Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] perf tools: Use dynamic register set for Dwarf unwind

From: Leo Yan
Date: Tue May 17 2022 - 07:03:40 EST


On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 11:20:03AM +0100, James Clark wrote:
> Architectures can detect availability of extra registers at
> runtime so use this more complete set for unwinding. This
> will include the VG register on arm64 in a later commit.
>
> If the function isn't implemented then PERF_REGS_MASK is
> returned and there is no change.
>
> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxx>

This patch looks good to me:
Reviewed-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Just curious, do you think should update the test (e.g.
arch/arm64/tests/dwarf-unwind.c) to use arch__user_reg_mask()?

Thanks,
Leo

> ---
> tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
> index 5fd7924f8eb3..787bbcbcd2ae 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
> @@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ static void __evsel__config_callchain(struct evsel *evsel, struct record_opts *o
> "specifying a subset with --user-regs may render DWARF unwinding unreliable, "
> "so the minimal registers set (IP, SP) is explicitly forced.\n");
> } else {
> - attr->sample_regs_user |= PERF_REGS_MASK;
> + attr->sample_regs_user |= arch__user_reg_mask();
> }
> attr->sample_stack_user = param->dump_size;
> attr->exclude_callchain_user = 1;
> --
> 2.28.0
>