kernel.git/tools/perf/util/evsel.c, branch master

perf regs: Remove weak attributive archxxx_reg_mask() functions

2026-02-06T15:16:09Z

Currently, some architecture-specific perf-regs functions, such as arch__intr_reg_mask() and arch__user_reg_mask(), are defined with the __weak attribute. This approach ensures that only functions matching the architecture of the build/run host are compiled and executed, reducing build time and binary size. However, this __weak attribute restricts these functions to be called only on the same architecture, preventing cross-architecture functionality. For example, a perf.data file captured on x86 cannot be parsed on an ARM platform. To address this limitation, this patch removes the __weak attribute from these perf-regs functions. The architecture-specific code is moved from the arch/ directory to the util/perf-regs-arch/ directory. The appropriate architectural functions are then called based on the EM_HOST. No functional changes are intended. Suggested-by: Ian Rogers Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Dapeng Mi Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Albert Ou Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Guo Ren Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: John Garry Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Xudong Hao Cc: Zide Chen [ Fixed up somme fuzz with s390 and riscv Build files wrt removing perf_regs.o ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf session: Add e_flags to the e_machine helper

2026-02-03T21:01:27Z

Allow e_flags as well as e_machine to be computed using the e_machine helper. This isn't currently used, the argument is always NULL, but it will be used for a new header feature. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Aditya Bodkhe Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Albert Ou Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Andrew Jones Cc: Anubhav Shelat Cc: Anup Patel Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Blake Jones Cc: Chun-Tse Shao Cc: Dapeng Mi Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Quan Zhou Cc: Shimin Guo Cc: Swapnil Sapkal Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Yunseong Kim Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf kvm: Wire up e_machine

2026-02-03T21:01:27Z

Pass the e_machine to the kvm functions so that they aren't just wired to EM_HOST. In the case of a session move some setup until the session is created. As the session isn't fully running the default EM_HOST is returned as no e_machine can be found in a running machine. This is, however, some marginal progress to cross platform support. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Aditya Bodkhe Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Albert Ou Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Andrew Jones Cc: Anubhav Shelat Cc: Anup Patel Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Blake Jones Cc: Chun-Tse Shao Cc: Dapeng Mi Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Quan Zhou Cc: Shimin Guo Cc: Swapnil Sapkal Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Yunseong Kim Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf perf_regs: Switch from arch string to int e_machine

2026-01-20T18:43:04Z

The arch string requires multiple strcmp to identify things like the IP and SP. Switch to passing in an e_machine that in the bulk of cases is computed using a current thread load. The e_machine also allows identification of 32-bit vs 64-bit processes. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Aditya Bodkhe Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Albert Ou Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Chun-Tse Shao Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert Cc: Guo Ren Cc: Haibo Xu Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Krzysztof Łopatowski Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Mark Wielaard Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Sergei Trofimovich Cc: Shimin Guo Cc: Stephen Brennan Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Will Deacon [ Include dwarf-regs.h to get conditional defines for EM_CSKY and EM_LOONGARCH, not available in old distros ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf evsel: Add a helper to get the value of a config field

2026-01-15T02:15:19Z

This will be used by aux PMUs to read an already written value for configuring their events and for also testing. Its helper perf_pmu__format_unpack() does the opposite of the existing pmu_format_value() so rename that one to perf_pmu__format_pack() so it's clear how they are related. Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: James Clark Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Suzuki Poulouse Cc: Will Deacon Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf evsel: apply evsel__set_config_if_unset() to all config fields

2026-01-15T02:15:06Z

Misleadingly, evsel__set_config_if_unset() only works with the config field and not config1, config2, etc. This is fine at the moment because all users of it happen to operate on bits that are in that config field. Fix it before there are any new users of the function which operate on bits in different config fields. In theory it's also possible for a driver to move an existing bit to another config field and this fixes that scenario too, although this hasn't happened yet either. Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: James Clark Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Suzuki Poulouse Cc: Will Deacon Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf parse-events: Track all user changed config bits

2026-01-15T02:14:54Z

Currently we only track which bits were set by the user in attr->config. But all configN fields should be treated equally as they can all have default and user overridden values. Track them all by making get_config_chgs() generic and calling it once for each config value. Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: James Clark Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Suzuki Poulouse Cc: Will Deacon Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf evsel: Support sparse fields in evsel__set_config_if_unset()

2026-01-15T02:14:42Z

Sparse config fields are technically supported although currently unused. field_prep() only works for contiguous bitfields so replace it with pmu_format_value(). pmu_format_value() also takes a bitmap rather than a u64 so replace 'u64 bits' with format->bits. Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: James Clark Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Suzuki Poulouse Cc: Will Deacon Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf evsel: Move evsel__* functions to evsel.c

2026-01-15T02:14:13Z

At least one of these were put here to avoid a Python binding linking issue which is no longer present. Put them back in their correct location to avoid confusion about which file to add a new evsel__* function to later. Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: James Clark Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Suzuki Poulouse Cc: Will Deacon Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZEbAS2yx2fguW60w@kernel.org/ Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Switch printf("...%s", strerror(errno)) to printf("...%m")

2026-01-14T20:22:50Z

strerror() has thread safety issues, strerror_r() requires stack allocated buffers. Code in perf has already been using the "%m" formatting flag that is a widely support glibc extension to print the current errno's description. Expand the usage of this formatting flag and remove usage of strerror()/strerror_r(). Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Acked-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Blake Jones Cc: Chun-Tse Shao Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert Cc: Haibo Xu Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephen Brennan Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Yunseong Kim Cc: Zhongqiu Han Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo