Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf annotate: Fallback to objdump when capstone fails

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Thu Apr 25 2024 - 10:03:23 EST


On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 05:51:56PM -0700, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> I found some cases that capstone failed to disassemble. Probably my
> capstone is an old version but anyway there's a chance it can fail. And
> then it silently stopped in the middle. In my case, it didn't
> understand "RDPKRU" instruction.
>
> Let's check if the capstone disassemble reached to the end of the
> function. And fallback to objdump if not.

Humm:

⬢[acme@toolbox perf-tools-next]$ git am ./20240424_namhyung_perf_annotate_fallback_to_objdump_when_capstone_fails.mbx
Applying: perf annotate: Fallback to objdump when capstone fails
Applying: perf annotate: Update dso binary type when try build-id
error: patch failed: tools/perf/util/disasm.c:1156
error: tools/perf/util/disasm.c: patch does not apply
Patch failed at 0002 perf annotate: Update dso binary type when try build-id
hint: Use 'git am --show-current-patch=diff' to see the failed patch
When you have resolved this problem, run "git am --continue".
If you prefer to skip this patch, run "git am --skip" instead.
To restore the original branch and stop patching, run "git am --abort".
⬢[acme@toolbox perf-tools-next]$ git am --abort
⬢[acme@toolbox perf-tools-next]$

checking...

- Arnado

> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/util/disasm.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/disasm.c b/tools/perf/util/disasm.c
> index 92937809be85..412101f2cf2a 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/disasm.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/disasm.c
> @@ -1542,6 +1542,20 @@ static int symbol__disassemble_capstone(char *filename, struct symbol *sym,
> offset += insn[i].size;
> }
>
> + /* It failed in the middle: probably due to unknown instructions */
> + if (offset != len) {
> + struct list_head *list = &notes->src->source;
> +
> + /* Discard all lines and fallback to objdump */
> + while (!list_empty(list)) {
> + dl = list_first_entry(list, struct disasm_line, al.node);
> +
> + list_del_init(&dl->al.node);
> + disasm_line__free(dl);
> + }
> + count = -1;
> + }
> +
> out:
> if (needs_cs_close)
> cs_close(&handle);
> --
> 2.44.0.769.g3c40516874-goog