On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 10:50:55PM -0700, Namhyung Kim 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. > > Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> > 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 785aa7a3d725..cd9364d296b6 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); Don't we have to check that the type_die was initialized? From what I can see there is the possibility it isn't: Dwarf_Die type_die; die_get_real_type(die_mem, &type_die); do { vr_die = __die_get_real_type(vr_die, die_mem); } while (vr_die && dwarf_tag(vr_die) == DW_TAG_typedef); return vr_die; static Dwarf_Die *__die_get_real_type(Dwarf_Die *vr_die, Dwarf_Die *die_mem) do { vr_die = die_get_type(vr_die, die_mem); if (!vr_die) break; Dwarf_Die *die_get_type(Dwarf_Die *vr_die, Dwarf_Die *die_mem) Dwarf_Attribute attr; if (dwarf_attr_integrate(vr_die, DW_AT_type, &attr) && dwarf_formref_die(&attr, die_mem)) return die_mem; else return NULL; } > + 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 cd171b06fd4c..16c916311bc0 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 */ > -- > 2.44.0.291.gc1ea87d7ee-goog