Re: [PATCH v3 0/8] perf: Support multiple system call tables in the build

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On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 10:56:49AM -0800, Ian Rogers wrote:
> > This work builds on the clean up of system call tables and removal of
> > libaudit by Charlie Jenkins <charlie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>.
> >
> > The system call table in perf trace is used to map system call numbers
> > to names and vice versa. Prior to these changes, a single table
> > matching the perf binary's build was present. The table would be
> > incorrect if tracing say a 32-bit binary from a 64-bit version of
> > perf, the names and numbers wouldn't match.
> >
> > Change the build so that a single system call file is built and the
> > potentially multiple tables are identifiable from the ELF machine type
> > of the process being examined. To determine the ELF machine type, the
> > executable's header is read from /proc/pid/exe with fallbacks to using
> > the perf's binary type when unknown.
>
> Hmm.. then this is limited to live mode and potentially detect wrong
> machine type if it reads an old data, right?
>
> Also IIUC fallback to the perf binary means it cannot use cross-machine
> table.  For example, it cannot process data from ARM64 on x86, no?  It
> seems it should use perf_env.arch.

The perf env arch is kind of horrid. On x86 it has the value x86 and
then there is an extra 64bit flag, who knows how x32 should be encoded
- but we barely support x32 as-is. I'd rather we added a new feature
for the e_machine/e_flags of the executable and worked with those, but
it is kind of weird with doing system wide mode. I didn't want to drag
that into this patch series anyway as there is already enough here.

> One more concern is BPF.  The BPF should know about the ABI of the
> current process so that it can augment the syscall arguments correctly.
> Currently it only checks the syscall number but it can be different on
> 32-bit and 64-bit.

That's right. This change is trying to clean up
tools/perf/util/syscalltbl.c and the perf trace usage. I didn't go as
far as making BPF programs pair system call number with e_machine and
e_flags, there is enough here and the behavior after these patches
matches the behavior before - that is to assume the system call ABI
matches that of the perf binary.

