kernel/linux.git/tools/perf/util/disasm.h, branch linux-7.1.y

perf annotate: Use jump__delete when freeing LoongArch jumps

2026-04-14T06:41:11+00:00

Currently, the initialization of loongarch_jump_ops does not contain an assignment to its .free field. This causes disasm_line__free() to fall through to ins_ops__delete() for LoongArch jump instructions. ins_ops__delete() will free ins_operands.source.raw and ins_operands.source.name, and these fields overlaps with ins_operands.jump.raw_comment and ins_operands.jump.raw_func_start. Since in loongarch_jump__parse(), these two fields are populated by strchr()-ing the same buffer, trying to free them will lead to undefined behavior. This invalid free usually leads to crashes: Process 1712902 (perf) of user 1000 dumped core. Stack trace of thread 1712902: #0 0x00007fffef155c58 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x95c58) #1 0x00007fffef0f7a94 raise (libc.so.6 + 0x37a94) #2 0x00007fffef0dd6a8 abort (libc.so.6 + 0x1d6a8) #3 0x00007fffef145490 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x85490) #4 0x00007fffef1646f4 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0xa46f4) #5 0x00007fffef164718 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0xa4718) #6 0x00005555583a6764 __zfree (/home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf + 0x106764) #7 0x000055555854fb70 disasm_line__free (/home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf + 0x2afb70) #8 0x000055555853d618 annotated_source__purge (/home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf + 0x29d618) #9 0x000055555852300c __hist_entry__tui_annotate (/home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf + 0x28300c) #10 0x0000555558526718 do_annotate (/home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf + 0x286718) #11 0x000055555852ed94 evsel__hists_browse (/home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf + 0x28ed94) #12 0x000055555831fdd0 cmd_report (/home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf + 0x7fdd0) #13 0x000055555839b644 handle_internal_command (/home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf + 0xfb644) #14 0x00005555582fe6ac main (/home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf + 0x5e6ac) #15 0x00007fffef0ddd90 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x1dd90) #16 0x00007fffef0ddf0c __libc_start_main (libc.so.6 + 0x1df0c) #17 0x00005555582fed10 _start (/home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf + 0x5ed10) ELF object binary architecture: LoongArch ... and it can be confirmed with Valgrind: ==1721834== Invalid free() / delete / delete[] / realloc() ==1721834== at 0x4EA9014: free (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-loongarch64-linux.so) ==1721834== by 0x4106287: __zfree (zalloc.c:13) ==1721834== by 0x42ADC8F: disasm_line__free (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== by 0x429B737: annotated_source__purge (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== by 0x42811EB: __hist_entry__tui_annotate (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== by 0x42848D7: do_annotate (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== by 0x428CF33: evsel__hists_browse (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== Address 0x7d34303 is 35 bytes inside a block of size 62 alloc'd ==1721834== at 0x4EA59B8: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-loongarch64-linux.so) ==1721834== by 0x6B80B6F: strdup (strdup.c:42) ==1721834== by 0x42AD917: disasm_line__new (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== by 0x42AE5A3: symbol__disassemble_objdump (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== by 0x42AF0A7: symbol__disassemble (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== by 0x429B3CF: symbol__annotate (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== by 0x429C233: symbol__annotate2 (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== by 0x42804D3: __hist_entry__tui_annotate (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== by 0x42848D7: do_annotate (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) ==1721834== by 0x428CF33: evsel__hists_browse (in /home/csmantle/dist/linux-arch/tools/perf/perf) This patch adds the missing free() specialization in loongarch_jump_ops, which prevents disasm_line__free() from invoking the default cleanup function. Fixes: fb7fd2a14a503b9a ("perf annotate: Move raw_comment and raw_func_start fields out of 'struct ins_operands'") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: WANG Rui Cc: Huacai Chen Cc: WANG Xuerui Cc: loongarch@lists.linux.dev Signed-off-by: Rong Bao Tested-by: WANG Rui Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf thread: Add optional e_flags output argument to thread__e_machine

2026-01-26T21:21:20+00:00

The e_flags are needed to accurately compute complete perf register information for CSKY. Add the ability to read and have this value associated with a thread. This change doesn't wire up the use of the e_flags except in disasm where use already exists but just wasn't set up yet. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Aditya Bodkhe Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Chun-Tse Shao Cc: Guo Ren Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Sergei Trofimovich Cc: Shimin Guo Cc: Stephen Brennan Cc: Swapnil Sapkal Cc: Tianyou Li Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf disasm: Minor layout tweaks for 'struct arch'

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

Pack some holes to bring down the overall struct size from 96 to 88 bytes. Reviewed-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Aditya Bodkhe Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Albert Ou Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Bill Wendling Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert Cc: Guo Ren Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Julia Lawall Cc: Justin Stitt Cc: Krzysztof Łopatowski Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Nathan Chancellor Cc: Nick Desaulniers Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Sergei Trofimovich Cc: Shimin Guo Cc: Suchit Karunakaran Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Tianyou Li Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Zecheng Li Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf disasm: Refactor arch__find and initialization of arch structs

