kernel/linux.git/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util, branch linux-7.1.y

perf tools: Use calloc() where applicable

2026-04-09T02:21:05+00:00

Instead of using zalloc(nr_entries * sizeof_entry) that is what calloc() does. In some places where linux/zalloc.h isn't needed, remove it, add when needed and was getting it indirectly. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf regs: Remove __weak attributive arch_sdt_arg_parse_op() function

2026-02-06T15:16:12+00:00

In line with the previous patch, the __weak arch_sdt_arg_parse_op() function is removed. Architectural-specific implementations in the arch/ directory are now converted into sub-functions within the util/perf-regs-arch/ directory. The perf_sdt_arg_parse_op() function will call these sub-functions based on the EM_HOST. This change enables cross-architecture calls to arch_sdt_arg_parse_op(). No functional changes are intended. Suggested-by: Ian Rogers Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Dapeng Mi Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Albert Ou Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Guo Ren Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: John Garry Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Xudong Hao Cc: Zide Chen [ Fixed up somme fuzz with powerpc and x86 Build files wrt removing perf_regs.o ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf regs: Remove weak attributive archxxx_reg_mask() functions

2026-02-06T15:16:09+00:00

Currently, some architecture-specific perf-regs functions, such as arch__intr_reg_mask() and arch__user_reg_mask(), are defined with the __weak attribute. This approach ensures that only functions matching the architecture of the build/run host are compiled and executed, reducing build time and binary size. However, this __weak attribute restricts these functions to be called only on the same architecture, preventing cross-architecture functionality. For example, a perf.data file captured on x86 cannot be parsed on an ARM platform. To address this limitation, this patch removes the __weak attribute from these perf-regs functions. The architecture-specific code is moved from the arch/ directory to the util/perf-regs-arch/ directory. The appropriate architectural functions are then called based on the EM_HOST. No functional changes are intended. Suggested-by: Ian Rogers Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Dapeng Mi Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Albert Ou Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Guo Ren Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: John Garry Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Xudong Hao Cc: Zide Chen [ Fixed up somme fuzz with s390 and riscv Build files wrt removing perf_regs.o ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf kvm stat: Remove use of the arch directory

2026-02-03T21:01:27+00:00

`perf kvm stat` supports record and report options. By using the arch directory a report for a different machine type cannot be supported. Move the kvm-stat code out of the arch directory and into util/kvm-stat-arch following the pattern of perf-regs and dwarf-regs. Avoid duplicate symbols by renaming functions to have the architecture name within them. For global variables, wrap them in an architecture specific function. Selecting the architecture to use with `perf kvm stat` is selected by EM_HOST, ie no different than before the change. Later the ELF machine can be determined from the session or a header feature (ie EM_HOST at the time of the record). The build and #define HAVE_KVM_STAT_SUPPORT is now redundant so remove across Makefiles and in the build. Opportunistically constify architectural structs and arrays. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Aditya Bodkhe Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Albert Ou Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Andrew Jones Cc: Anubhav Shelat Cc: Anup Patel Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Blake Jones Cc: Chun-Tse Shao Cc: Dapeng Mi Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Quan Zhou Cc: Shimin Guo Cc: Swapnil Sapkal Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Yunseong Kim Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf regs: Refactor use of arch__sample_reg_masks() to perf_reg_name()

2026-01-23T19:58:39+00:00

arch__sample_reg_masks isn't supported on ARM(32), csky, loongarch, MIPS, RISC-V and s390. The table returned by the function just has the name of a register paired with the corresponding sample_regs_user mask value. For a given perf register we can compute the name with perf_reg_name and the mask is just 1 left-shifted by the perf register number. Change __parse_regs to use this method for finding registers rather than arch__sample_reg_masks, thereby adding __parse_regs support for ARM(32), csky, loongarch, MIPS, RISC-V and s390. As arch__sample_reg_masks is then unused, remove the now unneeded declarations. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Tested-by: Thomas Richter Cc: Aditya Bodkhe Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Albert Ou Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Chun-Tse Shao Cc: Dapeng Mi Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert Cc: Guo Ren Cc: Haibo Xu Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Krzysztof Łopatowski Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Sergei Trofimovich Cc: Shimin Guo Cc: Stephen Brennan Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Will Deacon Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf powerpc: Unify the skip-callchain-idx libdw with that for addr2line

