[PATCH v5 v5 8/9] perf c2c: add function view browser UI and cacheline detail

From: Jiebin Sun

Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 05:11:38 EST


Add the browser front end: create/run/delete the hist_browser and add the
title. The d shortcut opens the existing per-cacheline detail view for the
selected level-3 cacheline. Level-3 entries retain the source cacheline
index, so the shortcut can locate the original entry without relying on a
potentially ambiguous virtual address.

Require `iaddr` in the cacheline coalescing fields before building the
view. Without it, the detail histograms may already have merged samples
from different functions and cannot support reliable function attribution.

Keep visible-row accounting local to the function view by wrapping the
generic browser refresh callback and recounting the currently reachable
hierarchy before each redraw. This keeps navigation correct when a level-1
row is collapsed while level-3 descendants remain expanded, without adding
C2C-specific hooks to the shared hist_browser or enabling report_hierarchy
and its incompatible ownership rules. Also handle Ctrl-C like the other
function-view exit keys.

Wire the builder into perf_c2c__browse_function_view() and refuse to run
under report_hierarchy, whose hist_entry__delete() recursion would put the
borrowed child references.

Signed-off-by: Jiebin Sun <jiebin.sun@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Falcon <thomas.falcon@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Tianyou Li <tianyou.li@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Wangyang Guo <wangyang.guo@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/ui/browsers/c2c-function.c | 239 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 236 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/c2c-function.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/c2c-function.c
index 9a95355eedf5..44fb072fa937 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/c2c-function.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/c2c-function.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/ttydefaults.h>
#include <tools/libc_compat.h> /* reallocarray */
#include <asm/bug.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ static struct perf_c2c_ext c2c_ext;

struct c2c_function_browser {
struct hist_browser hb;
+ unsigned int (*orig_refresh)(struct ui_browser *browser);
};

static inline u64 c2c_hitm_count(const struct c2c_stats *stats)
@@ -93,6 +95,10 @@ static inline u64 hist_entry__iaddr(struct hist_entry *he)
return he->ip;
}

+/*
+ * Hierarchy levels (by depth): L1 = read-side function, L2 = the writing
+ * function it contends with, L3 = the specific shared cacheline.
+ */
static inline bool hist_entry__is_cacheline(struct hist_entry *he)
{
return he->parent_he && he->parent_he->parent_he; /* level 3: cacheline */
@@ -701,6 +707,7 @@ c2c_function_hists__reinit(struct c2c_hists *c2c_hists,
return function_hpp_list__parse(&c2c_hists->list, output, sort, env);
}

+/* Welford online merge of two "stats" (from util/stat.h) accumulators. */
static void c2c_stats_merge(struct stats *dest, const struct stats *src)
{
double delta;
@@ -1440,6 +1447,58 @@ static void c2c_function__update_symbol_width(struct hist_entry *he)
hists__set_col_len(hists, HISTC_SYMBOL, need);
}

