[PATCH dwarves v5 10/11] btf_encoder: Handle optimized parameter properly
Yonghong Song <[email protected]> Sat, 23 May 2026 09:58:27 -0700
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.dwarves,org.kernel.vger.bpf |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Ensure to skip optimized parameter so btf can generate
proper true signatures.
In the first patch of the patch set, with DW_CC_nocall filtering, 875 functions
have signature changed. With a series of improvement, eventually only 18 functions
remain and unfortunately these functions cannot be converted to true signatures
due to locations. For example,
0x0242f1f7: DW_TAG_subprogram
DW_AT_name ("memblock_find_in_range")
DW_AT_calling_convention (DW_CC_nocall)
DW_AT_type (0x0242decc "phys_addr_t")
...
0x0242f22e: DW_TAG_formal_parameter
DW_AT_location (indexed (0x14a) loclist = 0x005595bc:
[0xffffffff87a000f9, 0xffffffff87a00178): DW_OP_reg5 RDI
[0xffffffff87a00178, 0xffffffff87a001be): DW_OP_reg14 R14
[0xffffffff87a001be, 0xffffffff87a001c7): DW_OP_entry_value(DW_OP_reg5 RDI), DW_OP_stack_value
[0xffffffff87a001c7, 0xffffffff87a00214): DW_OP_reg14 R14)
DW_AT_name ("start")
DW_AT_type (0x0242decc "phys_addr_t")
...
0x0242f239: DW_TAG_formal_parameter
DW_AT_location (indexed (0x14b) loclist = 0x005595e6:
[0xffffffff87a000f9, 0xffffffff87a00175): DW_OP_reg4 RSI
[0xffffffff87a00175, 0xffffffff87a001b8): DW_OP_reg3 RBX
[0xffffffff87a001b8, 0xffffffff87a001c7): DW_OP_entry_value(DW_OP_reg4 RSI), DW_OP_stack_value
[0xffffffff87a001c7, 0xffffffff87a00214): DW_OP_reg3 RBX)
DW_AT_name ("end")
DW_AT_type (0x0242decc "phys_addr_t")
...
0x0242f245: DW_TAG_formal_parameter
DW_AT_location (indexed (0x14c) loclist = 0x00559610:
[0xffffffff87a001e3, 0xffffffff87a001ef): DW_OP_breg4 RSI+0)
DW_AT_name ("size")
DW_AT_type (0x0242decc "phys_addr_t")
...
0x0242f250: DW_TAG_formal_parameter
DW_AT_const_value (4096)
DW_AT_name ("align")
DW_AT_type (0x0242decc "phys_addr_t")
...
The third parameter 'size' is not from RDX. Hence, true signature is not possible for this function.
I also did some experiments on arm64. The number of signature-changed funcitons
is 863 and finally there are 70 functions cannot be converted to true signatures.
Through dwarf comparison of x86_64 vs. arm64, llvm arm64 backend looks like having
more relaxation to compute parameter values for those signature-changed functions.
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <[email protected]>
---
btf_encoder.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/btf_encoder.c b/btf_encoder.c
index 633bc61..26be31d 100644
--- a/btf_encoder.c
+++ b/btf_encoder.c
@@ -1257,15 +1257,21 @@ static int32_t btf_encoder__save_func(struct btf_encoder *encoder, struct functi
struct btf *btf = encoder->btf;
struct llvm_annotation *annot;
struct parameter *param;
- uint8_t param_idx = 0;
+ uint8_t param_idx = 0, skip_idx = 0;
int str_off, err = 0;
if (!state)
return -ENOMEM;
+ if (encoder->true_signature && encoder->cu->producer_clang) {
+ ftype__for_each_parameter(ftype, param) {
+ if (param->optimized) skip_idx++;
+ }
+ }
+
state->addr = function__addr(fn);
state->elf = func;
- state->nr_parms = ftype->nr_parms + (ftype->unspec_parms ? 1 : 0);
+ state->nr_parms = ftype->nr_parms - skip_idx + (ftype->unspec_parms ? 1 : 0);
state->ret_type_id = ftype->tag.type == 0 ? 0 : encoder->type_id_off + ftype->tag.type;
if (state->nr_parms > 0) {
state->parms = zalloc(state->nr_parms * sizeof(*state->parms));
@@ -1297,14 +1303,34 @@ static int32_t btf_encoder__save_func(struct btf_encoder *encoder, struct functi
state->reordered_parm = ftype->reordered_parm;
ftype__for_each_parameter(ftype, param) {
const char *name;
+ char *final_name = NULL;
/* No location info/optimized + reordered means optimized out. */
if (ftype->reordered_parm && (!param->has_loc || param->optimized)) {
state->nr_parms--;
continue;
}
- name = parameter__name(param) ?: "";
+ if (encoder->true_signature && encoder->cu->producer_clang && param->optimized)
+ continue;
+
+ name = parameter__name(param);
+ if (!name) {
+ name = "";
+ } else if (param->true_sig_member_name) {
+ /* Non-null param->true_sig_member_name indicates that the parameter
+ * name is <parameter_name>__<field_name>.
+ */
+ if (asprintf(&final_name, "%s__%s", name, param->true_sig_member_name) == -1) {
+ err = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ name = final_name;
+ }
+
str_off = btf__add_str(btf, name);
+ if (final_name)
+ free(final_name);
+
if (str_off < 0) {
err = str_off;
goto out;
--
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