[PATCH v9 17/18] perf symbol: Add setters for bitfields sharing a byte to avoid concurrent update issues

[Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>]

A problem with putting bitfields into struct symbol is that other bits in
the symbol could be updated concurrently and only one update to the
underlying storage unit happen, leading to lost updates.

To avoid this, use atomics to atomically read or set part of 16-bits
of flags in the symbol. Add accessors to simplify this.

The idle value has 3 values in preparation for a later change that
will lazily update it.

Assisted-by: Gemini:gemini-3.1-pro-preview
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-inject.c                   |  6 +-
 tools/perf/builtin-kwork.c                    |  2 +-
 tools/perf/builtin-report.c                   |  2 +-
 tools/perf/builtin-sched.c                    |  4 +-
 tools/perf/builtin-top.c                      |  6 +-
 tools/perf/tests/symbols.c                    |  2 +-
 tools/perf/tests/vmlinux-kallsyms.c           |  2 +-
 tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c             |  2 +-
 tools/perf/ui/browsers/map.c                  |  4 +-
 tools/perf/util/annotate.c                    |  5 +-
 tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c                    |  6 +-
 tools/perf/util/callchain.c                   |  4 +-
 tools/perf/util/dlfilter.c                    |  2 +-
 tools/perf/util/evsel_fprintf.c               |  6 +-
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c                    |  2 +-
 tools/perf/util/machine.c                     |  2 +-
 tools/perf/util/probe-event.c                 |  4 +-
 .../util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c |  2 +-
 .../scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c    |  4 +-
 tools/perf/util/sort.c                        |  8 +-
 tools/perf/util/srcline.c                     | 10 +--
 tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c                  |  3 +-
 tools/perf/util/symbol.c                      | 84 +++++++++++++++----
 tools/perf/util/symbol.h                      | 70 ++++++++++++----
 tools/perf/util/symbol_fprintf.c              |  4 +-
 25 files changed, 171 insertions(+), 75 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
index f174bc69cec4..390327c7f78d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
@@ -439,9 +439,9 @@ static int perf_event__convert_sample_callchain(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 	node = cursor->first;
 	for (k = 0; k < cursor->nr && i < PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH; k++) {
 		if (machine__kernel_ip(machine, node->ip))
-			/* kernel IPs were added already */;
-		else if (node->ms.sym && node->ms.sym->inlined)
-			/* we can't handle inlined callchains */;
+			; /* kernel IPs were added already */
+		else if (node->ms.sym && symbol__inlined(node->ms.sym))
+			; /* we can't handle inlined callchains */
 		else
 			inject->raw_callchain->ips[i++] = node->ip;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kwork.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kwork.c
index 9d3a4c779a41..7337ee956dc9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kwork.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kwork.c
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ static void timehist_save_callchain(struct perf_kwork *kwork,
 		if (sym) {
 			if (!strcmp(sym->name, "__softirqentry_text_start") ||
 			    !strcmp(sym->name, "__do_softirq"))
-				sym->ignore = 1;
+				symbol__set_ignore(sym, true);
 		}
 
 		callchain_cursor_advance(cursor);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 95c0bdba6b11..3c9ada8539c3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ static int hists__resort_cb(struct hist_entry *he, void *arg)
 	struct report *rep = arg;
 	struct symbol *sym = he->ms.sym;
 
-	if (rep->symbol_ipc && sym && !sym->annotate2) {
+	if (rep->symbol_ipc && sym && !symbol__is_annotate2(sym)) {
 		struct evsel *evsel = hists_to_evsel(he->hists);
 
 		symbol__annotate2(&he->ms, evsel, NULL);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index 555247568e7a..7c874a258cb4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -2371,7 +2371,7 @@ static void save_task_callchain(struct perf_sched *sched,
 			if (!strcmp(sym->name, "schedule") ||
 			    !strcmp(sym->name, "__schedule") ||
 			    !strcmp(sym->name, "preempt_schedule"))
-				sym->ignore = 1;
+				symbol__set_ignore(sym, true);
 		}
 
