[PATCH v4 3/3] perf annotate-data: Adjust type offset for flex-array
From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 02:23:26 EST
The flex array members are located beyond the original type size. Also
it needs to adjust the offset in an array to find a corresponding
element using module operation. Note that we focus on access to type and
field, so array index is not important.
Make sure to find a field name for flex arrays.
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 76 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
index 1ee2b74f99205567..d4410d720e12635b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate-data.c
@@ -240,8 +240,13 @@ static int __add_member_cb(Dwarf_Die *die, void *arg)
if (member == NULL)
return DIE_FIND_CB_END;
- strbuf_init(&sb, 32);
- die_get_typename(die, &sb);
+ if (strbuf_init(&sb, 32) < 0) {
+ free(member);
+ return DIE_FIND_CB_END;
+ }
+
+ if (die_get_typename(die, &sb) < 0)
+ strbuf_add(&sb, "(unknown type)", 14);
__die_get_real_type(die, &member_type);
if (dwarf_tag(&member_type) == DW_TAG_typedef)
@@ -249,7 +254,7 @@ static int __add_member_cb(Dwarf_Die *die, void *arg)
else
die_mem = member_type;
- if (dwarf_aggregate_size(&die_mem, &size) < 0) {
+ if (dwarf_aggregate_size(&die_mem, &size) < 0 || size == 0) {
if (dwarf_tag(&die_mem) == DW_TAG_array_type) { /* flex-array? */
die_get_real_type(&die_mem, &die_mem);
if (dwarf_aggregate_size(&die_mem, &size) < 0)
@@ -333,19 +338,40 @@ static void delete_members(struct annotated_member *member)
}
static int fill_member_name(char *buf, size_t sz, struct annotated_member *m,
- int offset, bool first)
+ int offset, bool first, bool has_flex_array)
{
struct annotated_member *child;
+ bool found = false;
+ int len;
if (list_empty(&m->children))
return 0;
list_for_each_entry(child, &m->children, node) {
- int len;
-
if (offset < child->offset || offset >= child->offset + child->size)
continue;
+ found = true;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (!found && has_flex_array) {
+ /*
+ * It may have an intermediate struct that has another struct that
+ * contains a flex array. In that case, the outer struct itself is
+ * has no array and the size is less than the offset so the above
+ * logic won't find the outer struct at the offset. Let's use the
+ * last struct if it couldn't find a member for the flex array.
+ */
+ child = list_last_entry(&m->children, struct annotated_member, node);
+
+ if (offset < child->offset)
+ return 0;
+
+ found = true;
+ }
+
+ if (found) {
/* It can have anonymous struct/union members */
if (child->var_name) {
len = scnprintf(buf, sz, "%s%s",
@@ -355,15 +381,37 @@ static int fill_member_name(char *buf, size_t sz, struct annotated_member *m,
len = 0;
}
- return fill_member_name(buf + len, sz - len, child, offset, first) + len;
+ return fill_member_name(buf + len, sz - len, child, offset, first,
+ has_flex_array) + len;
}
+
return 0;
}
int annotated_data_type__get_member_name(struct annotated_data_type *adt,
char *buf, size_t sz, int member_offset)
{
- return fill_member_name(buf, sz, &adt->self, member_offset, /*first=*/true);
+ return fill_member_name(buf, sz, &adt->self, member_offset, /*first=*/true,
+ adt->flex_array);
+}
+
+static struct annotated_member *find_flex_array(struct annotated_member *m)
+{
+ struct annotated_member *child;
+
+ if (list_empty(&m->children))
+ return NULL;
+
+ child = list_last_entry(&m->children, struct annotated_member, node);
+ if (strstr(child->type_name, "[]"))
+ return child;
+
+ return find_flex_array(child);
+}
+
+static struct annotated_member *get_flex_array_member(struct annotated_data_type *adt)
+{
+ return find_flex_array(&adt->self);
}
static struct annotated_data_type *dso__findnew_data_type(struct dso *dso,
@@ -1740,6 +1788,7 @@ struct annotated_data_type *find_data_type(struct data_loc_info *dloc)
{
struct dso *dso = map__dso(dloc->ms->map);
Dwarf_Die type_die;
+ struct annotated_data_type *result;
/*
* The type offset is the same as instruction offset by default.
@@ -1752,7 +1801,25 @@ struct annotated_data_type *find_data_type(struct data_loc_info *dloc)
if (find_data_type_die(dloc, &type_die) < 0)
return NULL;
- return dso__findnew_data_type(dso, &type_die);
+ result = dso__findnew_data_type(dso, &type_die);
+ if (result == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (result->flex_array && dloc->type_offset > result->self.size) {
+ struct annotated_member *flex_array = get_flex_array_member(result);
+
+ if (flex_array && flex_array->size > 0) {
+ int offset = dloc->type_offset;
+
+ /* adjust offset in the flex array */
+ offset -= flex_array->offset;
+ offset %= flex_array->size;
+ offset += flex_array->offset;
+
+ dloc->type_offset = offset;
+ }
+ }
+ return result;
}
static size_t data_type_hash(long key, void *ctx __maybe_unused)
--
2.55.0.1032.g73a4cd73de-goog