1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
3 * Use DWARF Debug information to skip unnecessary callchain entries.
5 * Copyright (C) 2014 Sukadev Bhattiprolu, IBM Corporation.
6 * Copyright (C) 2014 Ulrich Weigand, IBM Corporation.
10 #include <elfutils/libdwfl.h>
12 #include "util/thread.h"
13 #include "util/callchain.h"
14 #include "util/debug.h"
16 #include "util/event.h" // struct ip_callchain
18 #include "util/symbol.h"
21 * When saving the callchain on Power, the kernel conservatively saves
22 * excess entries in the callchain. A few of these entries are needed
23 * in some cases but not others. If the unnecessary entries are not
24 * ignored, we end up with duplicate arcs in the call-graphs. Use
25 * DWARF debug information to skip over any unnecessary callchain
28 * See function header for arch_adjust_callchain() below for more details.
30 * The libdwfl code in this file is based on code from elfutils
31 * (libdwfl/argp-std.c, libdwfl/tests/addrcfi.c, etc).
33 static char *debuginfo_path
;
35 static const Dwfl_Callbacks offline_callbacks
= {
36 .debuginfo_path
= &debuginfo_path
,
37 .find_debuginfo
= dwfl_standard_find_debuginfo
,
38 .section_address
= dwfl_offline_section_address
,
43 * Use the DWARF expression for the Call-frame-address and determine
44 * if return address is in LR and if a new frame was allocated.
46 static int check_return_reg(int ra_regno
, Dwarf_Frame
*frame
)
50 Dwarf_Op
*ops
= &dummy
;
54 result
= dwarf_frame_register(frame
, ra_regno
, ops_mem
, &ops
, &nops
);
56 pr_debug("dwarf_frame_register() %s\n", dwarf_errmsg(-1));
61 * Check if return address is on the stack. If return address
62 * is in a register (typically R0), it is yet to be saved on
65 if ((nops
!= 0 || ops
!= NULL
) &&
66 !(nops
== 1 && ops
[0].atom
== DW_OP_regx
&&
67 ops
[0].number2
== 0 && ops
[0].offset
== 0))
71 * Return address is in LR. Check if a frame was allocated
74 result
= dwarf_frame_cfa(frame
, &ops
, &nops
);
76 pr_debug("dwarf_frame_cfa() returns %d, %s\n", result
,
82 * If call frame address is in r1, no new frame was allocated.
84 if (nops
== 1 && ops
[0].atom
== DW_OP_bregx
&& ops
[0].number
== 1 &&
89 * A new frame was allocated but has not yet been used.
95 * Get the DWARF frame from the .eh_frame section.
97 static Dwarf_Frame
*get_eh_frame(Dwfl_Module
*mod
, Dwarf_Addr pc
)
104 cfi
= dwfl_module_eh_cfi(mod
, &bias
);
106 pr_debug("%s(): no CFI - %s\n", __func__
, dwfl_errmsg(-1));
110 result
= dwarf_cfi_addrframe(cfi
, pc
-bias
, &frame
);
112 pr_debug("%s(): %s\n", __func__
, dwfl_errmsg(-1));
120 * Get the DWARF frame from the .debug_frame section.
122 static Dwarf_Frame
*get_dwarf_frame(Dwfl_Module
*mod
, Dwarf_Addr pc
)
129 cfi
= dwfl_module_dwarf_cfi(mod
, &bias
);
131 pr_debug("%s(): no CFI - %s\n", __func__
, dwfl_errmsg(-1));
135 result
= dwarf_cfi_addrframe(cfi
, pc
-bias
, &frame
);
137 pr_debug("%s(): %s\n", __func__
, dwfl_errmsg(-1));
146 * 0 if return address for the program counter @pc is on stack
147 * 1 if return address is in LR and no new stack frame was allocated
148 * 2 if return address is in LR and a new frame was allocated (but not
150 * -1 in case of errors
152 static int check_return_addr(struct dso
*dso
, u64 map_start
, Dwarf_Addr pc
)
159 Dwarf_Addr start
= pc
;
162 const char *exec_file
= dso
->long_name
;
167 dwfl
= dwfl_begin(&offline_callbacks
);
169 pr_debug("dwfl_begin() failed: %s\n", dwarf_errmsg(-1));
173 mod
= dwfl_report_elf(dwfl
, exec_file
, exec_file
, -1,
176 pr_debug("dwfl_report_elf() failed %s\n",
179 * We normally cache the DWARF debug info and never
180 * call dwfl_end(). But to prevent fd leak, free in
189 mod
= dwfl_addrmodule(dwfl
, pc
);
191 pr_debug("dwfl_addrmodule() failed, %s\n", dwarf_errmsg(-1));
196 * To work with split debug info files (eg: glibc), check both
197 * .eh_frame and .debug_frame sections of the ELF header.
199 frame
= get_eh_frame(mod
, pc
);
201 frame
= get_dwarf_frame(mod
, pc
);
206 ra_regno
= dwarf_frame_info(frame
, &start
, &end
, &signalp
);
208 pr_debug("Return address register unavailable: %s\n",
213 rc
= check_return_reg(ra_regno
, frame
);
220 * The callchain saved by the kernel always includes the link register (LR).
222 * 0: PERF_CONTEXT_USER
223 * 1: Program counter (Next instruction pointer)
228 * The value in LR is only needed when it holds a return address. If the
229 * return address is on the stack, we should ignore the LR value.
231 * Further, when the return address is in the LR, if a new frame was just
232 * allocated but the LR was not saved into it, then the LR contains the
233 * caller, slot 4: contains the caller's caller and the contents of slot 3:
234 * (chain->ips[3]) is undefined and must be ignored.
236 * Use DWARF debug information to determine if any entries need to be skipped.
239 * index: of callchain entry that needs to be ignored (if any)
240 * -1 if no entry needs to be ignored or in case of errors
242 int arch_skip_callchain_idx(struct thread
*thread
, struct ip_callchain
*chain
)
244 struct addr_location al
;
245 struct dso
*dso
= NULL
;
250 if (!chain
|| chain
->nr
< 3)
255 thread__find_symbol(thread
, PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER
, ip
, &al
);
261 pr_debug("%" PRIx64
" dso is NULL\n", ip
);
265 rc
= check_return_addr(dso
, al
.map
->start
, ip
);
267 pr_debug("[DSO %s, sym %s, ip 0x%" PRIx64
"] rc %d\n",
268 dso
->long_name
, al
.sym
->name
, ip
, rc
);
272 * Return address on stack. Ignore LR value in callchain
275 } else if (rc
== 2) {
277 * New frame allocated but return address still in LR.
278 * Ignore the caller's caller entry in callchain.