 		callchain_cursor_advance(cursor);
@@ -3035,7 +3035,7 @@ static size_t callchain__fprintf_folded(FILE *fp, struct callchain_node *node)
 	list_for_each_entry(chain, &node->val, list) {
 		if (chain->ip >= PERF_CONTEXT_MAX)
 			continue;
-		if (chain->ms.sym && chain->ms.sym->ignore)
+		if (chain->ms.sym && symbol__ignore(chain->ms.sym))
 			continue;
 		ret += fprintf(fp, "%s%s", first ? "" : sep,
 			       callchain_list__sym_name(chain, bf, sizeof(bf),
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index f6eb543de537..9a0c388a7ec3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ static void ui__warn_map_erange(struct map *map, struct symbol *sym, u64 ip)
 		    "Please report to linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org\n",
 		    ip, dso__long_name(dso), dso__symtab_origin(dso),
 		    map__start(map), map__end(map), sym->start, sym->end,
-		    sym->binding == STB_GLOBAL ? 'g' :
-		    sym->binding == STB_LOCAL  ? 'l' : 'w', sym->name,
+		    symbol__binding(sym) == STB_GLOBAL ? 'g' :
+		    symbol__binding(sym) == STB_LOCAL  ? 'l' : 'w', sym->name,
 		    err ? "[unknown]" : uts.machine,
 		    err ? "[unknown]" : uts.release, perf_version_string);
 	if (use_browser <= 0)
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ static void perf_event__process_sample(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (al.sym == NULL || !al.sym->idle) {
+	if (al.sym == NULL || !symbol__is_idle(al.sym)) {
 		struct hists *hists = evsel__hists(evsel);
 		struct hist_entry_iter iter = {
 			.evsel		= evsel,
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/symbols.c b/tools/perf/tests/symbols.c
index f4ffe5804f40..c09e04f36035 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/symbols.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/symbols.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static int test_dso(struct dso *dso)
 	for (nd = rb_first_cached(dso__symbols(dso)); nd; nd = rb_next(nd)) {
 		struct symbol *sym = rb_entry(nd, struct symbol, rb_node);
 
-		if (sym->type != STT_FUNC && sym->type != STT_GNU_IFUNC)
+		if (symbol__type(sym) != STT_FUNC && symbol__type(sym) != STT_GNU_IFUNC)
 			continue;
 
 		/* Check for overlapping function symbols */
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/vmlinux-kallsyms.c b/tools/perf/tests/vmlinux-kallsyms.c
index 524d46478364..7409abe4aa36 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/vmlinux-kallsyms.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/vmlinux-kallsyms.c
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ static int test__vmlinux_matches_kallsyms(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused
 			 * such as __indirect_thunk_end.
 			 */
 			continue;
-		} else if (is_ignored_symbol(sym->name, sym->type)) {
+		} else if (is_ignored_symbol(sym->name, symbol__type(sym))) {
 			/*
 			 * Ignore hidden symbols, see scripts/kallsyms.c for the details
 			 */
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c
index ea17e6d29a7e..e220c4dfc881 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ int __hist_entry__tui_annotate(struct hist_entry *he, struct map_symbol *ms,
 	if (dso__annotate_warned(dso))
 		return -1;
 
-	if (not_annotated || !sym->annotate2) {
+	if (not_annotated || !symbol__is_annotate2(sym)) {
 		err = symbol__annotate2(ms, evsel, &browser.arch);
 		if (err) {
 			annotate_browser__symbol_annotate_error(&browser, err);
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/map.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/map.c
index c61ba3174a24..075a575cdc5d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/map.c
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ static void map_browser__write(struct ui_browser *browser, void *nd, int row)
 	ui_browser__set_percent_color(browser, 0, current_entry);
 	ui_browser__printf(browser, "%*" PRIx64 " %*" PRIx64 " %c ",
 			   mb->addrlen, sym->start, mb->addrlen, sym->end,
-			   sym->binding == STB_GLOBAL ? 'g' :
-				sym->binding == STB_LOCAL  ? 'l' : 'w');
+			   symbol__binding(sym) == STB_GLOBAL ? 'g' :
+				symbol__binding(sym) == STB_LOCAL  ? 'l' : 'w');
 	width = browser->width - ((mb->addrlen * 2) + 4);
 	if (width > 0)
 		ui_browser__write_nstring(browser, sym->name, width);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
index e745f3034a0e..2ecb514888ba 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ static int __symbol__inc_addr_samples(struct map_symbol *ms,
 	h = annotated_source__histogram(src, evsel);
 	if (h == NULL) {
 		pr_debug("%s(%d): ENOMEM! sym->name=%s, start=%#" PRIx64 ", addr=%#" PRIx64 ", end=%#" PRIx64 ", func: %d\n",
-			 __func__, __LINE__, sym->name, sym->start, addr, sym->end, sym->type == STT_FUNC);
+			 __func__, __LINE__, sym->name, sym->start, addr, sym->end,
+			 symbol__type(sym) == STT_FUNC);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
@@ -2224,7 +2225,7 @@ int symbol__annotate2(struct map_symbol *ms, struct evsel *evsel,
 