+/*
+ * Count visible entries in @root, descending only through visible, unfolded
+ * parents. Match hists__filter_entries(), which drives generic browser
+ * navigation, so the count cannot include rows the browser skips.
+ */
+static u64
+c2c_function__nr_visible_rows(struct rb_root_cached *root, float min_pcnt)
+{
+ struct rb_node *nd;
+ u64 rows = 0;
+
+ for (nd = rb_first_cached(root); nd; nd = rb_next(nd)) {
+ struct hist_entry *he = rb_entry(nd, struct hist_entry, rb_node);
+
+ /*
+ * The generic refresh folds filtered parents and therefore hides
+ * their subtree. A percentage-rejected parent is merely skipped;
+ * if it is unfolded, qualifying descendants are still rendered.
+ */
+ if (he->filtered)
+ continue;
+
+ if (hist_entry__get_percent_limit(he) >= min_pcnt)
+ rows++;
+ if (he->has_children && he->unfolded)
+ rows += c2c_function__nr_visible_rows(&he->hroot_out,
+ min_pcnt);
+ }
+ return rows;
+}
+
+static void
+c2c_function_browser__update_nr_entries(struct c2c_function_browser *browser)
+{
+ u64 nr_entries;
+
+ nr_entries = c2c_function__nr_visible_rows(&browser->hb.hists->entries,
+ browser->hb.min_pcnt);
+ browser->hb.nr_non_filtered_entries = nr_entries;
+ browser->hb.b.nr_entries = nr_entries;
+}
+
+static unsigned int c2c_function_browser__refresh(struct ui_browser *ui_browser)
+{
+ struct hist_browser *hist_browser = container_of(ui_browser, struct hist_browser, b);
+ struct c2c_function_browser *browser;
+
+ browser = container_of(hist_browser, struct c2c_function_browser, hb);
+ c2c_function_browser__update_nr_entries(browser);
+ return browser->orig_refresh(ui_browser);
+}
+
/*
* Prune writers with no stores, drop functions left with no contending
* writer, sort the survivors by store count, then compute the global total.
@@ -1512,7 +1571,7 @@ static void c2c_function_hists__reset(void)
* L2: writing functions contending with each level-1 function
* L3: shared cachelines for each function pair
*/
-static int __maybe_unused build_function_view_hierarchy(void)
+static int build_function_view_hierarchy(void)
{
static const char output_fields[] =
"cycles_percent,total_stores,symbol_view";
@@ -1591,8 +1650,182 @@ static int __maybe_unused build_function_view_hierarchy(void)
return ret;
}

