[PATCH 4/4] perf annotate-data: Adjust type offset for flex-array

From: Namhyung Kim

Date: Sat Sep 12 2026 - 01:50:29 EST


The flex array members are located beyond the original type size. Also
it needs to adjust the offset in an array to find a corresponding
element using module operation. Note that we focus on access to type and
field, so array index is not important.

Make sure to find a field name for flex arrays.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 67 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
index ad043403ced58d98..0789a8cbea7c0355 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
@@ -332,19 +332,40 @@ static void delete_members(struct annotated_member *member)
}

static int fill_member_name(char *buf, size_t sz, struct annotated_member *m,
- int offset, bool first)
+ int offset, bool first, bool has_flex_array)
{
struct annotated_member *child;
+ bool found = false;
+ int len;

if (list_empty(&m->children))
return 0;

list_for_each_entry(child, &m->children, node) {
- int len;
-
if (offset < child->offset || offset >= child->offset + child->size)
continue;

+ found = true;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (!found && has_flex_array) {
+ /*
+ * It may have an intermediate struct that has another struct that
+ * contains a flex array. In that case, the outer struct itself is
+ * has no array and the size is less than the offset so the above
+ * logic won't find the outer struct at the offset. Let's use the
+ * last struct if it couldn't find a member for the flex array.
+ */
+ child = list_last_entry(&m->children, struct annotated_member, node);
+
+ if (!strstr(child->type_name, "struct "))
+ return 0;
+
+ found = true;
+ }
+
+ if (found) {
/* It can have anonymous struct/union members */
if (child->var_name) {
len = scnprintf(buf, sz, "%s%s",
@@ -354,15 +375,37 @@ static int fill_member_name(char *buf, size_t sz, struct annotated_member *m,
len = 0;
}

- return fill_member_name(buf + len, sz - len, child, offset, first) + len;
+ return fill_member_name(buf + len, sz - len, child, offset, first,
+ has_flex_array) + len;
}
+
return 0;
}

int annotated_data_type__get_member_name(struct annotated_data_type *adt,
char *buf, size_t sz, int member_offset)
{
- return fill_member_name(buf, sz, &adt->self, member_offset, /*first=*/true);
+ return fill_member_name(buf, sz, &adt->self, member_offset, /*first=*/true,
+ adt->flex_array);
+}
+
+static struct annotated_member *find_flex_array(struct annotated_member *m, int offset)
+{
+ struct annotated_member *child;
+
+ if (list_empty(&m->children))
+ return NULL;
+
+ child = list_last_entry(&m->children, struct annotated_member, node);
+ if (offset == child->offset && strstr(child->type_name, "[]"))
+ return child;
+
+ return find_flex_array(child, offset);
+}
+
+static struct annotated_member *get_flex_array_member(struct annotated_data_type *adt)
+{
+ return find_flex_array(&adt->self, adt->self.size);
}

static struct annotated_data_type *dso__findnew_data_type(struct dso *dso,
@@ -1743,6 +1786,7 @@ struct annotated_data_type *find_data_type(struct data_loc_info *dloc)
{
struct dso *dso = map__dso(dloc->ms->map);
Dwarf_Die type_die;
+ struct annotated_data_type *result;

/*
* The type offset is the same as instruction offset by default.
@@ -1755,7 +1799,24 @@ struct annotated_data_type *find_data_type(struct data_loc_info *dloc)
if (find_data_type_die(dloc, &type_die) < 0)
return NULL;

- return dso__findnew_data_type(dso, &type_die);
+ result = dso__findnew_data_type(dso, &type_die);
+ if (result == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (result->flex_array && dloc->type_offset > result->self.size) {
+ struct annotated_member *flex_array = get_flex_array_member(result);
+ if (flex_array) {
+ int offset = dloc->type_offset;
+
+ /* adjust offset in the flex array */
+ offset -= result->self.size;
+ offset %= flex_array->size;
+ offset += result->self.size;
+
+ dloc->type_offset = offset;
+ }
+ }
+ return result;
}

static size_t data_type_hash(long key, void *ctx __maybe_unused)
--
2.55.0.1032.g73a4cd73de-goog