 	annotation__init_column_widths(notes, sym);
 	annotation__update_column_widths(notes);
-	sym->annotate2 = 1;
+	symbol__set_annotate2(sym, true);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
index a224687ffbc1..afcdefe95fee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -2663,7 +2663,7 @@ static bool dso_sym_match(struct symbol *sym, const char *name, int *cnt,
 {
 	/* Same name, and global or the n'th found or any */
 	return !arch__compare_symbol_names(name, sym->name) &&
-	       ((!idx && sym->binding == STB_GLOBAL) ||
+	       ((!idx && symbol__binding(sym) == STB_GLOBAL) ||
 		(idx > 0 && ++*cnt == idx) ||
 		idx < 0);
 }
@@ -2681,8 +2681,8 @@ static void print_duplicate_syms(struct dso *dso, const char *sym_name)
 		if (dso_sym_match(sym, sym_name, &cnt, -1)) {
 			pr_err("#%d\t0x%"PRIx64"\t%c\t%s\n",
 			       ++cnt, sym->start,
-			       sym->binding == STB_GLOBAL ? 'g' :
-			       sym->binding == STB_LOCAL  ? 'l' : 'w',
+			       symbol__binding(sym) == STB_GLOBAL ? 'g' :
+			       symbol__binding(sym) == STB_LOCAL  ? 'l' : 'w',
 			       sym->name);
 			near = true;
 		} else if (near) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
index f031cbbeeba8..9a107f42acdd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ static enum match_result match_chain(struct callchain_cursor_node *node,
 			 * symbol start. Otherwise do a faster comparison based
 			 * on the symbol start address.
 			 */
-			if (cnode->ms.sym->inlined || node->ms.sym->inlined) {
+			if (symbol__inlined(cnode->ms.sym) || symbol__inlined(node->ms.sym)) {
 				match = match_chain_strings(cnode->ms.sym->name,
 							    node->ms.sym->name);
 				if (match != MATCH_ERROR)
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ char *callchain_list__sym_name(struct callchain_list *cl,
 	int printed;
 
 	if (cl->ms.sym) {
-		const char *inlined = cl->ms.sym->inlined ? " (inlined)" : "";
+		const char *inlined = symbol__inlined(cl->ms.sym) ? " (inlined)" : "";
 
 		if (show_srcline && cl->srcline)
 			printed = scnprintf(bf, bfsize, "%s %s%s",
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dlfilter.c b/tools/perf/util/dlfilter.c
index dc31b5e7149e..e11e144af62b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dlfilter.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dlfilter.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static void al_to_d_al(struct addr_location *al, struct perf_dlfilter_al *d_al)
 			d_al->symoff = al->addr - map__start(al->map) - sym->start;
 		else
 			d_al->symoff = 0;
-		d_al->sym_binding = sym->binding;
+		d_al->sym_binding = symbol__binding(sym);
 	} else {
 		d_al->sym = NULL;
 		d_al->sym_start = 0;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel_fprintf.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel_fprintf.c
index 5521d00bff2c..0f7a25500a44 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel_fprintf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel_fprintf.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ int sample__fprintf_callchain(struct perf_sample *sample, int left_alignment,
 			sym = node->ms.sym;
 			map = node->ms.map;
 
