Re: [PATCH 35/48] perf dwarf-aux: Handle type transfer for memory access

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On Wed, 11 Oct 2023 20:50:58 -0700
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We want to track type states as instructions are executed.  Each
> instruction can access compound types like struct or union and load/
> store its members to a different location.
> 
> The die_deref_ptr_type() is to find a type of memory access with a
> pointer variable.  If it points to a compound type like struct, the
> target memory is a member in the struct.  The access will happen
> with an offset indicating which member it refers.  Let's follow the
> DWARF info to figure out the type of the pointer target.
> 
> For example, say we have the following code.
> 
>   struct foo {
>     int a;
>     int b;
>   };
> 
>   struct foo *p = malloc(sizeof(*p));
>   p->b = 0;
> 
> The last pointer access should produce x86 asm like below:
> 
>   mov  0x0, 4(%rbx)
> 
> And we know %rbx register has a pointer to struct foo.  Then offset 4
> should return the debug info of member 'b'.
> 
> Also variables of compound types can be accessed directly without a
> pointer.  The die_get_member_type() is to handle a such case.

Looks good to me. perf probe search the member by name, but these
APIs searches it by offset.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

> 
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c | 110 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h |   6 ++
>  2 files changed, 116 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
> index 16e63d8caf83..5ec895e0a069 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
> @@ -1838,3 +1838,113 @@ int die_get_scopes(Dwarf_Die *cu_die, Dwarf_Addr pc, Dwarf_Die **scopes)
>  	*scopes = data.scopes;
>  	return data.nr;
>  }
> +
> +static int __die_find_member_offset_cb(Dwarf_Die *die_mem, void *arg)
> +{
> +	Dwarf_Die type_die;
> +	Dwarf_Word size, loc;
> +	Dwarf_Word offset = (long)arg;
> +	int tag = dwarf_tag(die_mem);
> +
> +	if (tag != DW_TAG_member)
> +		return DIE_FIND_CB_SIBLING;
> +
> +	/* Unions might not have location */
> +	if (die_get_data_member_location(die_mem, &loc) < 0)
> +		loc = 0;
> +
> +	if (offset == loc)
> +		return DIE_FIND_CB_END;
> +
> +	die_get_real_type(die_mem, &type_die);
> +
> +	if (dwarf_aggregate_size(&type_die, &size) < 0)
> +		size = 0;
> +
> +	if (loc < offset && offset < (loc + size))
> +		return DIE_FIND_CB_END;
> +
> +	return DIE_FIND_CB_SIBLING;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * die_get_member_type - Return type info of struct member
> + * @type_die: a type DIE
> + * @offset: offset in the type
> + * @die_mem: a buffer to save the resulting DIE
> + *
> + * This function returns a type of a member in @type_die where it's located at
> + * @offset if it's a struct.  For now, it just returns the first matching
> + * member in a union.  For other types, it'd return the given type directly
> + * if it's within the size of the type or NULL otherwise.
> + */
> +Dwarf_Die *die_get_member_type(Dwarf_Die *type_die, int offset,
> +			       Dwarf_Die *die_mem)
> +{
> +	Dwarf_Die *member;
> +	Dwarf_Die mb_type;
> +	int tag;
> +
> +	tag = dwarf_tag(type_die);
> +	/* If it's not a compound type, return the type directly */
> +	if (tag != DW_TAG_structure_type && tag != DW_TAG_union_type) {
> +		Dwarf_Word size;
> +
> +		if (dwarf_aggregate_size(type_die, &size) < 0)
> +			size = 0;
> +
> +		if ((unsigned)offset >= size)
> +			return NULL;
> +
> +		*die_mem = *type_die;
> +		return die_mem;
> +	}
> +
> +	mb_type = *type_die;
> +	/* TODO: Handle union types better? */
> +	while (tag == DW_TAG_structure_type || tag == DW_TAG_union_type) {
> +		member = die_find_child(&mb_type, __die_find_member_offset_cb,
> +					(void *)(long)offset, die_mem);
> +		if (member == NULL)
> +			return NULL;
> +
> +		if (die_get_real_type(member, &mb_type) == NULL)
> +			return NULL;
> +
> +		tag = dwarf_tag(&mb_type);
> +
> +		if (tag == DW_TAG_structure_type || tag == DW_TAG_union_type) {
> +			Dwarf_Word loc;
> +
> +			/* Update offset for the start of the member struct */
> +			if (die_get_data_member_location(member, &loc) == 0)
> +				offset -= loc;
> +		}
> +	}
> +	*die_mem = mb_type;
> +	return die_mem;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * die_deref_ptr_type - Return type info for pointer access
> + * @ptr_die: a pointer type DIE
> + * @offset: access offset for the pointer
> + * @die_mem: a buffer to save the resulting DIE
> + *
> + * This function follows the pointer in @ptr_die with given @offset
> + * and saves the resulting type in @die_mem.  If the pointer points
> + * a struct type, actual member at the offset would be returned.
> + */
> +Dwarf_Die *die_deref_ptr_type(Dwarf_Die *ptr_die, int offset,
> +			      Dwarf_Die *die_mem)
> +{
> +	Dwarf_Die type_die;
> +
> +	if (dwarf_tag(ptr_die) != DW_TAG_pointer_type)
> +		return NULL;
> +
> +	if (die_get_real_type(ptr_die, &type_die) == NULL)
> +		return NULL;
> +
> +	return die_get_member_type(&type_die, offset, die_mem);
> +}
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h
> index d0ef41738abd..df846bd30134 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h
> @@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ struct die_var_type {
>  	int offset;
>  };
>  
> +/* Return type info of a member at offset */
> +Dwarf_Die *die_get_member_type(Dwarf_Die *type_die, int offset, Dwarf_Die *die_mem);
> +
> +/* Return type info where the pointer and offset point to */
> +Dwarf_Die *die_deref_ptr_type(Dwarf_Die *ptr_die, int offset, Dwarf_Die *die_mem);
> +
>  #ifdef HAVE_DWARF_GETLOCATIONS_SUPPORT
>  
>  /* Get byte offset range of given variable DIE */
> -- 
> 2.42.0.655.g421f12c284-goog
> 


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>




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