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authorAdrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>2023-07-31 12:18:57 +0300
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2023-08-15 22:41:49 +0300
commit82b0a10390e5f198a4e23c9cc6a7307d2cf099f3 (patch)
tree1af500da16e5328cd949850acfc23f2c7270b851 /tools/perf/Documentation
parent42c6dd9d23019ff339d0aca80a444eb71087050e (diff)
downloadlinux-82b0a10390e5f198a4e23c9cc6a7307d2cf099f3.tar.xz
perf dlfilter: Add al_cleanup()
Add perf_dlfilter_fns.al_cleanup() to do addr_location__exit() on data passed via perf_dlfilter_fns.resolve_address(). Add dlfilter-test-api-v2 to the "dlfilter C API" test to test it. Update documentation, clarifying that data returned by APIs should not be dereferenced after filter_event() and filter_event_early() return. Fixes: 0dd5041c9a0eaf8c ("perf addr_location: Add init/exit/copy functions") Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230731091857.10681-3-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-dlfilter.txt22
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-dlfilter.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-dlfilter.txt
index fb22e3b31dc5..8887cc20a809 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-dlfilter.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-dlfilter.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ internal filtering.
If implemented, 'filter_description' should return a one-line description
of the filter, and optionally a longer description.
+Do not assume the 'sample' argument is valid (dereferenceable)
+after 'filter_event' and 'filter_event_early' return.
+
+Do not assume data referenced by pointers in struct perf_dlfilter_sample
+is valid (dereferenceable) after 'filter_event' and 'filter_event_early' return.
+
The perf_dlfilter_sample structure
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -150,7 +156,8 @@ struct perf_dlfilter_fns {
const char *(*srcline)(void *ctx, __u32 *line_number);
struct perf_event_attr *(*attr)(void *ctx);
__s32 (*object_code)(void *ctx, __u64 ip, void *buf, __u32 len);
- void *(*reserved[120])(void *);
+ void (*al_cleanup)(void *ctx, struct perf_dlfilter_al *al);
+ void *(*reserved[119])(void *);
};
----
@@ -161,7 +168,8 @@ struct perf_dlfilter_fns {
'args' returns arguments from --dlarg options.
'resolve_address' provides information about 'address'. al->size must be set
-before calling. Returns 0 on success, -1 otherwise.
+before calling. Returns 0 on success, -1 otherwise. Call al_cleanup() (if present,
+see below) when 'al' data is no longer needed.
'insn' returns instruction bytes and length.
@@ -171,6 +179,12 @@ before calling. Returns 0 on success, -1 otherwise.
'object_code' reads object code and returns the number of bytes read.
+'al_cleanup' must be called (if present, so check perf_dlfilter_fns.al_cleanup != NULL)
+after resolve_address() to free any associated resources.
+
+Do not assume pointers obtained via perf_dlfilter_fns are valid (dereferenceable)
+after 'filter_event' and 'filter_event_early' return.
+
The perf_dlfilter_al structure
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -197,9 +211,13 @@ struct perf_dlfilter_al {
/* Below members are only populated by resolve_ip() */
__u8 filtered; /* true if this sample event will be filtered out */
const char *comm;
+ void *priv; /* Private data. Do not change */
};
----
+Do not assume data referenced by pointers in struct perf_dlfilter_al
+is valid (dereferenceable) after 'filter_event' and 'filter_event_early' return.
+
perf_dlfilter_sample flags
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~