-			if (sym && sym->ignore && print_skip_ignored)
+			if (sym && symbol__ignore(sym) && print_skip_ignored)
 				goto next;
 
 			printed += fprintf(fp, "%-*.*s", left_alignment, left_alignment, " ");
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ int sample__fprintf_callchain(struct perf_sample *sample, int left_alignment,
 				addr_location__exit(&node_al);
 			}
 
-			if (print_dso && (!sym || !sym->inlined))
+			if (print_dso && (!sym || !symbol__inlined(sym)))
 				printed += map__fprintf_dsoname_dsoff(map, print_dsoff, addr, fp);
 
 			if (print_srcline) {
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ int sample__fprintf_callchain(struct perf_sample *sample, int left_alignment,
 					printed += map__fprintf_srcline(map, addr, "\n  ", fp);
 			}
 
-			if (sym && sym->inlined)
+			if (sym && symbol__inlined(sym))
 				printed += fprintf(fp, " (inlined)");
 
 			if (!print_oneline)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
index fc9eec8b54b8..6a405a9d829c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
@@ -2979,7 +2979,7 @@ static u64 intel_pt_switch_ip(struct intel_pt *pt, u64 *ptss_ip)
 	start = dso__first_symbol(map__dso(map));
 
 	for (sym = start; sym; sym = dso__next_symbol(sym)) {
-		if (sym->binding == STB_GLOBAL &&
+		if (symbol__binding(sym) == STB_GLOBAL &&
 		    !strcmp(sym->name, "__switch_to")) {
 			ip = map__unmap_ip(map, sym->start);
 			if (ip >= map__start(map) && ip < map__end(map)) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index 6d32d3cb5cb7..7e38dde160b7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ static u64 find_entry_trampoline(struct dso *dso)
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	for (; sym; sym = dso__next_symbol(sym)) {
-		if (sym->binding != STB_GLOBAL)
+		if (symbol__binding(sym) != STB_GLOBAL)
 			continue;
 		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(syms); i++) {
 			if (!strcmp(sym->name, syms[i]))
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 34b4badd2c14..11ae4a09412c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ static int find_alternative_probe_point(struct debuginfo *dinfo,
 	map__for_each_symbol_by_name(map, pp->function, sym, idx) {
 		if (uprobes) {
 			address = sym->start;
-			if (sym->type == STT_GNU_IFUNC)
+			if (symbol__type(sym) == STT_GNU_IFUNC)
 				pr_warning("Warning: The probe function (%s) is a GNU indirect function.\n"
 					   "Consider identifying the final function used at run time and set the probe directly on that.\n",
 					   pp->function);
@@ -3189,7 +3189,7 @@ static int find_probe_trace_events_from_map(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 	for (j = 0; j < num_matched_functions; j++) {
 		sym = syms[j];
 
-		if (sym->type != STT_FUNC)
+		if (symbol__type(sym) != STT_FUNC)
 			continue;
 
 		/* There can be duplicated symbols in the map */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
index e261a57b87d4..3e0490030ddd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ static SV *perl_process_callchain(struct perf_sample *sample,
 			}
 			if (!hv_stores(sym, "start",   newSVuv(node->ms.sym->start)) ||
 			    !hv_stores(sym, "end",     newSVuv(node->ms.sym->end)) ||
-			    !hv_stores(sym, "binding", newSVuv(node->ms.sym->binding)) ||
+			    !hv_stores(sym, "binding", newSVuv(symbol__binding(node->ms.sym))) ||
 			    !hv_stores(sym, "name",    newSVpvn(node->ms.sym->name,
 								node->ms.sym->namelen)) ||
 			    !hv_stores(elem, "sym",    newRV_noinc((SV*)sym))) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index 5a30caaec73e..9d62a0921aee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ static PyObject *python_process_callchain(struct perf_sample *sample,
 			pydict_set_item_string_decref(pysym, "end",
 					PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(node->ms.sym->end));
 			pydict_set_item_string_decref(pysym, "binding",
-					_PyLong_FromLong(node->ms.sym->binding));
+					_PyLong_FromLong(symbol__binding(node->ms.sym)));
 			pydict_set_item_string_decref(pysym, "name",
 					_PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(node->ms.sym->name,
 							node->ms.sym->namelen));
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ static int python_export_symbol(struct db_export *dbe, struct symbol *sym,
 	tuple_set_d64(t, 1, dso__db_id(dso));
 	tuple_set_d64(t, 2, sym->start);
 	tuple_set_d64(t, 3, sym->end);
-	tuple_set_s32(t, 4, sym->binding);
+	tuple_set_s32(t, 4, symbol__binding(sym));
 	tuple_set_string(t, 5, sym->name);
 