-int perf_c2c__browse_function_view(void)
+static int c2c_function_browser__title(struct hist_browser *browser,
+ char *bf, size_t size)
{
- ui__warning("C2C function view is not implemented yet.\n");
+ scnprintf(bf, size,
+ "Shared Data Functions Table (%" PRIu64 " entries, sorted on Cycles %%)",
+ browser->hists->nr_non_filtered_entries);
return 0;
}
+
+static struct c2c_function_browser *c2c_function_browser__new(struct hists *hists)
+{
+ struct c2c_function_browser *browser;
+
+ if (!hists)
+ return NULL;
+
+ browser = zalloc(sizeof(*browser));
+ if (!browser)
+ return NULL;
+
+ hist_browser__init(&browser->hb, hists);
+ browser->orig_refresh = browser->hb.b.refresh;
+ browser->hb.b.refresh = c2c_function_browser__refresh;
+
+ browser->hb.title = c2c_function_browser__title;
+ browser->hb.c2c_filter = true;
+ browser->hb.show_headers = true;
+ /* Keep title line count consistent with forcing headers on. */
+ browser->hb.b.extra_title_lines = hists->hpp_list->nr_header_lines;
+ browser->hb.min_pcnt = 0.0;
+
+ /*
+ * Note: symbol_conf.report_hierarchy is deliberately left unset.
+ * The generic browser still descends into hroot_out children via
+ * rb_hierarchy_next()/can_goto_child(), which key off he->unfolded,
+ * so 'e'/'+' expands L1 -> L2 -> L3 correctly. Setting the flag would
+ * additionally make hist_entry__delete() recurse hroot_out and free
+ * each child, but our children borrow thread/ms (see
+ * c2c_child_entry__alloc()), so that would underflow their refcounts.
+ * Teardown is handled by c2c_he__free_hierarchy() instead.
+ */
+ return browser;
+}
+
+/*
+ * c2c_function_browser__delete - Free function browser
+ */
+static void c2c_function_browser__delete(struct c2c_function_browser *browser)
+{
+ free(browser);
+}
+
+static int c2c_function_browser__browse_cacheline_detail(struct hist_entry *he_selection)
+{
+ struct c2c_hist_entry *c2c_he;
+ struct rb_node *nd;
+
+ if (!he_selection || !he_selection->parent_he ||
+ !he_selection->parent_he->parent_he)
+ return -1;
+
+ c2c_he = container_of(he_selection, struct c2c_hist_entry, he);
+
+ for (nd = rb_first_cached(&c2c.hists.hists.entries); nd; nd = rb_next(nd)) {
+ struct hist_entry *he = rb_entry(nd, struct hist_entry, rb_node);
+ struct c2c_hist_entry *cacheline_he;
+
+ if (he->filtered)
+ continue;
+
+ cacheline_he = container_of(he, struct c2c_hist_entry, he);
+ if (cacheline_he->hists &&
+ cacheline_he->cacheline_idx == c2c_he->cacheline_idx)
+ return perf_c2c__browse_cacheline(he);
+ }
+
+ return -1;
+}
+
+static bool c2c_function__has_iaddr(void)
+{
+ const char *field = c2c.cl_sort;
+
+ while (field && *field) {
+ const char *end = strchr(field, ',');
+ size_t len = end ? (size_t)(end - field) : strlen(field);
+
+ if (len == sizeof("iaddr") - 1 && !strncmp(field, "iaddr", len))
+ return true;
+ field = end ? end + 1 : NULL;
+ }
+ return false;
+}
+
+/*
+ * perf_c2c__browse_function_view - Browse function view with TAB key support
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success, negative error code on failure
+ */
+int perf_c2c__browse_function_view(void)
+{
+ struct c2c_function_browser *sym_browser;
+ bool saved_use_callchain = symbol_conf.use_callchain;
+ int key, ret;
+ static const char help[] =
+ " d Display details for the selected level-3 cacheline\n"
+ " e/+ Expand/collapse the selected entry\n"
+ " TAB/ESC/q/^C Return to the cacheline view\n";
+
+ if (!c2c_function__has_iaddr()) {
+ ui__warning("The function view requires iaddr in --coalesce.\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * The level-2/3 children borrow thread/ms (see c2c_child_entry__alloc())
+ * and are torn down by c2c_he__free_hierarchy(). report_hierarchy would
+ * make hist_entry__delete() recurse into hroot_out and put those borrowed
+ * refs (and call a NULL ops->free), so refuse to run if it is ever set.
+ */
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(symbol_conf.report_hierarchy))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /* Disable callchain before building so no callchain structs are allocated. */
+ symbol_conf.use_callchain = false;
+
+ ret = build_function_view_hierarchy();
+ if (ret) {
+ ui__error("Failed to build function view hierarchy (ret=%d)\n", ret);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ sym_browser = c2c_function_browser__new(&c2c_ext.function_hists.hists);
+ if (!sym_browser) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out_reset;
+ }
+
+ /* Reset abort key so we can receive Ctrl-C as a key. */
+ SLang_reset_tty();
+ SLang_init_tty(0, 0, 0);
+ SLtty_set_suspend_state(true);
+
+ while (1) {
+ c2c_function_browser__update_nr_entries(sym_browser);
+ key = hist_browser__run(&sym_browser->hb, "? - help", true, 0);
+
+ switch (key) {
+ case 'q':
+ case K_TAB:
+ case K_ESC:
+ case CTRL('c'):
+ goto browser_done;
+ case 'd':
+ /* Cacheline detail honors the user's callchain setting. */
+ symbol_conf.use_callchain = saved_use_callchain;
+ c2c_function_browser__browse_cacheline_detail(sym_browser->hb.he_selection);
+ /* Preserve any toggle made in the detail view, then
+ * re-disable callchain for the function view.
+ */
+ saved_use_callchain = symbol_conf.use_callchain;
+ symbol_conf.use_callchain = false;
+ break;
+ case '?':
+ ui_browser__help_window(&sym_browser->hb.b, help);
+ break;
+ default:
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+browser_done:
+ c2c_function_browser__delete(sym_browser);
+out_reset:
+ c2c_function_hists__reset();
+out:
+ symbol_conf.use_callchain = saved_use_callchain;
+ return ret;
+}
--
2.52.0