[PATCH v2 02/11] perf dwarf-aux: Preserve typedefs in match_var_offset
From: Zecheng Li
Date: Mon Mar 09 2026 - 13:58:47 EST
From: Zecheng Li <zecheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Preserve typedefs in match_var_offset to match the results by
__die_get_real_type. Also move the (offset == 0) branch after the
is_pointer check to ensure the correct type is used, fixing cases where
an incorrect pointer type was chosen when the access offset was 0.
Signed-off-by: Zecheng Li <zecheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Zecheng Li <zli94@xxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c | 26 +++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
index 38142062d6e5..3b0fc9038f19 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
@@ -1405,6 +1405,8 @@ struct find_var_data {
Dwarf_Addr addr;
/* Target register */
unsigned reg;
+ /* Access data type */
+ Dwarf_Die type;
/* Access offset, set for global data */
int offset;
/* True if the current register is the frame base */
@@ -1417,29 +1419,31 @@ struct find_var_data {
static bool match_var_offset(Dwarf_Die *die_mem, struct find_var_data *data,
s64 addr_offset, s64 addr_type, bool is_pointer)
{
- Dwarf_Die type_die;
Dwarf_Word size;
+ Dwarf_Die ptr_die;
+ Dwarf_Die *ptr_type;
s64 offset = addr_offset - addr_type;
- if (offset == 0) {
- /* Update offset relative to the start of the variable */
- data->offset = 0;
- return true;
- }
-
if (offset < 0)
return false;
- if (die_get_real_type(die_mem, &type_die) == NULL)
+ if (__die_get_real_type(die_mem, &data->type) == NULL)
return false;
- if (is_pointer && dwarf_tag(&type_die) == DW_TAG_pointer_type) {
+ ptr_type = die_get_pointer_type(&data->type, &ptr_die);
+ if (is_pointer && ptr_type) {
/* Get the target type of the pointer */
- if (die_get_real_type(&type_die, &type_die) == NULL)
+ if (__die_get_real_type(ptr_type, &data->type) == NULL)
return false;
}
- if (dwarf_aggregate_size(&type_die, &size) < 0)
+ if (offset == 0) {
+ /* Update offset relative to the start of the variable */
+ data->offset = 0;
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ if (dwarf_aggregate_size(&data->type, &size) < 0)
return false;
if ((u64)offset >= size)
--
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