 	call_object(tables->symbol_handler, t, "symbol_table");
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index 90bc4a31bb55..005e7d85dc4a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ int64_t _sort__sym_cmp(struct symbol *sym_l, struct symbol *sym_r)
 	if (sym_l == sym_r)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (sym_l->inlined || sym_r->inlined) {
+	if (symbol__inlined(sym_l) || symbol__inlined(sym_r)) {
 		int ret = strcmp(sym_l->name, sym_r->name);
 
 		if (ret)
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ static int _hist_entry__sym_snprintf(struct map_symbol *ms,
 
 	ret += repsep_snprintf(bf + ret, size - ret, "[%c] ", level);
 	if (sym && map) {
-		if (sym->type == STT_OBJECT) {
+		if (symbol__type(sym) == STT_OBJECT) {
 			ret += repsep_snprintf(bf + ret, size - ret, "%s", sym->name);
 			ret += repsep_snprintf(bf + ret, size - ret, "+0x%llx",
 					ip - map__unmap_ip(map, sym->start));
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ static int _hist_entry__sym_snprintf(struct map_symbol *ms,
 			ret += repsep_snprintf(bf + ret, size - ret, "%.*s",
 					       width - ret,
 					       sym->name);
-			if (sym->inlined)
+			if (symbol__inlined(sym))
 				ret += repsep_snprintf(bf + ret, size - ret,
 						       " (inlined)");
 		}
@@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@ static int _hist_entry__addr_snprintf(struct map_symbol *ms,
 
 	ret += repsep_snprintf(bf + ret, size - ret, "[%c] ", level);
 	if (sym && map) {
-		if (sym->type == STT_OBJECT) {
+		if (symbol__type(sym) == STT_OBJECT) {
 			ret += repsep_snprintf(bf + ret, size - ret, "%s", sym->name);
 			ret += repsep_snprintf(bf + ret, size - ret, "+0x%llx",
 					ip - map__unmap_ip(map, sym->start));
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/srcline.c b/tools/perf/util/srcline.c
index db164d258163..877d4889cd0d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/srcline.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/srcline.c
@@ -113,16 +113,16 @@ struct symbol *new_inline_sym(struct dso *dso,
 		/* ensure that we don't alias an inlined symbol, which could
 		 * lead to double frees in inline_node__delete
 		 */
-		assert(!base_sym->inlined);
+		assert(!symbol__inlined(base_sym));
 	} else {
 		/* create a fake symbol for the inline frame */
 		inline_sym = symbol__new(base_sym ? base_sym->start : 0,
 					 base_sym ? (base_sym->end - base_sym->start) : 0,
-					 base_sym ? base_sym->binding : 0,
-					 base_sym ? base_sym->type : 0,
+					 base_sym ? symbol__binding(base_sym) : 0,
+					 base_sym ? symbol__type(base_sym) : 0,
 					 funcname);
 		if (inline_sym)
-			inline_sym->inlined = 1;
+			symbol__set_inlined(inline_sym, true);
 	}
 
 	free(demangled);
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ void inline_node__delete(struct inline_node *node)
 		list_del_init(&ilist->list);
 		zfree_srcline(&ilist->srcline);
 		/* only the inlined symbols are owned by the list */
-		if (ilist->symbol && ilist->symbol->inlined)
+		if (ilist->symbol && symbol__inlined(ilist->symbol))
 			symbol__delete(ilist->symbol);
 		free(ilist);
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index 7afa8a117139..a9045d6fcb95 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -350,7 +350,8 @@ static bool get_ifunc_name(Elf *elf, struct dso *dso, GElf_Ehdr *ehdr,
 	sym = dso__find_symbol_nocache(dso, addr);
 
