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

Athira Rajeev
2024-06-25T12:43:22Z

> 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
>
>> }
>>
>> 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 = "";
>> +
>> + 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