[PATCH v5 20/23] perf env: Remove global perf_env

From: Ian Rogers
Date: Sat Jun 28 2025 - 00:55:24 EST


The global perf_env was used for the host, but if a perf_env wasn't
easy to come by it was used in a lot of places where potentially
recorded and host data could be confused. Remove the global variable
as now the majority of accesses retrieve the perf_env for the host
from the session.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/perf.c | 3 ---
tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c | 2 +-
tools/perf/util/env.c | 2 --
tools/perf/util/env.h | 2 --
tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 2 +-
tools/perf/util/session.c | 3 ++-
6 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index f0617cc41f5f..88c60ecf3395 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -346,12 +346,9 @@ static int run_builtin(struct cmd_struct *p, int argc, const char **argv)
use_pager = 1;
commit_pager_choice();

- perf_env__init(&perf_env);
- perf_env__set_cmdline(&perf_env, argc, argv);
status = p->fn(argc, argv);
perf_config__exit();
exit_browser(status);
- perf_env__exit(&perf_env);

if (status)
return status & 0xff;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c
index 664f361ef8c1..5b6d3e899e11 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ static int perf_event__synthesize_one_bpf_prog(struct perf_session *session,
* for perf-record and perf-report use header.env;
* otherwise, use global perf_env.
*/
- env = session->data ? perf_session__env(session) : &perf_env;
+ env = perf_session__env(session);

arrays = 1UL << PERF_BPIL_JITED_KSYMS;
arrays |= 1UL << PERF_BPIL_JITED_FUNC_LENS;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/env.c b/tools/perf/util/env.c
index 887a6fb7104e..6f1611eb4694 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/env.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/env.c
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
#include "strbuf.h"
#include "trace/beauty/beauty.h"

-struct perf_env perf_env;
-
#ifdef HAVE_LIBBPF_SUPPORT
#include "bpf-event.h"
#include "bpf-utils.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/env.h b/tools/perf/util/env.h
index c90c1d717e73..ce0ad14535a3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/env.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/env.h
@@ -150,8 +150,6 @@ enum perf_compress_type {
struct bpf_prog_info_node;
struct btf_node;

-extern struct perf_env perf_env;
-
void perf_env__exit(struct perf_env *env);

int perf_env__kernel_is_64_bit(struct perf_env *env);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 24c93ea5ba0a..988fe5c4137a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -3849,7 +3849,7 @@ struct perf_env *evsel__env(struct evsel *evsel)
{
struct perf_session *session = evsel__session(evsel);

- return session ? perf_session__env(session) : &perf_env;
+ return session ? perf_session__env(session) : NULL;
}

static int store_evsel_ids(struct evsel *evsel, struct evlist *evlist)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 39da4ab768a5..df03743ac2bf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ struct perf_session *__perf_session__new(struct perf_data *data,
symbol_conf.kallsyms_name = perf_data__kallsyms_name(data);
}
} else {
- session->machines.host.env = host_env ?: &perf_env;
+ assert(host_env != NULL);
+ session->machines.host.env = host_env;
}
if (session->evlist)
session->evlist->session = session;
--
2.50.0.727.gbf7dc18ff4-goog