Subject: [PATCH v3 2/2] arm64: perf: Fix callchain parse error with kernel tracepoint events

From: [email-masked] (Will Deacon)
Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 18:00:06 +0100

On Sat, May 02, 2015 at 06:58:17AM +0100, Hou Pengyang wrote:
> For ARM64, when tracing with tracepoint events, the IP and pstate are set
> to 0, preventing the perf code parsing the callchain and resolving the
> symbols correctly.
> 
>  ./perf record -e sched:sched_switch -g --call-graph dwarf ls
>     [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.146 MB perf.data ]
>  ./perf report -f
>     Samples: 194  of event 'sched:sched_switch', Event count (approx.): 194
>     Children      Self    Command  Shared Object     Symbol
>     100.00%       100.00%  ls       [unknown]         [.] 0000000000000000
> 
> The fix is to implement perf_arch_fetch_caller_regs for ARM64, which fills
> several necessary registers used for callchain unwinding, including pc,sp,
> fp and spsr .
> 
> With this patch, callchain can be parsed correctly as follows:
> 
>      ......
> +    2.63%     0.00%  ls       [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] vfs_symlink
> +    2.63%     0.00%  ls       [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] follow_down
> +    2.63%     0.00%  ls       [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] pfkey_get
> +    2.63%     0.00%  ls       [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] do_execveat_common.isra.33
> -    2.63%     0.00%  ls       [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] pfkey_send_policy_notify
>      pfkey_send_policy_notify
>      pfkey_get
>      v9fs_vfs_rename
>      page_follow_link_light
>      link_path_walk
>      el0_svc_naked
>     .......
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hou Pengyang <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/perf_event.h | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/perf_event.h
> index d26d1d5..cc92021 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/perf_event.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/perf_event.h
> @@ -24,4 +24,11 @@ extern unsigned long perf_misc_flags(struct pt_regs *regs);
>  #define perf_misc_flags(regs)	perf_misc_flags(regs)
>  #endif
>  
> +#define perf_arch_fetch_caller_regs(regs, __ip) { \
> +	(regs)->ARM_pc = (__ip);    \
> +	(regs)->ARM_fp = (unsigned long) __builtin_frame_address(0); \
> +	(regs)->ARM_sp = current_stack_pointer; \
> +	(regs)->ARM_cpsr = PSR_MODE_EL1h;	\
> +}

This can't possibly compile, therefore you can't possibly have tested it.

Please fix the code and actually check that you're getting sensible
callchains before sending a new version of the patch.

Thanks,

Will