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 16/26] perf annotate-arm64: Support load instruction tracking
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 13:01:12 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260908130122.633500-17-wutengda@huaweicloud.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260908130122.633500-1-wutengda@huaweicloud.com>
Extend update_insn_state_arm64() to handle load instructions, tracking
register state changes when data is loaded from memory to registers.
Two main categories are considered: standard load (e.g, ldr variants)
and load pair (ldp), for example:
ldr dst, [src, #imm]
ldp dst1, dst2, [src, #imm]
For data type propagation, a load pair can be treated as two standard
loads combined, first loading dst1 and then dst2. The difference is
that when loading dst2, an additional memory offset 'mem_offset' after
the first load must be added. This mem_offset can be derived from the
instruction mnemonic and the size of the dst register. Each load operation
is handled by introducing propagate_load_reg_state().
When processing a load pair, the case where dst and src registers are
the same (e.g., ldp x0, x1, [x0]) also needs to be considered. Therefore,
before propagating data types, a snapshot of the src register's state
must be saved and then passed to propagate_load_reg_state().
Finally, handle the side effects of pre-index and post-index addressing
via adjust_reg_index_state().
A real-world example is shown below:
ffff80008011f5b0 <pick_task_stop>:
ffff80008011f5b8: ldr x0, [x0, #2712] // x0: struct rq* -> task_struct*
* ffff80008011f5c0: ldr w1, [x0, #104]
Before this commit, the type of x0 was incorrectly inferred as 'struct rq':
find data type for 0x68(reg0) at pick_task_stop+0x10
var [8] reg0 offset 0 type='struct rq*'
chk [10] reg0 offset=0x68 ok=1 kind=1 (struct rq*) : Good!
final result: type='struct rq'
After this commit, the type of x0 is correctly inferred as 'struct task_struct':
find data type for 0x68(reg0) at pick_task_stop+0x10
var [8] reg0 offset 0 type='struct rq*'
ldr [8] 0xa98(reg0) -> reg0 type='struct task_struct*'
chk [10] reg0 offset=0x68 ok=1 kind=1 (struct task_struct*) : Good!
final result: type='struct task_struct'
Signed-off-by: Li Huafei <lihuafei1@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Tengda Wu <wutengda@huaweicloud.com>
---
.../perf/util/annotate-arch/annotate-arm64.c | 202 +++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 201 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate-arch/annotate-arm64.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate-arch/annotate-arm64.c
index 9a3226526522..c239ad9473dc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate-arch/annotate-arm64.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate-arch/annotate-arm64.c
@@ -455,11 +455,206 @@ static bool is_readonly_branch_or_cmp(const char *name)
!strcmp(name, "ccmp") || !strcmp(name, "ccmn");
}
+static int arm64__reg_size(const char *reg)
+{
+ if (!reg || !*reg || !arm64__is_reg(reg))
+ return -1;
+
+ if (reg[0] == 'w')
+ return 4;
+
+ if (reg[0] == 'x' || !strncmp(reg, "sp", 2))
+ return 8;
+
+ return -1;
+}
+
+/* Apply addressing mode (pre-index, post-index) to register state */
+static void adjust_reg_index_state(struct type_state *state,
+ struct data_loc_info *dloc,
+ struct disasm_line *dl,
+ struct annotated_op_loc *op_loc)
+{
+ struct type_state_reg *tsr;
+ int reg = op_loc->reg1;
+ int offset;
+
+ if (op_loc->addr_mode != PERF_AAM_PRE_INDEX &&
+ op_loc->addr_mode != PERF_AAM_POST_INDEX)
+ return;
+
+ if (!has_reg_type(state, reg) || !state->regs[reg].ok)
+ return;
+
+ tsr = &state->regs[reg];
+ tsr->copied_from = -1;
+
+ if (arch_get_reg_offset(dloc->arch, op_loc, reg, state, true, &offset)) {
+ invalidate_reg_state(tsr);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ tsr->offset += offset;
+
+ pr_debug_dtp("%s [%x] %s-index %#x(reg%d) -> reg%d", dl->ins.name,
+ (u32) dl->al.offset, op_loc->addr_mode == PERF_AAM_PRE_INDEX ?
+ "pre" : "post", offset, reg, reg);
+ pr_debug_type_name(&tsr->type, tsr->kind);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Match standard load variants (ldr, ldur, ldar, ldp) that follow
+ * straightforward load semantics: memory source on the right
+ * and target registers on the left (written). Excludes exclusive loads
+ * (ldxr, ldxp, etc.) and acquire/exclusive combination variants.
+ */
+static bool is_standard_load_insn(const char *name)
+{
+ return !strncmp(name, "ldr", 3) || /* ldr, ldrb, ldrh, ldrsb, ldrsh, ldrsw */
+ !strncmp(name, "ldur", 4) || /* ldur, ldurb, ldurh, ldursb, ldursh, ldursw */
+ !strncmp(name, "ldar", 4) || /* ldar, ldarb, ldarh */
+ !strncmp(name, "ldp", 3); /* ldp, ldpsw */
+}
+
+/*
+ * For load insns: propagate type from source reg state @src_states to @dreg.
+ *
+ * @mem_offset accounts for additional memory byte offset when handling multi-reg
+ * loads (e.g. second target reg in 'ldp'), which is added to the reg offset.