Thanks,
Ian

> Thanks,
> Namhyung
>
>
> >
> > Remove some runtime types used by the system call tables and make
> > equivalents generated at build time.
> >
> > v3: Add Charlie's reviewed-by tags. Incorporate feedback from Arnd
> >     Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> on additional optional column and MIPS
> >     system call numbering. Rebase past Namhyung's global system call
> >     statistics and add comments that they don't yet support an
> >     e_machine other than EM_HOST.
> >
> > v2: Change the 1 element cache for the last table as suggested by
> >     Howard Chu, add Howard's reviewed-by tags.
> >     Add a comment and apology to Charlie for not doing better in
> >     guiding:
> >     https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250114-perf_syscall_arch_runtime-v1-1-5b304e408e11@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
> >     After discussion on v1 and he agreed this patch series would be
> >     the better direction.
> >
> > Ian Rogers (8):
> >   perf syscalltble: Remove syscall_table.h
> >   perf trace: Reorganize syscalls
> >   perf syscalltbl: Remove struct syscalltbl
> >   perf thread: Add support for reading the e_machine type for a thread
> >   perf trace beauty: Add syscalltbl.sh generating all system call tables
> >   perf syscalltbl: Use lookup table containing multiple architectures
> >   perf build: Remove Makefile.syscalls
> >   perf syscalltbl: Mask off ABI type for MIPS system calls
> >
> >  tools/perf/Makefile.perf                      |  10 +-
> >  tools/perf/arch/alpha/entry/syscalls/Kbuild   |   2 -
> >  .../alpha/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls    |   5 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/alpha/include/syscall_table.h |   2 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/arc/entry/syscalls/Kbuild     |   2 -
> >  .../arch/arc/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls |   3 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/arc/include/syscall_table.h   |   2 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/arm/entry/syscalls/Kbuild     |   4 -
> >  .../arch/arm/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls |   2 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/arm/include/syscall_table.h   |   2 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/arm64/entry/syscalls/Kbuild   |   3 -
> >  .../arm64/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls    |   6 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/arm64/include/syscall_table.h |   8 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/csky/entry/syscalls/Kbuild    |   2 -
> >  .../csky/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls     |   3 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/csky/include/syscall_table.h  |   2 -
> >  .../perf/arch/loongarch/entry/syscalls/Kbuild |   2 -
> >  .../entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls          |   3 -
> >  .../arch/loongarch/include/syscall_table.h    |   2 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/mips/entry/syscalls/Kbuild    |   2 -
> >  .../mips/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls     |   5 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/mips/include/syscall_table.h  |   2 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/parisc/entry/syscalls/Kbuild  |   3 -
> >  .../parisc/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls   |   6 -
> >  .../perf/arch/parisc/include/syscall_table.h  |   8 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/Kbuild |   3 -
> >  .../powerpc/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls  |   6 -
> >  .../perf/arch/powerpc/include/syscall_table.h |   8 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/riscv/entry/syscalls/Kbuild   |   2 -
> >  .../riscv/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls    |   4 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/riscv/include/syscall_table.h |   8 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/Kbuild    |   2 -
> >  .../s390/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls     |   5 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/s390/include/syscall_table.h  |   2 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/sh/entry/syscalls/Kbuild      |   2 -
> >  .../arch/sh/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls  |   4 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/sh/include/syscall_table.h    |   2 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/sparc/entry/syscalls/Kbuild   |   3 -
> >  .../sparc/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls    |   5 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/sparc/include/syscall_table.h |   8 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/Kbuild     |   3 -
> >  .../arch/x86/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls |   6 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/x86/include/syscall_table.h   |   8 -
> >  tools/perf/arch/xtensa/entry/syscalls/Kbuild  |   2 -
> >  .../xtensa/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls   |   4 -
> >  .../perf/arch/xtensa/include/syscall_table.h  |   2 -
> >  tools/perf/builtin-trace.c                    | 290 +++++++++++-------
> >  tools/perf/scripts/Makefile.syscalls          |  61 ----
> >  tools/perf/scripts/syscalltbl.sh              |  86 ------
> >  tools/perf/trace/beauty/syscalltbl.sh         | 274 +++++++++++++++++
> >  tools/perf/util/syscalltbl.c                  | 148 ++++-----
> >  tools/perf/util/syscalltbl.h                  |  22 +-
> >  tools/perf/util/thread.c                      |  50 +++
> >  tools/perf/util/thread.h                      |  14 +-
> >  54 files changed, 616 insertions(+), 509 deletions(-)
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/alpha/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/alpha/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/alpha/include/syscall_table.h
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arc/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arc/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arc/include/syscall_table.h
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arm/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arm/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arm/include/syscall_table.h
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arm64/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arm64/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arm64/include/syscall_table.h
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/csky/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/csky/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/csky/include/syscall_table.h
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/loongarch/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/loongarch/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/loongarch/include/syscall_table.h
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/mips/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/mips/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/mips/include/syscall_table.h
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/parisc/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/parisc/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/parisc/include/syscall_table.h
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/powerpc/include/syscall_table.h
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/riscv/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/riscv/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/riscv/include/syscall_table.h
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/s390/include/syscall_table.h
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/sh/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/sh/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/sh/include/syscall_table.h
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/sparc/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/sparc/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/sparc/include/syscall_table.h
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/x86/include/syscall_table.h
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/xtensa/entry/syscalls/Kbuild
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/xtensa/entry/syscalls/Makefile.syscalls
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/xtensa/include/syscall_table.h
> >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/scripts/Makefile.syscalls
> >  delete mode 100755 tools/perf/scripts/syscalltbl.sh
> >  create mode 100755 tools/perf/trace/beauty/syscalltbl.sh
> >
> > --
> > 2.48.1.601.g30ceb7b040-goog
> >





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