On Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 7:48 PM Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> wrote:
>
> Fix the libunwind build for when libdw and libunwind are feature
> detected, currently failing with a duplicate symbol.
>
> Refactor the libunwind support so that whenever a remote target is
> available, perf functions using the ELF machine can use that remote
> target regardless of what the host/local machine is. Migrate existing
> libunwind supported architectures like powerpc, arm64 and loongarch so
> that they can work in a cross-architecture way. Add support for
> RISC-V. Make the code more regular in function names, etc. and avoid
> including a C-file. This increases the lines of code. It is similar in
> style to the unwind-libdw implementation. It is hoped that the more
> uniform nature of the code with help with refactoring the perf
> registers for SIMD/APX support.
>
> Aside from local host testing these patches are under tested, in part
> as I'm failing to see how to build libunwind with support for multiple
> remote targets. Please could I get help in testing.
Hmm.. these were reposted in part for Sashiko reviews but that has failed:
https://sashiko.dev/#/log/baseline/9180/2
```
Trying baseline: perf-tools-next/perf-tools-next
(4e03d6494f9504f8af46ba68a2a8b6877c196789)
Patch 9180/4 (ID: 24748) failed to apply.
Application failed.
```
While my local tree shows that I have perf-tools-next plus these 8
patches. I'll wait a while, rebase and repost.
Thanks,
Ian
> v4: Rebase, in particular the zalloc->calloc change conflicted.
>
> v3: Minor whitespace clean up and warn when a dynamic choice of libdw
> or libunwind is selected for unwinding and support is missing (Arnaldo).
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260404054032.1538095-1-irogers@google.com/
>
> v2: Move two fixes patches to position 1 and 2 in the series. Fix
> struct naming inconsistency, Andrew Jones
> <andrew.jones@oss.qualcomm.com>. Fix other inconsistencies and
> potential non-x86 build issues.
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260305221927.3237145-1-irogers@google.com/
>
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260224142938.26088-1-irogers@google.com/
>
> Ian Rogers (8):
> perf unwind: Refactor get_entries to allow dynamic libdw/libunwind
> selection
> perf build loongarch: Remove reference to missing file
> tools build: Deduplicate test-libunwind for different architectures
> perf build: Be more programmatic when setting up libunwind variables
> perf unwind-libunwind: Make libunwind register reading cross platform
> perf unwind-libunwind: Move flush/finish access out of local
> perf unwind-libunwind: Remove libunwind-local
> perf unwind-libunwind: Add RISC-V libunwind support
>
> tools/build/feature/Makefile | 38 +-
> tools/build/feature/test-libunwind-aarch64.c | 27 -
> tools/build/feature/test-libunwind-arm.c | 28 -
> .../test-libunwind-debug-frame-aarch64.c | 17 -
> .../feature/test-libunwind-debug-frame-arm.c | 17 -
> .../feature/test-libunwind-debug-frame.c | 1 -
> tools/build/feature/test-libunwind-x86.c | 28 -
> tools/build/feature/test-libunwind-x86_64.c | 28 -
> tools/build/feature/test-libunwind.c | 1 -
> tools/perf/Makefile.config | 215 ++---
> tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build | 2 -
> tools/perf/arch/arm/util/unwind-libunwind.c | 50 --
> tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build | 1 -
> tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/unwind-libunwind.c | 17 -
> tools/perf/arch/loongarch/util/Build | 3 -
> .../arch/loongarch/util/unwind-libunwind.c | 82 --
> tools/perf/arch/mips/Build | 1 -
> tools/perf/arch/mips/util/Build | 1 -
> tools/perf/arch/mips/util/unwind-libunwind.c | 22 -
> tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build | 1 -
> .../perf/arch/powerpc/util/unwind-libunwind.c | 92 --
> tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build | 3 -
> tools/perf/arch/x86/util/unwind-libunwind.c | 115 ---
> tools/perf/builtin-inject.c | 4 +
> tools/perf/builtin-report.c | 4 +
> tools/perf/builtin-script.c | 4 +
> tools/perf/util/Build | 5 +-
> tools/perf/util/libunwind-arch/Build | 11 +
> .../perf/util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-arch.c | 319 +++++++
> .../perf/util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-arch.h | 296 +++++++
> .../perf/util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-arm.c | 290 ++++++
> .../util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-arm64.c | 289 ++++++
> .../perf/util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-i386.c | 312 +++++++
> .../util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-loongarch.c | 297 +++++++
> .../perf/util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-mips.c | 299 +++++++
> .../util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-ppc32.c | 301 +++++++
> .../util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-ppc64.c | 303 +++++++
> .../util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-riscv.c | 297 +++++++
> .../perf/util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-s390.c | 299 +++++++
> .../util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-x86_64.c | 320 +++++++
> tools/perf/util/libunwind/arm64.c | 40 -
> tools/perf/util/libunwind/x86_32.c | 41 -
> tools/perf/util/maps.c | 29 +-
> tools/perf/util/maps.h | 4 +-
> tools/perf/util/symbol_conf.h | 10 +
> tools/perf/util/thread.c | 29 +-
> tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind-local.c | 831 ------------------
> tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c | 679 ++++++++++++--
> tools/perf/util/unwind.c | 98 +++
> tools/perf/util/unwind.h | 77 +-
> 51 files changed, 4549 insertions(+), 1731 deletions(-)
> delete mode 100644 tools/build/feature/test-libunwind-aarch64.c
> delete mode 100644 tools/build/feature/test-libunwind-arm.c
> delete mode 100644 tools/build/feature/test-libunwind-debug-frame-aarch64.c
> delete mode 100644 tools/build/feature/test-libunwind-debug-frame-arm.c
> delete mode 100644 tools/build/feature/test-libunwind-x86.c
> delete mode 100644 tools/build/feature/test-libunwind-x86_64.c
> delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arm/util/unwind-libunwind.c
> delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/unwind-libunwind.c
> delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/loongarch/util/unwind-libunwind.c
> delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/mips/Build
> delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/mips/util/Build
> delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/mips/util/unwind-libunwind.c
> delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/unwind-libunwind.c
> delete mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/unwind-libunwind.c
> create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/libunwind-arch/Build
> create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-arch.c
> create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-arch.h
> create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-arm.c
> create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-arm64.c
> create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-i386.c
> create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-loongarch.c
> create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-mips.c
> create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-ppc32.c
> create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-ppc64.c
> create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-riscv.c
> create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-s390.c
> create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/libunwind-arch/libunwind-x86_64.c
> delete mode 100644 tools/perf/util/libunwind/arm64.c
> delete mode 100644 tools/perf/util/libunwind/x86_32.c
> delete mode 100644 tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind-local.c
> create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/unwind.c
>
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> 2.53.0.1213.gd9a14994de-goog
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