 	/* Expecting the address to be an IFUNC or IFUNC alias */
-	if (!sym || sym->start != addr || (sym->type != STT_GNU_IFUNC && !sym->ifunc_alias))
+	if (!sym || sym->start != addr ||
+	    (symbol__type(sym) != STT_GNU_IFUNC && !symbol__ifunc_alias(sym)))
 		return false;
 
 	snprintf(buf, buf_sz, "%s@plt", sym->name);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index fabed5b0fa57..4702b8989354 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 static int dso__load_kernel_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map);
 static int dso__load_guest_kernel_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map);
-static bool symbol__is_idle(const char *name);
+static bool symbol__compute_is_idle(const char *name);
 
 int vmlinux_path__nr_entries;
 char **vmlinux_path;
@@ -163,24 +163,24 @@ static int choose_best_symbol(struct symbol *syma, struct symbol *symb)
 	else if ((a == 0) && (b > 0))
 		return SYMBOL_B;
 
-	if (syma->type != symb->type) {
-		if (syma->type == STT_NOTYPE)
+	if (symbol__type(syma) != symbol__type(symb)) {
+		if (symbol__type(syma) == STT_NOTYPE)
 			return SYMBOL_B;
-		if (symb->type == STT_NOTYPE)
+		if (symbol__type(symb) == STT_NOTYPE)
 			return SYMBOL_A;
 	}
 
 	/* Prefer a non weak symbol over a weak one */
-	a = syma->binding == STB_WEAK;
-	b = symb->binding == STB_WEAK;
+	a = symbol__binding(syma) == STB_WEAK;
+	b = symbol__binding(symb) == STB_WEAK;
 	if (b && !a)
 		return SYMBOL_A;
 	if (a && !b)
 		return SYMBOL_B;
 
 	/* Prefer a global symbol over a non global one */
-	a = syma->binding == STB_GLOBAL;
-	b = symb->binding == STB_GLOBAL;
+	a = symbol__binding(syma) == STB_GLOBAL;
+	b = symbol__binding(symb) == STB_GLOBAL;
 	if (a && !b)
 		return SYMBOL_A;
 	if (b && !a)
@@ -227,14 +227,14 @@ void symbols__fixup_duplicate(struct rb_root_cached *symbols)
 			continue;
 
 		if (choose_best_symbol(curr, next) == SYMBOL_A) {
-			if (next->type == STT_GNU_IFUNC)
-				curr->ifunc_alias = true;
+			if (symbol__type(next) == STT_GNU_IFUNC)
+				symbol__set_ifunc_alias(curr, true);
 			rb_erase_cached(&next->rb_node, symbols);
 			symbol__delete(next);
 			goto again;
 		} else {
-			if (curr->type == STT_GNU_IFUNC)
-				next->ifunc_alias = true;
+			if (symbol__type(curr) == STT_GNU_IFUNC)
+				symbol__set_ifunc_alias(next, true);
 			nd = rb_next(&curr->rb_node);
 			rb_erase_cached(&curr->rb_node, symbols);
 			symbol__delete(curr);
@@ -322,8 +322,8 @@ struct symbol *symbol__new(u64 start, u64 len, u8 binding, u8 type, const char *
 
 	sym->start   = start;
 	sym->end     = len ? start + len : start;
-	sym->type    = type;
-	sym->binding = binding;
+	atomic_init(&sym->flags, (type << SYMBOL_FLAG_TYPE_SHIFT) |
+				 (binding << SYMBOL_FLAG_BINDING_SHIFT));
 	sym->namelen = namelen - 1;
 
 	pr_debug4("%s: %s %#" PRIx64 "-%#" PRIx64 "\n",
@@ -345,6 +345,49 @@ void symbol__delete(struct symbol *sym)
 	free(((void *)sym) - symbol_conf.priv_size);
 }
 