+ */
+static int propagate_load_reg_state(struct type_state *state,
+ struct data_loc_info *dloc,
+ struct disasm_line *dl, int dreg,
+ struct annotated_op_loc *src,
+ struct type_state_reg **src_states,
+ int mem_offset)
+{
+ struct type_state_reg *tsr;
+ struct type_state_reg *src_tsr = src_states[0];
+ Dwarf_Die type_die;
+ u32 insn_offset = dl->al.offset;
+ int sreg = src->reg1;
+ int reg_offset;
+
+ if (!has_reg_type(state, dreg))
+ return -1;
+
+ tsr = &state->regs[dreg];
+ tsr->copied_from = -1;
+
+retry:
+ if (arch_get_reg_offset(dloc->arch, src, sreg, state, false, ®_offset))
+ return -1;
+
+ reg_offset += mem_offset;
+
+ if (!src_tsr || !src_tsr->ok)
+ return -1;
+
+ /* Dereference the pointer if it has one */
+ if (src_tsr->kind == TSR_KIND_TYPE &&
+ die_deref_ptr_type(&src_tsr->type,
+ src_tsr->offset + reg_offset, &type_die)) {
+ tsr->type = type_die;
+ tsr->kind = TSR_KIND_TYPE;
+ tsr->offset = 0;
+ tsr->ok = true;
+
+ if (src->multi_regs) {
+ pr_debug_dtp("%s [%x] %#x(reg%d, reg%d) -> reg%d",
+ dl->ins.name, insn_offset, reg_offset,
+ src->reg1, src->reg2, dreg);
+ } else {
+ pr_debug_dtp("%s [%x] %#x(reg%d) -> reg%d",
+ dl->ins.name, insn_offset, reg_offset,
+ sreg, dreg);
+ }
+ pr_debug_type_name(&tsr->type, tsr->kind);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ /* Or try another register if any */
+ if (src->multi_regs && src->reg1 != src->reg2 && sreg != src->reg2 &&
+ !(src->extend_type || src->shift_type)) {
+ sreg = src->reg2;
+ src_tsr = src_states[1];
+ goto retry;
+ }
+
+ return -1;
+}
+
+static void update_load_insn_state(struct type_state *state,
+ struct data_loc_info *dloc,
+ struct disasm_line *dl,
+ struct annotated_op_loc *src,
+ struct annotated_op_loc *dst)
+{
+ struct type_state_reg snapshots[2];
+ struct type_state_reg *src_states[2] = {};
+
+ if (!src->mem_ref || /* exclude PC-relative loads */
+ !has_reg_type(state, dst->reg1) ||
+ (dst->multi_regs && !has_reg_type(state, dst->reg2)))
+ goto out_err_adjust;
+
+ /*
+ * Snapshot source register states before updating destination registers.
+ * This avoids state corruption in aliased instructions (e.g., ldp x0, x1, [x0]),
+ * ensuring the second destination load still uses the original base
+ * register state.
+ */
+ if (has_reg_type(state, src->reg1)) {
+ snapshots[0] = state->regs[src->reg1];
+ src_states[0] = &snapshots[0];
+ }
+ if (src->multi_regs && has_reg_type(state, src->reg2)) {
+ snapshots[1] = state->regs[src->reg2];
+ src_states[1] = &snapshots[1];
+ }
+
+ /* Handle the first destination register */
+ if (propagate_load_reg_state(state, dloc, dl, dst->reg1,
+ src, src_states, /*mem_offset=*/0))
+ goto out_err_adjust;
+
+ /* Handle the second destination register (if any) */
+ if (dst->multi_regs) {
+ int mem_offset;
+
+ /*
+ * ldpsw loads two 32-bit signed words into 64-bit registers.
+ * Memory spacing between elements is 4 bytes, not the register size.
+ */
+ if (!strcmp(dl->ins.name, "ldpsw"))
+ mem_offset = 4;
+ else
+ mem_offset = arm64__reg_size(dl->ops.target.raw);
+
+ if (mem_offset < 0 ||
+ propagate_load_reg_state(state, dloc, dl, dst->reg2,
+ src, src_states, mem_offset))
+ goto out_err_adjust;
+ }
+
+out_adjust:
+ adjust_reg_index_state(state, dloc, dl, src);
+ return;
+
+out_err_adjust:
+ if (has_reg_type(state, dst->reg1))
+ invalidate_reg_state(&state->regs[dst->reg1]);
+ if (dst->multi_regs && has_reg_type(state, dst->reg2))
+ invalidate_reg_state(&state->regs[dst->reg2]);
+ goto out_adjust;
+}
+
static void update_insn_state_arm64(struct type_state *state,
struct data_loc_info *dloc, Dwarf_Die *cu_die,
struct disasm_line *dl)
{
struct annotated_insn_loc loc;
+ struct annotated_op_loc *src = &loc.ops[INSN_OP_SOURCE];
struct annotated_op_loc *dst = &loc.ops[INSN_OP_TARGET];
u32 insn_offset = dl->al.offset;
@@ -519,7 +714,8 @@ static void update_insn_state_arm64(struct type_state *state,
* 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) {
+ if (has_reg_type(state, dst->reg1) && !dst->mem_ref &&
+ !is_standard_load_insn(dl->ins.name)) {
pr_debug_dtp("%s [%x] invalidate reg%d",
dl->ins.name, insn_offset, dst->reg1);
invalidate_reg_state(&state->regs[dst->reg1]);
@@ -530,6 +726,10 @@ static void update_insn_state_arm64(struct type_state *state,
pr_debug_dtp("\n");
return;
}
+
+ /* Memory to register transfers */
+ if (is_standard_load_insn(dl->ins.name))
+ update_load_insn_state(state, dloc, dl, src, dst);
}
#endif
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-08 13:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ 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 ` [PATCH v5 13/26] perf annotate-arm64: Enable instruction tracking support Tengda Wu
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 ` Tengda Wu [this message]
2026-09-08 13:01 ` [PATCH v5 17/26] perf annotate-arm64: Support store instruction tracking 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
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