From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
To: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 05/11] perf tests: Exercise data type resolution from a register
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 17:08:43 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261113200850.2803460-6-acme@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261113200850.2803460-1-acme@kernel.org>
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
At -O2 a struct pointer lives in a register and DWARF describes it with
a register location, while the unoptimized workloads the data type tests
profile keep their variables on the stack.
Build a workload with a noinline function that gets the pointer from a
volatile global, which keeps it in a register, and check that its three
member accesses are resolved from that location.
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
tools/perf/tests/shell/data_type_register.sh | 120 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 120 insertions(+)
create mode 100755 tools/perf/tests/shell/data_type_register.sh
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/data_type_register.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/data_type_register.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000..e0369f076ae6f4b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/data_type_register.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# perf data type profiling tests for register variables
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+set -e
+
+perfdata=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.perf.data.XXXXX)
+perfout=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.perf.out.XXXXX)
+prog=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.regs.XXXXX)
+src="${prog}.c"
+
+cleanup()
+{
+ rm -f "$perfdata" "$perfout" "$prog" "$src"
+ trap - EXIT TERM INT
+}
+
+trap_cleanup()
+{
+ echo "Unexpected signal in ${FUNCNAME[1]}"
+ cleanup
+ exit 1
+}
+trap trap_cleanup EXIT TERM INT
+
+if ! perf check feature -q dwarf; then
+ echo "Skip: no DWARF (libdw) support"
+ cleanup
+ exit 2
+fi
+
+# No point in recording if the PMU cannot do memory events.
+if perf mem record -o /dev/null -- true 2>&1 | \
+ grep -q "failed: no PMU supports the memory events"; then
+ cleanup
+ exit 2
+fi
+if ! perf mem record -o /dev/null -- true 2>/dev/null; then
+ echo "Skip: cannot record memory events on this PMU"
+ cleanup
+ exit 2
+fi
+
+cat > "$src" <<'EOF'
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+struct node {
+ long a;
+ long b;
+ long c;
+};
+
+static struct node n;
+static struct node *volatile vp;
+static volatile sig_atomic_t done;
+
+static void stop(int sig)
+{
+ done = 1;
+}
+
+__attribute__((noinline)) static long touch(struct node *p)
+{
+ long sum = 0;
+
+ sum += p->a;
+ p->b = sum;
+ sum += p->c;
+ return sum;
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ unsigned long sum = 0;
+
+ vp = &n;
+ signal(SIGALRM, stop);
+ alarm(1);
+
+ while (!done)
+ sum += touch(vp);
+
+ return sum != 0;
+}
+EOF
+
+# -O2: the pointer stays in a register, so the accesses are resolved
+# from its type state instead of from a stack slot.
+if ! cc -O2 -g -fPIE -pie -o "$prog" "$src" 2>/dev/null; then
+ echo "Skip: cannot build the workload"
+ cleanup
+ exit 2
+fi
+
+if ! perf mem record -o "$perfdata" -- "$prog" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+ echo "FAIL: perf mem record"
+ cleanup
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! perf annotate --code-with-type -i "$perfdata" --stdio \
+ --percent-limit 1 > "$perfout" 2>/dev/null; then
+ echo "FAIL: perf annotate"
+ cleanup
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+for member in "+0 (a)" "+0x8 (b)" "+0x10 (c)"; do
+ if ! grep -Fq "# data-type: struct node ${member}" "$perfout"; then
+ echo "FAIL: member ${member} not resolved from the register"
+ cleanup
+ exit 1
+ fi
+done
+
+echo "register held access resolved"
+
+cleanup
--
2.56.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-13 20:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-13 20:08 [PATCH v2 0/11] perf coverage: A harness for perf, and the fixes it found Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 20:08 ` [PATCH v2 01/11] perf scripts: Add a coverage harness for perf Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 20:26 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-13 20:08 ` [PATCH v2 02/11] perf annotate-data: Resolve DW_OP_addrx global variables Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 20:31 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-13 20:08 ` [PATCH v2 03/11] perf tests: Exercise the flexible array member path Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 20:25 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-13 20:08 ` [PATCH v2 04/11] perf annotate-data: Count flexible array accesses for the whole struct Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 20:26 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-13 20:08 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2026-11-13 20:26 ` [PATCH v2 05/11] perf tests: Exercise data type resolution from a register sashiko-bot
2026-11-13 20:08 ` [PATCH v2 06/11] perf annotate: Print the stats after the annotations Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 20:24 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-13 20:08 ` [PATCH v2 07/11] perf tests: Silence the libbfd probe in build-test Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 20:18 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-13 20:08 ` [PATCH v2 08/11] perf build: Record the display-only features in FEATURE-DUMP Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 20:24 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-13 20:08 ` [PATCH v2 09/11] perf tests: Fix the Intel PT virtual LBR check Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 20:35 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-13 20:08 ` [PATCH v2 10/11] perf test: Drop samples without an IP in the dlfilter test Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 20:26 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-13 20:08 ` [PATCH v2 11/11] perf test: Skip the LBR inline unwinding check when unsupported Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-11-13 20:26 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-13 22:16 ` [PATCH v2 0/11] perf coverage: A harness for perf, and the fixes it found Ian Rogers
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