[PATCH v4 8/9] perf c2c: add function view browser UI and cacheline detail

From: Jiebin Sun

Date: Fri Jul 24 2026 - 05:59:42 EST


Add the browser front end: create/run/delete the hist_browser, the title,
and the 'd' shortcut that opens the existing per-cacheline detail view for
the selected entry. Wire the builder into perf_c2c__browse_function_view()
and refuse to run under report_hierarchy, whose hist_entry__delete()
recursion would put the children's borrowed 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 | 211 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 207 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/c2c-function.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/c2c-function.c
index bb7f967ab904..46b3ff854833 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/c2c-function.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/c2c-function.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
#include "../../c2c.h"
#include "hists.h"

-
struct perf_c2c_ext {
struct c2c_hists function_hists;
/* Cached across all level-1 entries; 0 means "not yet computed". */
@@ -95,6 +94,10 @@ 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 */
@@ -694,6 +697,7 @@ 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;
@@ -1427,6 +1431,37 @@ 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;
+}
+
/*
* Prune writers with no stores, drop functions left with no contending
* writer, sort the survivors by store count, then compute the global total.
@@ -1499,7 +1534,7 @@ 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";
@@ -1579,8 +1614,176 @@ static int __maybe_unused build_function_view_hierarchy(void)
return ret;
}

-int perf_c2c__browse_function_view(struct hists *hists __maybe_unused)
+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->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 hists *hists)
+{
+ struct rb_node *nd;
+ u64 cl_addr;
+
+ if (!he_selection || !he_selection->parent_he ||
+ !he_selection->parent_he->parent_he || !he_selection->mem_info)
+ return -1;
+
+ cl_addr = cl_address(mem_info__daddr(he_selection->mem_info)->addr, chk_double_cl);
+
+ for (nd = rb_first_cached(&hists->entries); nd; nd = rb_next(nd)) {
+ struct hist_entry *he_cl = rb_entry(nd, struct hist_entry, rb_node);
+ u64 this_cl;
+
+ if (!he_cl->mem_info)
+ continue;
+
+ this_cl = cl_address(mem_info__daddr(he_cl->mem_info)->addr, chk_double_cl);
+ if (this_cl == cl_addr)
+ return perf_c2c__browse_cacheline(he_cl);
+ }
+
+ return -1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * perf_c2c__browse_function_view - Browse function view with TAB key support
+ * @hists: Main cacheline histograms
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success, negative error code on failure
+ */
+int perf_c2c__browse_function_view(struct hists *hists)
+{
+ struct c2c_function_browser *sym_browser;
+ bool saved_use_callchain = symbol_conf.use_callchain;
+ int key, ret;
+ static const char help[] =
+ " d Display cacheline details for the selected entry\n"
+ " e/+ Expand/collapse the selected entry\n"
+ " TAB/ESC/q Return to the cacheline view\n";
+
+ if (!hists)
+ 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) {
+ /*
+ * hist_browser__run() resets b.nr_entries from
+ * nr_non_filtered_entries on entry, so refresh the visible-row
+ * count (which includes expanded L2/L3 children) here, before
+ * each run, or the cursor cannot move onto the expanded rows
+ * after returning from the 'd'/'?' windows.
+ */
+ sym_browser->hb.nr_non_filtered_entries =
+ c2c_function__nr_visible_rows(
+ &c2c_ext.function_hists.hists.entries,
+ sym_browser->hb.min_pcnt);
+
+ key = hist_browser__run(&sym_browser->hb, "? - help", true, 0);
+
+ switch (key) {
+ case 'q':
+ case K_TAB:
+ case K_ESC:
+ 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,
+ hists);
+ /* 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