Re: [PATCH] perf annotate: Add more x86 mov instruction cases

[Namhyung Kim]

On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 4:24 PM Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 2:14 PM Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 1:12 AM David Laight <David.Laight@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Namhyung Kim
> > > > Sent: 09 September 2023 00:56
> > > >
> > > > Hi Ian,
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 11:24 PM Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 10:22 PM Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Instructions with sign- and zero- extention like movsbl and movzwq were
> > > > > > not handled properly.  As it can check different size suffix (-b, -w, -l
> > > > > > or -q) we can omit that and add the common parts even though some
> > > > > > combinations are not possible.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > >  tools/perf/arch/x86/annotate/instructions.c | 9 ++++++---
> > > > > >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/annotate/instructions.c
> > > > b/tools/perf/arch/x86/annotate/instructions.c
> > > > > > index 5f4ac4fc7fcf..5cdf457f5cbe 100644
> > > > > > --- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/annotate/instructions.c
> > > > > > +++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/annotate/instructions.c
> > > > > > @@ -74,12 +74,15 @@ static struct ins x86__instructions[] = {
> > > > > >         { .name = "movdqa",     .ops = &mov_ops,  },
> > > > > >         { .name = "movdqu",     .ops = &mov_ops,  },
> > > > > >         { .name = "movsd",      .ops = &mov_ops,  },
> > > > > > -       { .name = "movslq",     .ops = &mov_ops,  },
> > > > > >         { .name = "movss",      .ops = &mov_ops,  },
> > > > > > +       { .name = "movsb",      .ops = &mov_ops,  },
> > > > > > +       { .name = "movsw",      .ops = &mov_ops,  },
> > > > > > +       { .name = "movsl",      .ops = &mov_ops,  },
> > > > >
> > > > > In Intel's manual some of these names are "Move Data From String to
> > > > > String" operations, movsb and movsw in particular. These instructions
> > > > > can be used to make simple memcpy loops. Could it be the past omission
> > > > > was deliberate due to the different way the addressing works in the
> > > > > instructions?
> > > >
> > > > I don't know but in terms of instruction parsing, they are the same
> > > > "MOVE" with two operands.  I'm not aware of anything in perf with
> > > > the operands of these instructions.  So I guess it'd be fine to add
> > > > these instructions even if they have different underlying behaviors.
> > >
> > > I'm pretty sure that 'rep movs[bwlq]' (aka while (cx--) *di++ = *si++)
> > > is likely to be missing the memory argument parameters.
> > > There is also 'fun and games' with one variant - iirc 'rep movsd'
> > > what has been used for 64bit, but got hijacked by one of the SIMD sets.
> >
> > It seems perf annotate don't process the rep prefix yet.
> > So I think there should be no functional change now.
>
> Reading the code, I also think it should be okay. Doing:
> ```
> $ objdump -d /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 |grep rep
>    2650a:       f3 ab                   rep stos %eax,%es:(%rdi)
>    33b76:       f3 48 a5                rep movsq %ds:(%rsi),%es:(%rdi)
> ...
> ```
> The mov parsing logic doesn't appear to care about src and dest, and
> the formatting above matches other mov cases.
>
> Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to perf-tools-next, thanks!

Namhyung