[PATCH V8 03/15] tools/perf: Update TYPE_STATE_MAX_REGS to include max of regs in powerpc

Athira Rajeev atrajeev at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Jul 24 15:38:02 AEST 2024



> On 24 Jul 2024, at 12:36 AM, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme at kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 02:13:46PM +0530, Athira Rajeev wrote:
>> TYPE_STATE_MAX_REGS is arch-dependent. Currently this is defined
>> to be 16. While checking if reg is valid using has_reg_type,
>> max value is checked using TYPE_STATE_MAX_REGS value. Define
>> this conditionally for powerpc.
> 
> So what would happen if I get a perf.data file on a powerpc system and
> then try to do data-type profiling on a x86 system?
> 
> I'm processing this now, but please consider fixing this up in some
> other fashion, I think we have support for collecting registers in a way
> that perf.data has all that is needed for us to print them in a cross
> arch way, no?
> 
> I see there is the FIXME there, ok.
> 
> - Arnaldo
> 

Hi Arnaldo

Sure,  thanks.
>> Reviewed-and-tested-by: Kajol Jain <kjain at linux.ibm.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung at kernel.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Athira Rajeev<atrajeev at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>> tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h | 4 ++++
>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h
>> index 6fe8ee8b8410..992b7ce4bd11 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h
>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h
>> @@ -189,7 +189,11 @@ struct type_state_stack {
>> };
>> 
>> /* FIXME: This should be arch-dependent */
>> +#ifdef __powerpc__
>> +#define TYPE_STATE_MAX_REGS  32
>> +#else
>> #define TYPE_STATE_MAX_REGS  16
>> +#endif
>> 
>> /*
>>  * State table to maintain type info in each register and stack location.
>> -- 
>> 2.43.0



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