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

Switch arch__find to using an ELF machine number rather than a string. Rather than an array of fixed size arch structs turn the init functions into new functions indexed by the ELF machine they correspond to. This allows data to be stored with a struct arch with the container_of trick, so the priv variable can be removed. Switch to using the thread to find the arch rather than the evsel as the evsel only has limited notions of the running thread upon which disassembly is performed. Factor out the e_machine and e_flags into their own struct to make them easier to pass around. Reviewed-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Aditya Bodkhe Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Albert Ou Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Bill Wendling Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert Cc: Guo Ren Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Julia Lawall Cc: Justin Stitt Cc: Krzysztof Łopatowski Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Nathan Chancellor Cc: Nick Desaulniers Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Sergei Trofimovich Cc: Shimin Guo Cc: Suchit Karunakaran Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Tianyou Li Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Zecheng Li [ Include elf.h for EM_CSKY and friends and also conditionally define EM_CSKY_ABIMASK for old distros ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf disasm: Refactor ins__is_call/jump to avoid exposing arch ins_ops

2026-01-23T19:58:38+00:00

Add booleans indicating whether and ins_ops are call or jump and return it. This avoids exposing loongarch and s390 ins_ops for the sake of matching. Reviewed-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Aditya Bodkhe Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Albert Ou Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Bill Wendling Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert Cc: Guo Ren Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Julia Lawall Cc: Justin Stitt Cc: Krzysztof Łopatowski Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Nathan Chancellor Cc: Nick Desaulniers Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Sergei Trofimovich Cc: Shimin Guo Cc: Suchit Karunakaran Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Tianyou Li Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Zecheng Li Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf disasm: Don't include C files from the arch directory

2026-01-23T19:58:38+00:00

Move the arch instructions.c files into appropriately named files in annotate-arch in the util directory. Don't #include to compile the code, switch to building the files and fix up the #includes accordingly. Move powerpc specific disasm code out of disasm.c and into annotate-powerpc.c. Declarations and static removed as appropriate for the code to compile as separate compilation units. The e_machine and e_flags set up is moved to the disasm.c architectures array so that later patches can sort by them. Reviewed-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Aditya Bodkhe Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Albert Ou Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Bill Wendling Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert Cc: Guo Ren Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Julia Lawall Cc: Justin Stitt Cc: Krzysztof Łopatowski Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Nathan Chancellor Cc: Nick Desaulniers Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Sergei Trofimovich Cc: Shimin Guo Cc: Suchit Karunakaran Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Tianyou Li Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Zecheng Li Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf disasm: Rework the string arch__is to use the ELF machine

2026-01-23T19:58:38+00:00

Add new arch__is_x86 and arch__is_powerpc functions that avoid string comparisons and use the ELF machine. Remove arch__is() that is no longer used. Reviewed-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Aditya Bodkhe Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Albert Ou Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Bill Wendling Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert Cc: Guo Ren Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Julia Lawall Cc: Justin Stitt Cc: Krzysztof Łopatowski Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Nathan Chancellor Cc: Nick Desaulniers Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Sergei Trofimovich Cc: Shimin Guo Cc: Suchit Karunakaran Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Tianyou Li Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Zecheng Li Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf disasm: Constify use of 'struct ins'

2026-01-23T19:58:38+00:00

The 'struct ins' holds variables that are read but not written, except during some initialization. Change most uses to be for a "const struct ins *" version to capture this immutability. So the x86__instructions can be const pre-sort it and make the sorted variable true. Reviewed-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Aditya Bodkhe Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Albert Ou Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Bill Wendling Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert Cc: Guo Ren Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Julia Lawall Cc: Justin Stitt Cc: Krzysztof Łopatowski Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Nathan Chancellor Cc: Nick Desaulniers Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Sergei Trofimovich Cc: Shimin Guo Cc: Suchit Karunakaran Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Tianyou Li Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Zecheng Li Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf disasm: Constify use of 'struct ins_op'

2026-01-23T19:58:38+00:00

The 'struct ins_op' holds variables to function pointers that are read but not written. Change uses to be for a "const struct ins_op *" version to capture this immutability. Reviewed-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Aditya Bodkhe Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Albert Ou Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Bill Wendling Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert Cc: Guo Ren Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Julia Lawall Cc: Justin Stitt Cc: Krzysztof Łopatowski Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Nathan Chancellor Cc: Nick Desaulniers Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Sergei Trofimovich Cc: Shimin Guo Cc: Suchit Karunakaran Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Tianyou Li Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Zecheng Li Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf disasm: Constify use of 'struct arch'

2026-01-23T19:58:38+00:00

The 'struct arch' holds variables that are read but not written, except during some initialization. Change most uses to be for a "const struct arch *" version to capture this immutability. Reviewed-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Aditya Bodkhe Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Albert Ou Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Bill Wendling Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert Cc: Guo Ren Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Julia Lawall Cc: Justin Stitt Cc: Krzysztof Łopatowski Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Nathan Chancellor Cc: Nick Desaulniers Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Sergei Trofimovich Cc: Shimin Guo Cc: Suchit Karunakaran Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Tianyou Li Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Zecheng Li Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo