-by: Li Huafei <lihuafei1@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Tengda Wu <wutengda@huaweicloud.com>
---
 .../perf/util/annotate-arch/annotate-arm64.c  | 78 +++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c               | 11 ++-
 2 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate-arch/annotate-arm64.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate-arch/annotate-arm64.c
index d8a5904359b1..8fda4d4d6888 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate-arch/annotate-arm64.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate-arch/annotate-arm64.c
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 #include <regex.h>
 #include "../annotate.h"
 #include "../disasm.h"
+#include "../annotate-data.h"
+#include "../debug.h"
+#include "../map.h"
+#include "../symbol.h"
 
 struct arch_arm64 {
 	struct arch arch;
@@ -442,6 +446,77 @@ static void extract_op_location_arm64(const struct arch *arch,
 	}
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBDW_SUPPORT
+static bool is_readonly_branch_or_cmp(const char *name)
+{
+	return !strncmp(name, "cb", 2) || !strncmp(name, "tb", 2) ||
+	       !strcmp(name, "tst") || !strcmp(name, "teq") ||
+	       !strcmp(name, "cmp") || !strcmp(name, "cmn") ||
+	       !strcmp(name, "ccmp") || !strcmp(name, "ccmn");
+}
+
+static void update_insn_state_arm64(struct type_state *state,
+				    struct data_loc_info *dloc, Dwarf_Die *cu_die __maybe_unused,
+				    struct disasm_line *dl)
+{
+	struct annotated_insn_loc loc;
+	struct annotated_op_loc *dst = &loc.ops[INSN_OP_TARGET];
+	u32 insn_offset = dl->al.offset;
+
+	/* Skip read-only instructions that do not affect register type state */
+	if (is_readonly_branch_or_cmp(dl->ins.name))
+		return;
+
+	if (annotate_get_insn_location(dloc->arch, dl, &loc) < 0)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * Invalidate caller-saved registers on function calls per ARM64 AAPCS64
+	 * ABI, unless DWARF location info indicates the register remains valid
+	 * beyond the call address.
+	 */
+	if (ins__is_call(&dl->ins)) {
+		struct symbol *func = dl->ops.target.sym;
+		const char *call_name;
+		u64 call_addr;
+
+		call_name = func ? func->name : dl->ops.target.name;
+		pr_debug_dtp("call [%x] %s\n", insn_offset, call_name ?: "<unknown>");
+
+		/* Invalidate caller-saved registers after call */
+		call_addr = map__rip_2objdump(dloc->ms->map,
+					      dloc->ms->sym->start + dl->al.offset);
+		for (unsigned int i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(state->regs); i++) {
+			struct type_state_reg *reg = &state->regs[i];
+
+			if (!reg->caller_saved)
+				continue;
+			/* Keep register valid within DWARF location lifetime */
+			if (reg->lifetime_active && call_addr < reg->lifetime_end)
+				continue;
+			invalidate_reg_state(reg);
+		}
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Invalidate destination register(s) for unsupported instructions to
+	 * prevent stale type info from propagating to subsequent instructions.
+	 */
+	if (has_reg_type(state, dst->reg1) && !dst->mem_ref) {
+		pr_debug_dtp("%s [%x] invalidate reg%d",
+			     dl->ins.name, insn_offset, dst->reg1);
+		invalidate_reg_state(&state->regs[dst->reg1]);
+		if (dst->multi_regs && has_reg_type(state, dst->reg2)) {
+			pr_debug_dtp(" and reg%d", dst->reg2);
+			invalidate_reg_state(&state->regs[dst->reg2]);
+		}
+		pr_debug_dtp("\n");
+		return;
+	}
+}
+#endif
+
 const struct arch *arch__new_arm64(const struct e_machine_and_e_flags *id,
 				   const char *cpuid __maybe_unused)
 {
@@ -461,6 +536,9 @@ const struct arch *arch__new_arm64(const struct e_machine_and_e_flags *id,
 	arch->objdump.imm_char		  = '#';
 	arch->associate_instruction_ops   = arm64__associate_instruction_ops;
 	arch->extract_op_location	  = extract_op_location_arm64;
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBDW_SUPPORT
+	arch->update_insn_state		  = update_insn_state_arm64;
+#endif
 
 	/* bl, blr */
 	err = regcomp(&arm->call_insn, "^blr?$", REG_EXTENDED);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
index 104b80d471f1..c51b20a7af9b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 /* register number of the stack pointer */
 #define X86_REG_SP 7
+#define ARM64_REG_SP 31
 
 static void delete_var_types(struct die_var_type *var_types);
 
@@ -178,6 +179,13 @@ static void init_type_state(struct type_state *state, const struct arch *arch)
 		state->regs[11].caller_saved = true;
 		state->ret_reg = 0;
 		state->stack_reg = X86_REG_SP;
+	} else if (arch__is_arm64(arch)) {
+		int i;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < 18; i++)
+			state->regs[i].caller_saved = true;
+		state->ret_reg = 0;
+		state->stack_reg = ARM64_REG_SP;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1437,7 +1445,8 @@ static enum type_match_result find_data_type_insn(struct data_loc_info *dloc,
 
 static int arch_supports_insn_tracking(struct data_loc_info *dloc)
 {
-	if ((arch__is_x86(dloc->arch)) || (arch__is_powerpc(dloc->arch)))
+	if (arch__is_x86(dloc->arch) || arch__is_powerpc(dloc->arch) ||
+	    arch__is_arm64(dloc->arch))
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.34.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-08 13:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-08 13:00 [PATCH v5 00/26] perf arm64: Support data type profiling Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:00 ` [PATCH v5 01/26] perf capstone: Symbolize address operands to match objdump on arm64 Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:00 ` [PATCH v5 02/26] perf llvm: Fix arm64 adrp instruction disassembly mismatch with objdump Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:00 ` [PATCH v5 03/26] perf annotate-arm64: Generalize arm64_mov__parse to support more instructions Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:01 ` [PATCH v5 04/26] perf annotate-arm64: Handle load and store instructions Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:01 ` [PATCH v5 05/26] perf annotate: Normalize arch__dwarf_regnum() error return values Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:01 ` [PATCH v5 06/26] perf annotate: Introduce extract_op_location callback for arch-specific parsing Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:01 ` [PATCH v5 07/26] perf dwarf-regs: Adapt get_dwarf_regnum() for arm64 Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 18:08   ` Ian Rogers
2026-09-11  1:47     ` Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:01 ` [PATCH v5 08/26] perf annotate: Adapt arch__dwarf_regnum() " Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:01 ` [PATCH v5 09/26] perf annotate-arm64: Implement extract_op_location() callback Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:01 ` [PATCH v5 10/26] perf annotate: Default to --itrace=i1i for data type profiling Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:01 ` [PATCH v5 11/26] perf arm-spe: Set default synthesized event period to 1 Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:01 ` [PATCH v5 12/26] perf annotate-data: Extract invalidate_reg_state() as a common helper Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:01 ` Tengda Wu [this message]
2026-09-08 13:01 ` [PATCH v5 14/26] perf annotate-data: Add arch_get_reg_offset helper Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:01 ` [PATCH v5 15/26] perf annotate-arm64: Track return type after call instructions Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:01 ` [PATCH v5 16/26] perf annotate-arm64: Support load instruction tracking Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:01 ` [PATCH v5 17/26] perf annotate-arm64: Support store " Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:01 ` [PATCH v5 18/26] perf annotate-data: Expand type_state_reg imm_value to u64 Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:01 ` [PATCH v5 19/26] perf annotate-data: Track imm_value for stack variables Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:01 ` [PATCH v5 20/26] perf annotate-x86: Delete stale stack state on store of untracked register Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:01 ` [PATCH v5 21/26] perf annotate-arm64: Support stack variable tracking Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:01 ` [PATCH v5 22/26] perf annotate-arm64: Support 'mov' instruction tracking Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:01 ` [PATCH v5 23/26] perf annotate-arm64: Support 'add' " Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:18 ` [PATCH v5 00/26] perf arm64: Support data type profiling Tengda Wu
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-09-08 13:05 Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:05 ` [PATCH v5 13/26] perf annotate-arm64: Enable instruction tracking support Tengda Wu
2026-09-08 13:18   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-10  9:20     ` Tengda Wu

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