kernel/linux.git/tools/perf/arch/x86, branch v7.1

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

libperf cpumap: Make index and nr types unsigned

2026-04-01T21:50:53+00:00

The index into the cpumap array and the number of entries within the array can never be negative, so let's make them unsigned. This is prompted by reports that gcc 13 with -O6 is giving a alloc-size-larger-than errors. The change makes the cpumap changes and then updates the declaration of index variables throughout perf and libperf to be unsigned. The two things are hard to separate as compiler warnings about mixing signed and unsigned types breaks the build. Reported-by: Chingbin Li Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260212025127.841090-1-liqb365@163.com/ Tested-by: Chingbin Li Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

Merge tag 'perf-tools-fixes-for-v7.0-2-2026-03-23' into perf-tools-next

2026-03-25T07:06:23+00:00

To get the various fixes for v7.0. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

tools headers: Update the syscall tables and unistd.h, to support the new 'rseq_slice_yield' syscall

2026-03-05T20:20:23+00:00

Picking up the changes from these csets: 2153b2e8917b73e9 ("sparc: Add architecture support for clone3") 99d2592023e5d0a3 ("rseq: Implement sys_rseq_slice_yield()") 4ac286c4a8d904c8 ("s390/syscalls: Switch to generic system call table generation") This makes 'perf trace' support it, now its possible, for instance, to do: # perf trace -e rseq_slice_yield --max-stack=16 Here is an example with the 'sendmmsg' syscall: root@x1:~# perf trace -e sendmmsg --max-stack 16 --max-events=1 0.000 ( 0.062 ms): dbus-broker/1012 sendmmsg(fd: 150, mmsg: 0x7ffef57cca50, vlen: 1, flags: DONTWAIT|NOSIGNAL) = 1 syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare ([kernel.kallsyms]) syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare ([kernel.kallsyms]) syscall_exit_to_user_mode ([kernel.kallsyms]) do_syscall_64 ([kernel.kallsyms]) entry_SYSCALL_64 ([kernel.kallsyms]) [0x117ce7] (/usr/lib64/libc.so.6 (deleted)) root@x1:~# To do a system wide tracing of the new 'rseq_slice_yield' syscall with a backtrace of at most 16 entries. This addresses these perf tools build warnings: Warning: Kernel ABI header differences: diff -u tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h diff -u tools/scripts/syscall.tbl scripts/syscall.tbl diff -u tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl diff -u tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl diff -u tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl diff -u tools/perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl diff -u tools/perf/arch/mips/entry/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl diff -u tools/perf/arch/arm/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl diff -u tools/perf/arch/sh/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl diff -u tools/perf/arch/sparc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl diff -u tools/perf/arch/xtensa/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl Cc: Andreas Larsson Cc: Heiko Carstens Cc: Ludwig Rydberg Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf pmu: Replace starts_with with strstarts

2026-03-04T01:04:49+00:00

linux/string.h provides strstarts that matches the starts_with function. For style and consistency reasons remove the starts_with functions and use strstarts. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Reviewed-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 arch: Update arch headers to use relative UAPI paths

2026-02-06T15:15:48+00:00

The architectural specific headers perf_regs.h currently rely on the host architecture's 'asm/perf_regs.h'. This can lead to compilation inconsistencies or failures when including and building perf for a target architecture that differs from the host's architecture. Explicitly point to the UAPI headers within the tools source tree using relative paths. This ensures that perf is always built against the intended architecture. No functional changes are intended. 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 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 script: Fix script_fetch_insn for more than just x86

2026-01-27T04:35:22+00:00

The script_fetch_insn code was only supported on natively running x86. Implement a crude elf_machine_max_instruction_length function and use to give an instruction length on more than just x86. Use the ELF machine to determine the length to use to support cross-architecture development. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Shimin Guo Cc: Yujie Liu [ Conditionally define EM_CSKY and EM_LOONGARCH for older distros ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo