Linux kernel source tree
Go to file
Leo Yan 314909f13c perf probe: Correct demangled symbols in C++ program
An issue can be observed when probe C++ demangled symbol with steps:

  # nm test_cpp_mangle | grep print_data
    0000000000000c94 t _GLOBAL__sub_I__Z10print_datai
    0000000000000afc T _Z10print_datai
    0000000000000b38 T _Z10print_dataR5Point

  # perf probe -x /home/niayan01/test_cpp_mangle -F --demangle
    ...
    print_data(Point&)
    print_data(int)
    ...

  # perf --debug verbose=3 probe -x test_cpp_mangle --add "test=print_data(int)"
    probe-definition(0): test=print_data(int)
    symbol:print_data(int) file:(null) line:0 offset:0 return:0 lazy:(null)
    0 arguments
    Open Debuginfo file: /home/niayan01/test_cpp_mangle
    Try to find probe point from debuginfo.
    Symbol print_data(int) address found : afc
    Matched function: print_data [2ccf]
    Probe point found: print_data+0
    Found 1 probe_trace_events.
    Opening /sys/kernel/tracing//uprobe_events write=1
    Opening /sys/kernel/tracing//README write=0
    Writing event: p:probe_test_cpp_mangle/test /home/niayan01/test_cpp_mangle:0xb38
    ...

When tried to probe symbol "print_data(int)", the log shows:

    Symbol print_data(int) address found : afc

The found address is 0xafc - which is right with verifying the output
result from nm. Afterwards when write event, the command uses offset
0xb38 in the last log, which is a wrong address.

The dwarf_diename() gets a common function name, in above case, it
returns string "print_data". As a result, the tool parses the offset
based on the common name. This leads to probe at the wrong symbol
"print_data(Point&)".

To fix the issue, use the die_get_linkage_name() function to retrieve
the distinct linkage name - this is the mangled name for the C++ case.
Based on this unique name, the tool can get a correct offset for
probing. Based on DWARF doc, it is possible the linkage name is missed
in the DIE, it rolls back to use dwarf_diename().

After:

  # perf --debug verbose=3 probe -x test_cpp_mangle --add "test=print_data(int)"
    probe-definition(0): test=print_data(int)
    symbol:print_data(int) file:(null) line:0 offset:0 return:0 lazy:(null)
    0 arguments
    Open Debuginfo file: /home/niayan01/test_cpp_mangle
    Try to find probe point from debuginfo.
    Symbol print_data(int) address found : afc
    Matched function: print_data [2d06]
    Probe point found: print_data+0
    Found 1 probe_trace_events.
    Opening /sys/kernel/tracing//uprobe_events write=1
    Opening /sys/kernel/tracing//README write=0
    Writing event: p:probe_test_cpp_mangle/test /home/niayan01/test_cpp_mangle:0xafc
    Added new event:
      probe_test_cpp_mangle:test (on print_data(int) in /home/niayan01/test_cpp_mangle)

    You can now use it in all perf tools, such as:

            perf record -e probe_test_cpp_mangle:test -aR sleep 1

  # perf --debug verbose=3 probe -x test_cpp_mangle --add "test2=print_data(Point&)"
    probe-definition(0): test2=print_data(Point&)
    symbol:print_data(Point&) file:(null) line:0 offset:0 return:0 lazy:(null)
    0 arguments
    Open Debuginfo file: /home/niayan01/test_cpp_mangle
    Try to find probe point from debuginfo.
    Symbol print_data(Point&) address found : b38
    Matched function: print_data [2ccf]
    Probe point found: print_data+0
    Found 1 probe_trace_events.
    Opening /sys/kernel/tracing//uprobe_events write=1
    Parsing probe_events: p:probe_test_cpp_mangle/test /home/niayan01/test_cpp_mangle:0x0000000000000afc
    Group:probe_test_cpp_mangle Event:test probe:p
    Opening /sys/kernel/tracing//README write=0
    Writing event: p:probe_test_cpp_mangle/test2 /home/niayan01/test_cpp_mangle:0xb38
    Added new event:
      probe_test_cpp_mangle:test2 (on print_data(Point&) in /home/niayan01/test_cpp_mangle)

    You can now use it in all perf tools, such as:

            perf record -e probe_test_cpp_mangle:test2 -aR sleep 1

Fixes: fb1587d869 ("perf probe: List probes with line number and file name")
Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241012141432.877894-1-leo.yan@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
2024-10-17 12:55:48 -07:00
arch powerpc fixes for 6.12 #4 2024-10-12 17:16:21 -07:00
block block-6.12-20241004 2024-10-04 10:43:44 -07:00
certs sign-file,extract-cert: use pkcs11 provider for OPENSSL MAJOR >= 3 2024-09-20 19:52:48 +03:00
crypto move asm/unaligned.h to linux/unaligned.h 2024-10-02 17:23:23 -04:00
Documentation Devicetree fixes for v6.12, part 1: 2024-10-11 16:07:15 -07:00
drivers USB fixes for 6.12-rc3 2024-10-13 09:21:36 -07:00
fs two fixes for Windows symlink handling 2024-10-13 10:52:39 -07:00
include NFS Client Bugfixes for Linux 6.12-rc 2024-10-11 15:37:15 -07:00
init cfi: encode cfi normalized integers + kasan/gcov bug in Kconfig 2024-09-26 21:27:27 +02:00
io_uring io_uring/rw: allow pollable non-blocking attempts for !FMODE_NOWAIT 2024-10-06 20:58:53 -06:00
ipc struct fd layout change (and conversion to accessor helpers) 2024-09-23 09:35:36 -07:00
kernel RCU fix for v6.12 2024-10-11 14:42:27 -07:00
lib slab fixes for 6.12-rc1 2024-10-04 12:05:39 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: add 0BSD license text 2024-09-01 20:43:24 -07:00
mm mm: zswap: delete comments for "value" member of 'struct zswap_entry'. 2024-10-09 12:47:19 -07:00
net USB fixes for 6.12-rc3 2024-10-13 09:21:36 -07:00
rust Driver core fix for 6.12-rc3 2024-10-13 09:10:52 -07:00
samples [tree-wide] finally take no_llseek out 2024-09-27 08:18:43 -07:00
scripts kbuild: deb-pkg: Remove blank first line from maint scripts 2024-10-07 02:36:38 +09:00
security bcachefs: do not use PF_MEMALLOC_NORECLAIM 2024-10-09 12:47:18 -07:00
sound sound fixes for 6.12-rc2 2024-10-04 11:29:46 -07:00
tools perf probe: Correct demangled symbols in C++ program 2024-10-17 12:55:48 -07:00
usr initramfs: shorten cmd_initfs in usr/Makefile 2024-07-16 01:07:52 +09:00
virt x86: 2024-09-28 09:20:14 -07:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with v6.11-rc1's for_each macro list 2024-08-02 13:20:31 +02:00
.cocciconfig
.editorconfig .editorconfig: remove trim_trailing_whitespace option 2024-06-13 16:47:52 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Add Jeff Kirsher to .get_maintainer.ignore 2024-03-08 11:36:54 +00:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
.gitignore Kbuild updates for v6.12 2024-09-24 13:02:06 -07:00
.mailmap Driver core fix for 6.12-rc3 2024-10-13 09:10:52 -07:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING
CREDITS CREDITS: sort alphabetically by name 2024-10-09 12:47:19 -07:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v6.1 2022-10-10 12:00:45 -07:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS ata fixes for 6.12-rc3 2024-10-11 11:18:31 -07:00
Makefile Linux 6.12-rc3 2024-10-13 14:33:32 -07:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.