+void symbol__set_ignore(struct symbol *sym, bool ignore)
+{
+	if (ignore)
+		atomic_fetch_or(&sym->flags, SYMBOL_FLAG_IGNORE);
+	else
+		atomic_fetch_and(&sym->flags, ~SYMBOL_FLAG_IGNORE);
+}
+
+void symbol__set_annotate2(struct symbol *sym, bool annotate2)
+{
+	if (annotate2)
+		atomic_fetch_or(&sym->flags, SYMBOL_FLAG_ANNOTATE2);
+	else
+		atomic_fetch_and(&sym->flags, ~SYMBOL_FLAG_ANNOTATE2);
+}
+
+void symbol__set_inlined(struct symbol *sym, bool inlined)
+{
+	if (inlined)
+		atomic_fetch_or(&sym->flags, SYMBOL_FLAG_INLINED);
+	else
+		atomic_fetch_and(&sym->flags, ~SYMBOL_FLAG_INLINED);
+}
+
+void symbol__set_ifunc_alias(struct symbol *sym, bool ifunc_alias)
+{
+	if (ifunc_alias)
+		atomic_fetch_or(&sym->flags, SYMBOL_FLAG_IFUNC_ALIAS);
+	else
+		atomic_fetch_and(&sym->flags, ~SYMBOL_FLAG_IFUNC_ALIAS);
+}
+
+static void symbol__set_idle(struct symbol *sym, bool idle)
+{
+	uint16_t old_flags = atomic_load(&sym->flags);
+	uint16_t new_flags;
+	uint16_t idle_val = idle ? SYMBOL_IDLE__IDLE : SYMBOL_IDLE__NOT_IDLE;
+
+	do {
+		new_flags = old_flags & ~SYMBOL_FLAG_IDLE_MASK;
+		new_flags |= (idle_val << SYMBOL_FLAG_IDLE_SHIFT);
+	} while (!atomic_compare_exchange_weak(&sym->flags, &old_flags, new_flags));
+}
 void symbols__delete(struct rb_root_cached *symbols)
 {
 	struct symbol *pos;
@@ -375,7 +418,7 @@ void __symbols__insert(struct rb_root_cached *symbols,
 		 */
 		if (name[0] == '.')
 			name++;
-		sym->idle = symbol__is_idle(name);
+		symbol__set_idle(sym, symbol__compute_is_idle(name));
 	}
 
 	while (*p != NULL) {
@@ -717,11 +760,19 @@ int modules__parse(const char *filename, void *arg,
 	return err;
 }
 
+bool symbol__is_idle(const struct symbol *sym)
+{
+	uint16_t flags = atomic_load(&sym->flags);
+	uint16_t idle_val = (flags & SYMBOL_FLAG_IDLE_MASK) >> SYMBOL_FLAG_IDLE_SHIFT;
+
+	return idle_val == SYMBOL_IDLE__IDLE;
+}
+
 /*
  * These are symbols in the kernel image, so make sure that
  * sym is from a kernel DSO.
  */
-static bool symbol__is_idle(const char *name)
+static bool symbol__compute_is_idle(const char *name)
 {
 	const char * const idle_symbols[] = {
 		"acpi_idle_do_entry",
@@ -2492,6 +2543,7 @@ void symbol__exit(void)
 {
 	if (!symbol_conf.initialized)
 		return;
+
 	strlist__delete(symbol_conf.bt_stop_list);
 	strlist__delete(symbol_conf.sym_list);
 	strlist__delete(symbol_conf.dso_list);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index bd6eb90c8668..a199646f21f7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdatomic.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -43,6 +44,23 @@ Elf_Scn *elf_section_by_name(Elf *elf, GElf_Ehdr *ep,
 			     GElf_Shdr *shp, const char *name, size_t *idx);
 #endif
 