2026-01-20T16:04:38+00:00

Rather than have 2 Dwfl unify the Dwfl in skip-callchain-idx with that is used by libdw__addr2line(). Rename that variable in 'struct dso' from 'a2l_libdw' to just 'libdw' as it is now used in more than addr2line. The Dwfl in skip-callchain-idx uses a map address when being read with dwfl_report_elf (rather than dwfl_report_offline that addr2line uses). skip-callchain-idx is wrong as the map address can vary between processes because of ASLR, ie it should need a different Dwfl per process. In the code after this patch the base address becomes 0 and the mapped PC is used with the dwfl functions. This should increase the accuracy of skip-callchain-idx, but the impact has only been build tested. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Aditya Bodkhe Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Albert Ou Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Chun-Tse Shao Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert Cc: Guo Ren Cc: Haibo Xu Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Krzysztof Łopatowski Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Mark Wielaard Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Sergei Trofimovich Cc: Shimin Guo Cc: Stephen Brennan Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Will Deacon Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf unwind-libdw: Fix a cross-arch unwinding bug

2026-01-20T16:00:39+00:00

The set_initial_registers field of Dwfl_Thread_Callbacks needs to be set according to the arch of the stack samples being analyzed, not the arch that perf itself is built for. Currently perf fails to unwind stack samples collected from archs different from that of the host perf is running on. This patch moves the arch-specific implementations of set_initial_registers from tools/perf/arch to tools/perf/utli/unwind-libdw-arch, similar to the way the perf-regs-arch folder contains arch-specific functions related to registers, and chooses the implementation based on the arch of the data being processed. Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Shimin Guo Acked-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: Aditya Bodkhe Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Albert Ou Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Chun-Tse Shao Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert Cc: Guo Ren Cc: Haibo Xu Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Krzysztof Łopatowski Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Mark Wielaard Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Sergei Trofimovich Cc: Stephen Brennan Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Will Deacon Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf auxtrace: Remove errno.h from auxtrace.h and fix transitive dependencies

2025-11-14T07:03:11+00:00

errno.h isn't used in auxtrace.h so remove it and fix build failures caused by transitive dependencies through auxtrace.h on errno.h. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Reviewed-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf build: Remove NO_AUXTRACE build option

2025-11-14T07:03:11+00:00

The NO_AUXTRACE build option was used when the __get_cpuid feature test failed or if it was provided on the command line. The option no longer avoids a dependency on a library and so having the option is just adding complexity to the code base. Remove the option CONFIG_AUXTRACE from Build files and HAVE_AUXTRACE_SUPPORT by assuming it is always defined. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Reviewed-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf powerpc: Add basic CONFIG_AUXTRACE support for VPA pmu on powerpc

2025-10-01T14:22:04+00:00

The powerpc PMU collecting Dispatch Trace Log (DTL) entries makes use of AUX support in perf infrastructure. The PMU driver has the functionality to collect trace entries in the aux buffer. On the tools side, this data is made available as PERF_RECORD_AUXTRACE records. This record is generated by "perf record" command. To enable the creation of PERF_RECORD_AUXTRACE, add functions to initialize auxtrace records ie "auxtrace_record__init()". Fill in fields for other callbacks like info_priv_size, info_fill, free, recording options etc. Define auxtrace_type as PERF_AUXTRACE_VPA_DTL. Add header file to define vpa dtl pmu specific details. Reviewed-by: Adrian Hunter Signed-off-by: Athira Rajeev Tested-by: Tejas Manhas Tested-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote Cc: Aboorva Devarajan Cc: Aditya Bodkhe Cc: Hari Bathini Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Shrikanth Hegde Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

kernel/linux.git/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util, branch linux-7.1.y

perf tools: Use calloc() where applicable

perf regs: Remove __weak attributive arch_sdt_arg_parse_op() function

perf regs: Remove __weak attributive arch__xxx_reg_mask() functions

perf kvm stat: Remove use of the arch directory

perf regs: Refactor use of arch__sample_reg_masks() to perf_reg_name()

perf powerpc: Unify the skip-callchain-idx libdw with that for addr2line

perf unwind-libdw: Fix a cross-arch unwinding bug

perf auxtrace: Remove errno.h from auxtrace.h and fix transitive dependencies

perf build: Remove NO_AUXTRACE build option

perf powerpc: Add basic CONFIG_AUXTRACE support for VPA pmu on powerpc

perf regs: Remove weak attributive archxxx_reg_mask() functions