Re: [PATCH 02/10] perf, tools: Support handling complete branch stacks as histograms

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Thu Nov 13 2014 - 14:14:28 EST


Em Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 06:05:20PM -0800, Andi Kleen escreveu:
> +static int remove_loops(struct branch_entry *l, int nr)
> +{
> + int i, j, off;
> + unsigned char chash[CHASHSZ];
> +
> + memset(chash, NO_ENTRY, sizeof(chash));
> +
> + BUG_ON(nr >= 256);

What is wrong with return -1 and propagating the error, so that the user
is informed if the data being processed is bogus, stop processing with a
warning or continue processing if finding the next valid record is
possible?

In general just aborting (and this only does that when NDEBUG is set)
should be avoided...

I can go on and help you and do that for you, but why introduce it in
the first place?

- Arnaldo

> + for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
> + int h = hash_64(l[i].from, CHASHBITS) % CHASHSZ;
> +
> + /* no collision handling for now */
> + if (chash[h] == NO_ENTRY) {
> + chash[h] = i;
> + } else if (l[chash[h]].from == l[i].from) {
> + bool is_loop = true;
> + /* check if it is a real loop */
> + off = 0;
> + for (j = chash[h]; j < i && i + off < nr; j++, off++)
> + if (l[j].from != l[i + off].from) {
> + is_loop = false;
> + break;
> + }
> + if (is_loop) {
> + memmove(l + i, l + i + off,
> + (nr - (i + off)) * sizeof(*l));
> + nr -= off;
> + }
> + }
> + }
> + return nr;
> +}
> +
> static int thread__resolve_callchain_sample(struct thread *thread,
> struct ip_callchain *chain,
> + struct branch_stack *branch,
> struct symbol **parent,
> struct addr_location *root_al,
> int max_stack)
> @@ -1438,22 +1484,82 @@ static int thread__resolve_callchain_sample(struct thread *thread,
> int i;
> int j;
> int err;
> - int skip_idx __maybe_unused;
> + int skip_idx = -1;
> + int first_call = 0;
> +
> + /*
> + * Based on DWARF debug information, some architectures skip
> + * a callchain entry saved by the kernel.
> + */
> + if (chain->nr < PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH)
> + skip_idx = arch_skip_callchain_idx(thread, chain);
>
> callchain_cursor_reset(&callchain_cursor);
>
> + /*
> + * Add branches to call stack for easier browsing. This gives
> + * more context for a sample than just the callers.
> + *
> + * This uses individual histograms of paths compared to the
> + * aggregated histograms the normal LBR mode uses.
> + *
> + * Limitations for now:
> + * - No extra filters
> + * - No annotations (should annotate somehow)
> + */
> +
> + if (branch && callchain_param.branch_callstack) {
> + int nr = min(max_stack, (int)branch->nr);
> + struct branch_entry be[nr];
> +
> + if (branch->nr > PERF_MAX_BRANCH_DEPTH) {
> + pr_warning("corrupted branch chain. skipping...\n");
> + goto check_calls;
> + }
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
> + if (callchain_param.order == ORDER_CALLEE) {
> + be[i] = branch->entries[i];
> + /*
> + * Check for overlap into the callchain.
> + * The return address is one off compared to
> + * the branch entry. To adjust for this
> + * assume the calling instruction is not longer
> + * than 8 bytes.
> + */
> + if (i == skip_idx ||
> + chain->ips[first_call] >= PERF_CONTEXT_MAX)
> + first_call++;
> + else if (be[i].from < chain->ips[first_call] &&
> + be[i].from >= chain->ips[first_call] - 8)
> + first_call++;
> + } else
> + be[i] = branch->entries[branch->nr - i - 1];
> + }
> +
> + nr = remove_loops(be, nr);
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
> + err = add_callchain_ip(thread, parent, root_al,
> + -1, be[i].to);
> + if (!err)
> + err = add_callchain_ip(thread, parent, root_al,
> + -1, be[i].from);
> + if (err == -EINVAL)
> + break;
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> + }
> + chain_nr -= nr;
> + }
> +
> +check_calls:
> if (chain->nr > PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH) {
> pr_warning("corrupted callchain. skipping...\n");
> return 0;
> }
>
> - /*
> - * Based on DWARF debug information, some architectures skip
> - * a callchain entry saved by the kernel.
> - */
> - skip_idx = arch_skip_callchain_idx(thread, chain);
> -
> - for (i = 0; i < chain_nr; i++) {
> + for (i = first_call; i < chain_nr; i++) {
> u64 ip;
>
> if (callchain_param.order == ORDER_CALLEE)
> @@ -1517,6 +1623,7 @@ int thread__resolve_callchain(struct thread *thread,
> int max_stack)
> {
> int ret = thread__resolve_callchain_sample(thread, sample->callchain,
> + sample->branch_stack,
> parent, root_al, max_stack);
> if (ret)
> return ret;
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
> index ded3ca7..b364d96 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
> @@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ struct symbol_conf {
> demangle,
> demangle_kernel,
> filter_relative,
> - show_hist_headers;
> + show_hist_headers,
> + branch_callstack;
> const char *vmlinux_name,
> *kallsyms_name,
> *source_prefix,
> --
> 1.9.3
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