+enum symbol_idle_kind {
+	SYMBOL_IDLE__UNKNOWN = 0,
+	SYMBOL_IDLE__NOT_IDLE = 1,
+	SYMBOL_IDLE__IDLE = 2,
+};
+
+#define SYMBOL_FLAG_TYPE_SHIFT      0
+#define SYMBOL_FLAG_TYPE_MASK       (0xF << SYMBOL_FLAG_TYPE_SHIFT)
+#define SYMBOL_FLAG_BINDING_SHIFT   4
+#define SYMBOL_FLAG_BINDING_MASK    (0xF << SYMBOL_FLAG_BINDING_SHIFT)
+#define SYMBOL_FLAG_IDLE_SHIFT      8
+#define SYMBOL_FLAG_IDLE_MASK       (0x3 << SYMBOL_FLAG_IDLE_SHIFT)
+#define SYMBOL_FLAG_IGNORE          (1 << 10)
+#define SYMBOL_FLAG_INLINED         (1 << 11)
+#define SYMBOL_FLAG_ANNOTATE2       (1 << 12)
+#define SYMBOL_FLAG_IFUNC_ALIAS     (1 << 13)
+
 /**
  * A symtab entry. When allocated this may be preceded by an annotation (see
  * symbol__annotation) and/or a browser_index (see symbol__browser_index).
@@ -54,20 +72,7 @@ struct symbol {
 	u64		end;
 	/** Length of the string name. */
 	u16		namelen;
-	/** ELF symbol type as defined for st_info. E.g STT_OBJECT or STT_FUNC. */
-	u8		type:4;
-	/** ELF binding type as defined for st_info. E.g. STB_WEAK or STB_GLOBAL. */
-	u8		binding:4;
-	/** Set true for kernel symbols of idle routines. */
-	u8		idle:1;
-	/** Resolvable but tools ignore it (e.g. idle routines). */
-	u8		ignore:1;
-	/** Symbol for an inlined function. */
-	u8		inlined:1;
-	/** Has symbol__annotate2 been performed. */
-	u8		annotate2:1;
-	/** Symbol is an alias of an STT_GNU_IFUNC */
-	u8		ifunc_alias:1;
+	_Atomic uint16_t flags;
 	/** Architecture specific. Unused except on PPC where it holds st_other. */
 	u8		arch_sym;
 	/** The name of length namelen associated with the symbol. */
@@ -77,6 +82,43 @@ struct symbol {
 void symbol__delete(struct symbol *sym);
 void symbols__delete(struct rb_root_cached *symbols);
 
+static inline u8 symbol__type(const struct symbol *sym)
+{
+	return (atomic_load(&sym->flags) & SYMBOL_FLAG_TYPE_MASK) >> SYMBOL_FLAG_TYPE_SHIFT;
+}
+
+static inline u8 symbol__binding(const struct symbol *sym)
+{
+	return (atomic_load(&sym->flags) & SYMBOL_FLAG_BINDING_MASK) >> SYMBOL_FLAG_BINDING_SHIFT;
+}
+
+static inline bool symbol__ignore(const struct symbol *sym)
+{
+	return (atomic_load(&sym->flags) & SYMBOL_FLAG_IGNORE) != 0;
+}
+
+static inline bool symbol__inlined(const struct symbol *sym)
+{
+	return (atomic_load(&sym->flags) & SYMBOL_FLAG_INLINED) != 0;
+}
+
+static inline bool symbol__is_annotate2(const struct symbol *sym)
+{
+	return (atomic_load(&sym->flags) & SYMBOL_FLAG_ANNOTATE2) != 0;
+}
+
+static inline bool symbol__ifunc_alias(const struct symbol *sym)
+{
+	return (atomic_load(&sym->flags) & SYMBOL_FLAG_IFUNC_ALIAS) != 0;
+}
+
+bool symbol__is_idle(const struct symbol *sym);
+
+void symbol__set_ignore(struct symbol *sym, bool ignore);
+void symbol__set_annotate2(struct symbol *sym, bool annotate2);
+void symbol__set_inlined(struct symbol *sym, bool inlined);
+void symbol__set_ifunc_alias(struct symbol *sym, bool ifunc_alias);
+
 /* symbols__for_each_entry - iterate over symbols (rb_root)
  *
  * @symbols: the rb_root of symbols
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol_fprintf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol_fprintf.c
index 53e1af4ed9ac..4dc8d5761f52 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol_fprintf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol_fprintf.c
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ size_t symbol__fprintf(struct symbol *sym, FILE *fp)
 {
 	return fprintf(fp, " %" PRIx64 "-%" PRIx64 " %c %s\n",
 		       sym->start, sym->end,
-		       sym->binding == STB_GLOBAL ? 'g' :
-		       sym->binding == STB_LOCAL  ? 'l' : 'w',
+		       symbol__binding(sym) == STB_GLOBAL ? 'g' :
+		       symbol__binding(sym) == STB_LOCAL  ? 'l' : 'w',
 		       sym->name);
 }
 
-- 
2.54.0.545.g6539524ca2-goog