Commit-ID: 3aec150af3de6c00570bdacf45bf5a999ab9cf1d
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/3aec150af3de6c00570bdacf45bf5a999ab9cf1d
Author: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@xxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 14:53:22 +0900
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:06:04 -0300
perf annotate: Add a comment on the symbol__parse_objdump_line()
The symbol__parse_objdump_line() parses result of the objdump run but
it's hard to follow if one doesn't know the output format of the
objdump. Add a head comment on the function to help her.
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1362462812-30885-3-git-send-email-namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/annotate.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
index 7eac5f0..fa347b1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
@@ -689,6 +689,26 @@ static int disasm_line__print(struct disasm_line *dl, struct symbol *sym, u64 st
return 0;
}
+/*
+ * symbol__parse_objdump_line() parses objdump output (with -d --no-show-raw)
+ * which looks like following
+ *
+ * 0000000000415500 <_init>:
+ * 415500: sub $0x8,%rsp
+ * 415504: mov 0x2f5ad5(%rip),%rax # 70afe0 <_DYNAMIC+0x2f8>
+ * 41550b: test %rax,%rax
+ * 41550e: je 415515 <_init+0x15>
+ * 415510: callq 416e70 <__gmon_start__@plt>
+ * 415515: add $0x8,%rsp
+ * 415519: retq
+ *
+ * it will be parsed and saved into struct disasm_line as
+ * <offset> <name> <ops.raw>
+ *
+ * The offset will be a relative offset from the start of the symbol and -1
+ * means that it's not a disassembly line so should be treated differently.
+ * The ops.raw part will be parsed further according to type of the instruction.
+ */
static int symbol__parse_objdump_line(struct symbol *sym, struct map *map,
FILE *file, size_t privsize)
{
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