[PATCH v3] tools/perf: Fix the mask in regs_dump__printf and print_sample_iregs

Madhavan Srinivasan maddy at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Jun 22 13:50:43 AEST 2016



On Tuesday 21 June 2016 09:05 PM, Yury Norov wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 08:26:40PM +0530, Madhavan Srinivasan wrote:
>> When decoding the perf_regs mask in regs_dump__printf(),
>> we loop through the mask using find_first_bit and find_next_bit functions.
>> "mask" is of type "u64", but sent as a "unsigned long *" to
>> lib functions along with sizeof().
>>
>> While the exisitng code works fine in most of the case,
>> the logic is broken when using a 32bit perf on a 64bit kernel (Big Endian).
>> When reading u64 using (u32 *)(&val)[0], perf (lib/find_*_bit()) assumes it gets
>> lower 32bits of u64 which is wrong. Proposed fix is to swap the words
>> of the u64 to handle this case. This is _not_ endianess swap.
>>
>> Suggested-by: Yury Norov <ynorov at caviumnetworks.com>
>> Cc: Yury Norov <ynorov at caviumnetworks.com>
>> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz at infradead.org>
>> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo at redhat.com>
>> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme at kernel.org>
>> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin at linux.intel.com>
>> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa at kernel.org>
>> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter at intel.com>
>> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang at intel.com>
>> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0 at huawei.com>
>> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
>> Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>> Changelog v2:
>> 1)Moved the swap code to a common function
>> 2)Added more comments in the code
>>
>> Changelog v1:
>> 1)updated commit message and patch subject
>> 2)Add the fix to print_sample_iregs() in builtin-script.c
>>
>>  tools/include/linux/bitmap.h |  9 +++++++++
> What about include/linux/bitmap.h? I think we'd place it there first.

Wanted to handle that separately.

>
>>  tools/perf/builtin-script.c  | 16 +++++++++++++++-
>>  tools/perf/util/session.c    | 16 +++++++++++++++-
>>  3 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/include/linux/bitmap.h b/tools/include/linux/bitmap.h
>> index 28f5493da491..79998b26eb04 100644
>> --- a/tools/include/linux/bitmap.h
>> +++ b/tools/include/linux/bitmap.h
>> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
>>  #define _PERF_BITOPS_H
>>  
>>  #include <string.h>
>> +#include <limits.h>
>>  #include <linux/bitops.h>
>>  
>>  #define DECLARE_BITMAP(name,bits) \
>> @@ -22,6 +23,14 @@ void __bitmap_or(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *bitmap1,
>>  #define small_const_nbits(nbits) \
>>  	(__builtin_constant_p(nbits) && (nbits) <= BITS_PER_LONG)
>>  
>> +static inline void bitmap_from_u64(unsigned long *_mask, u64 mask)
> Inline is not required. Some people don't not like it. Underscored parameter in

Not sure why you say that. IIUC we can avoid a function call overhead,
also rest of the functions in the file likes it.

> function declaration is not the best idea as well. Try:
>         static void bitmap_from_u64(unsigned long *bitmap, u64 mask)
>
>> +{
>> +	_mask[0] = mask & ULONG_MAX;
>> +
>> +	if (sizeof(mask) > sizeof(unsigned long))
>> +		_mask[1] = mask >> 32;
>> +}
>> +
>>  static inline void bitmap_zero(unsigned long *dst, int nbits)
>>  {
>>  	if (small_const_nbits(nbits))
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
>> index e3ce2f34d3ad..73928310fd91 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
>> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
>> @@ -412,11 +412,25 @@ static void print_sample_iregs(struct perf_sample *sample,
>>  	struct regs_dump *regs = &sample->intr_regs;
>>  	uint64_t mask = attr->sample_regs_intr;
>>  	unsigned i = 0, r;
>> +	unsigned long _mask[sizeof(mask)/sizeof(unsigned long)];
> If we start with it, I think we'd hide declaration machinery as well:
>
> #define DECLARE_L64_BITMAP(__name) unsigned long __name[sizeof(u64)/sizeof(unsigned long)]
> or
> #define L64_BITMAP_SIZE (sizeof(u64)/sizeof(unsigned long))
>
> Or both :) Whatever you prefer.

ok

>
>>  
>>  	if (!regs)
>>  		return;
>>  
>> -	for_each_set_bit(r, (unsigned long *) &mask, sizeof(mask) * 8) {
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Since u64 is passed as 'unsigned long *', check
>> +	 * to see whether we need to swap words within u64.
>> +	 * Reason being, in 32 bit big endian userspace on a
>> +	 * 64bit kernel, 'unsigned long' is 32 bits.
>> +	 * When reading u64 using (u32 *)(&val)[0] and (u32 *)(&val)[1],
>> +	 * we will get wrong value for the mask. This is what
>> +	 * find_first_bit() and find_next_bit() is doing.
>> +	 * Issue here is "(u32 *)(&val)[0]" gets upper 32 bits of u64,
>> +	 * but perf assumes it gets lower 32bits of u64. Hence the check
>> +	 * and swap.
>> +	 */
>> +	bitmap_from_u64(_mask, mask);
>> +	for_each_set_bit(r, _mask, sizeof(mask) * 8) {
>>  		u64 val = regs->regs[i++];
>>  		printf("%5s:0x%"PRIx64" ", perf_reg_name(r), val);
>>  	}
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
>> index 5214974e841a..1337b1c73f82 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
>> @@ -940,8 +940,22 @@ static void branch_stack__printf(struct perf_sample *sample)
>>  static void regs_dump__printf(u64 mask, u64 *regs)
>>  {
>>  	unsigned rid, i = 0;
>> +	unsigned long _mask[sizeof(mask)/sizeof(unsigned long)];
>>  
>> -	for_each_set_bit(rid, (unsigned long *) &mask, sizeof(mask) * 8) {
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Since u64 is passed as 'unsigned long *', check
>> +	 * to see whether we need to swap words within u64.
>> +	 * Reason being, in 32 bit big endian userspace on a
>> +	 * 64bit kernel, 'unsigned long' is 32 bits.
>> +	 * When reading u64 using (u32 *)(&val)[0] and (u32 *)(&val)[1],
>> +	 * we will get wrong value for the mask. This is what
>> +	 * find_first_bit() and find_next_bit() is doing.
>> +	 * Issue here is "(u32 *)(&val)[0]" gets upper 32 bits of u64,
>> +	 * but perf assumes it gets lower 32bits of u64. Hence the check
>> +	 * and swap.
>> +	 */
> Identical comments... I'd prefer to see it in commit message, or
> better in function description. For me it's pretty straightforward in
> understanding what happens here in-place without comments.

I would prefer the comments here. When reading/understanding
the code, we can avoid a jump to another file :).

Maddy

>> +	bitmap_from_u64(_mask, mask);
>> +	for_each_set_bit(rid, _mask, sizeof(mask) * 8) {
>>  		u64 val = regs[i++];
>>  
>>  		printf(".... %-5s 0x%" PRIx64 "\n",
>> -- 
>> 1.9.1



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