Re: [V4 05/16] tools/perf: Add disasm_line__parse to parse raw instruction for powerpc

Namhyung Kim
2024-06-25T18:45:14Z

On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 06:12:51PM +0530, Athira Rajeev wrote:
>
>
> > On 25 Jun 2024, at 11:09 AM, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 10:56:20PM +0530, Athira Rajeev wrote:
> >> Currently, the perf tool infrastructure disasm_line__parse function to
> >> parse disassembled line.
> >>
> >> Example snippet from objdump:
> >> objdump --start-address= --stop-address= -d --no-show-raw-insn -C <vmlinux>
> >>
> >> c0000000010224b4: lwz r10,0(r9)
> >>
> >> This line "lwz r10,0(r9)" is parsed to extract instruction name,
> >> registers names and offset. In powerpc, the approach for data type
> >> profiling uses raw instruction instead of result from objdump to identify
> >> the instruction category and extract the source/target registers.
> >>
> >> Example: 38 01 81 e8 ld r4,312(r1)
> >>
> >> Here "38 01 81 e8" is the raw instruction representation. Add function
> >> "disasm_line__parse_powerpc" to handle parsing of raw instruction.
> >> Also update "struct disasm_line" to save the binary code/
> >> With the change, function captures:
> >>
> >> line -> "38 01 81 e8 ld r4,312(r1)"
> >> raw instruction "38 01 81 e8"
> >>
> >> Raw instruction is used later to extract the reg/offset fields. Macros
> >> are added to extract opcode and register fields. "struct disasm_line"
> >> is updated to carry union of "bytes" and "raw_insn" of 32 bit to carry raw
> >> code (raw). Function "disasm_line__parse_powerpc fills the raw
> >> instruction hex value and can use macros to get opcode. There is no
> >> changes in existing code paths, which parses the disassembled code.
> >> The architecture using the instruction name and present approach is
> >> not altered. Since this approach targets powerpc, the macro
> >> implementation is added for powerpc as of now.
> >>
> >> Since the disasm_line__parse is used in other cases (perf annotate) and
> >> not only data tye profiling, the powerpc callback includes changes to
> >> work with binary code as well as mneumonic representation. Also in case
> >> if the DSO read fails and libcapstone is not supported, the approach
> >> fallback to use objdump as option. Hence as option, patch has changes to
> >> ensure objdump option also works well.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> >> ---
> >> tools/include/linux/string.h | 2 +
> >> tools/lib/string.c | 13 ++++
> >> .../perf/arch/powerpc/annotate/instructions.c | 1 +
> >> tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/dwarf-regs.c | 9 +++
> >> tools/perf/util/annotate.h | 5 +-
> >> tools/perf/util/disasm.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++++-
> >> 6 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/tools/include/linux/string.h b/tools/include/linux/string.h
> >> index db5c99318c79..0acb1fc14e19 100644
> >> --- a/tools/include/linux/string.h
> >> +++ b/tools/include/linux/string.h
> >> @@ -46,5 +46,7 @@ extern char * __must_check skip_spaces(const char *);
> >>
> >> extern char *strim(char *);
> >>
> >> +extern void remove_spaces(char *s);
> >> +
> >> extern void *memchr_inv(const void *start, int c, size_t bytes);
> >> #endif /* _TOOLS_LINUX_STRING_H_ */
> >> diff --git a/tools/lib/string.c b/tools/lib/string.c
> >> index 8b6892f959ab..3126d2cff716 100644
> >> --- a/tools/lib/string.c
> >> +++ b/tools/lib/string.c
> >> @@ -153,6 +153,19 @@ char *strim(char *s)
> >> return skip_spaces(s);
> >> }
> >>
> >> +/*
> >> + * remove_spaces - Removes whitespaces from @s
> >> + */
> >> +void remove_spaces(char *s)
> >> +{
> >> + char *d = s;
> >> +
> >> + do {
> >> + while (*d == ' ')
> >> + ++d;
> >> + } while ((*s++ = *d++));
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> /**
> >> * strreplace - Replace all occurrences of character in string.
> >> * @s: The string to operate on.
> >> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/annotate/instructions.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/annotate/instructions.c
> >> index a3f423c27cae..d57fd023ef9c 100644
> >> --- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/annotate/instructions.c
> >> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/annotate/instructions.c
> >> @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ static int powerpc__annotate_init(struct arch *arch, char *cpuid __maybe_unused)
> >> arch->initialized = true;
> >> arch->associate_instruction_ops = powerpc__associate_instruction_ops;
> >> arch->objdump.comment_char = '#';
> >> + annotate_opts.show_asm_raw = true;
> >
> > Right, I think this will add the raw insn in the output of objdump, no?
> > Why not using the information?
>
> Shared response in previous patch

Ok, now I understand it's a fallback. :)

> >
> >> }
> >>
> >> return 0;
> >> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/dwarf-regs.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/dwarf-regs.c
> >> index 0c4f4caf53ac..430623ca5612 100644
> >> --- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/dwarf-regs.c
> >> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/dwarf-regs.c
> >> @@ -98,3 +98,12 @@ int regs_query_register_offset(const char *name)
> >> return roff->ptregs_offset;
> >> return -EINVAL;
> >> }
> >> +
> >> +#define PPC_OP(op) (((op) >> 26) & 0x3F)
> >> +#define PPC_RA(a) (((a) >> 16) & 0x1f)
> >> +#define PPC_RT(t) (((t) >> 21) & 0x1f)
> >> +#define PPC_RB(b) (((b) >> 11) & 0x1f)
> >> +#define PPC_D(D) ((D) & 0xfffe)
> >> +#define PPC_DS(DS) ((DS) & 0xfffc)
> >> +#define OP_LD 58
> >> +#define OP_STD 62
> >> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.h b/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
> >> index d5c821c22f79..9ba772f46270 100644
> >> --- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
> >> +++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
> >> @@ -113,7 +113,10 @@ struct annotation_line {
> >> struct disasm_line {
> >> struct ins ins;
> >> struct ins_operands ops;
> >> -
> >> + union {
> >> + u8 bytes[4];
> >> + u32 raw_insn;
> >> + } raw;
> >> /* This needs to be at the end. */
> >> struct annotation_line al;
> >> };
> >> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/disasm.c b/tools/perf/util/disasm.c
> >> index b81cdcf4d6b4..1e8568738b38 100644
> >> --- a/tools/perf/util/disasm.c
> >> +++ b/tools/perf/util/disasm.c
> >> @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ static int call__scnprintf(struct ins *ins, char *bf, size_t size,
> >>
> >> static void ins__sort(struct arch *arch);
> >> static int disasm_line__parse(char *line, const char **namep, char **rawp);
> >> +static int disasm_line__parse_powerpc(struct disasm_line *dl);
> >>
> >> static __attribute__((constructor)) void symbol__init_regexpr(void)
> >> {
> >> @@ -844,6 +845,59 @@ static int disasm_line__parse(char *line, const char **namep, char **rawp)
> >> return -1;
> >> }
> >>
> >> +/*
> >> + * Parses the result captured from symbol__disassemble_*
> >> + * Example, line read from DSO file in powerpc:
> >> + * line: 38 01 81 e8
> >> + * opcode: fetched from arch specific get_opcode_insn
> >> + * rawp_insn: e8810138
> >> + *
> >> + * rawp_insn is used later to extract the reg/offset fields
> >> + */
> >> +#define PPC_OP(op) (((op) >> 26) & 0x3F)
> >> +
> >> +static int disasm_line__parse_powerpc(struct disasm_line *dl)
> >> +{
> >> + char *line = dl->al.line;
> >> + const char **namep = &dl->ins.name;
> >> + char **rawp = &dl->ops.raw;
> >> + char tmp, *tmp_raw_insn, *name_raw_insn = skip_spaces(line);
> >> + char *name = skip_spaces(name_raw_insn + 11);
> >> + int objdump = 0;
> >> +
> >> + if (strlen(line) > 11)
> >> + objdump = 1;
> >> +
> >> + if (name_raw_insn[0] == '\0')
> >> + return -1;
> >> +
> >> + if (objdump) {
> >> + *rawp = name + 1;
> >> + while ((*rawp)[0] != '\0' && !isspace((*rawp)[0]))
> >> + ++*rawp;
> >> + tmp = (*rawp)[0];
> >> + (*rawp)[0] = '\0';
> >> +
> >> + *namep = strdup(name);
> >> + if (*namep == NULL)
> >> + return -1;
> >> +
> >> + (*rawp)[0] = tmp;
> >> + *rawp = strim(*rawp);
> >> + } else
> >> + *namep = "";

Then can you handle this logic under if (annotate_opts.show_raw_insn)
in disasm_line__parse() instead of adding a new function?

Thanks,
Namhyung

> >> +
> >> + tmp_raw_insn = strdup(name_raw_insn);
> >> + tmp_raw_insn[11] = '\0';
> >> + remove_spaces(tmp_raw_insn);
> >> +
> >> + dl->raw.raw_insn = strtol(tmp_raw_insn, NULL, 16);
> >> + if (objdump)
> >> + dl->raw.raw_insn = be32_to_cpu(strtol(tmp_raw_insn, NULL, 16));
> >
> > Hmm.. can you use a sscanf() instead?
> >
> > sscanf(line, "%x %x %x %x", &dl->raw.bytes[0], &dl->raw.bytes[1], ...)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Namhyung
> >
> Sure will address in V5
>
> Thanks
> Athira
> >> +
> >> + return 0;
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> static void annotation_line__init(struct annotation_line *al,
> >> struct annotate_args *args,
> >> int nr)
> >> @@ -897,7 +951,10 @@ struct disasm_line *disasm_line__new(struct annotate_args *args)
> >> goto out_delete;
> >>
> >> if (args->offset != -1) {
> >> - if (disasm_line__parse(dl->al.line, &dl->ins.name, &dl->ops.raw) < 0)
> >> + if (arch__is(args->arch, "powerpc")) {
> >> + if (disasm_line__parse_powerpc(dl) < 0)
> >> + goto out_free_line;
> >> + } else if (disasm_line__parse(dl->al.line, &dl->ins.name, &dl->ops.raw) < 0)
> >> goto out_free_line;
> >>
> >> disasm_line__init_ins(dl, args->arch, &args->ms);
> >> --
> >> 2.43.0
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