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authorSukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2014-06-25 17:49:03 +0200
committerJiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>2014-06-27 11:14:51 +0200
commita60335ba32981db5bc057b35782644e9e2436407 (patch)
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parenttools lib traceevent: Fix a risk for doing free on uninitialized pointer (diff)
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perf tools powerpc: Adjust callchain based on DWARF debug info
When saving the callchain on Power, the kernel conservatively saves excess entries in the callchain. A few of these entries are needed in some cases but not others. We should use the DWARF debug information to determine when the entries are needed. Eg: the value in the link register (LR) is needed only when it holds the return address of a function. At other times it must be ignored. If the unnecessary entries are not ignored, we end up with duplicate arcs in the call-graphs. Use the DWARF debug information to determine if any callchain entries should be ignored when building call-graphs. Callgraph before the patch: 14.67% 2234 sprintft libc-2.18.so [.] __random | --- __random | |--61.12%-- __random | | | |--97.15%-- rand | | do_my_sprintf | | main | | generic_start_main.isra.0 | | __libc_start_main | | 0x0 | | | --2.85%-- do_my_sprintf | main | generic_start_main.isra.0 | __libc_start_main | 0x0 | --38.88%-- rand | |--94.01%-- rand | do_my_sprintf | main | generic_start_main.isra.0 | __libc_start_main | 0x0 | --5.99%-- do_my_sprintf main generic_start_main.isra.0 __libc_start_main 0x0 Callgraph after the patch: 14.67% 2234 sprintft libc-2.18.so [.] __random | --- __random | |--95.93%-- rand | do_my_sprintf | main | generic_start_main.isra.0 | __libc_start_main | 0x0 | --4.07%-- do_my_sprintf main generic_start_main.isra.0 __libc_start_main 0x0 TODO: For split-debug info objects like glibc, we can only determine the call-frame-address only when both .eh_frame and .debug_info sections are available. We should be able to determin the CFA even without the .eh_frame section. Fix suggested by Anton Blanchard. Thanks to valuable input on DWARF debug information from Ulrich Weigand. Reported-by: Maynard Johnson <maynard@us.ibm.com> Tested-by: Maynard Johnson <maynard@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140625154903.GA29607@us.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 744e629797be..b92219b1900d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ PERF_HAVE_DWARF_REGS := 1
LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)arch/$(ARCH)/util/dwarf-regs.o
endif
LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)arch/$(ARCH)/util/header.o
+LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)arch/$(ARCH)/util/skip-callchain-idx.o