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charset="utf-8" Currently, when perf trace formats tracepoint payloads or system call arguments containing raw kernel virtual addresses (e.g., a work item function pointer work_func_t in workqueue:workqueue_execute_start), it prints them as raw hexadecimal values (e.g., 0xffffffff81234567). This impairs readability when tracing kernel execution flows. Introduce a dedicated kernel symbol beautifier, syscall_arg__scnprintf_ksym (i.e., SCA_KSYM), to resolve kernel virtual addresses to human-readable symbol names and offsets (e.g., flush_to_ldisc). The beautifier looks up the virtual address in the machine kernel maps via machine__find_kernel_symbol(). If a valid kernel symbol is found, the symbol name and offset are printed without requiring --libtraceevent; if the address is zero, "NULL" is rendered; otherwise, it gracefully falls back to hexadecimal formatting. Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin --- tools/perf/builtin-trace.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ tools/perf/trace/beauty/beauty.h | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c index c3c7f1f85c53..102221b301a5 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c @@ -750,6 +750,30 @@ size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_ptr(char *bf, size_t siz= e, struct syscall_arg *arg return syscall_arg__scnprintf_hex(bf, size, arg); } =20 +size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_ksym(char *bf, size_t size, struct syscall_a= rg *arg) +{ + if (arg->val =3D=3D 0) + return scnprintf(bf, size, "NULL"); + + if (arg->trace && arg->trace->host) { + struct map *map; + struct symbol *sym =3D machine__find_kernel_symbol(arg->trace->host, + arg->val, &map); + + if (sym) { + u64 start =3D map__unmap_ip(map, sym->start); + u64 offset =3D arg->val - start; + + if (offset =3D=3D 0) + return scnprintf(bf, size, "%s", sym->name); + return scnprintf(bf, size, "%s+0x%" PRIx64, + sym->name, offset); 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Enhance syscall_arg_fmt__init_array() to automatically detect these fields by name and type signature (e.g., typedefs ending with _func_t or _fn, or C function pointer types containing (*)) and assign SCA_KSYM as their default beautifier. Additionally, register common function pointer field names within the sorted syscall_arg_fmts__by_name lookup table. This ensures tracepoint arguments such as workqueue:workqueue_execute_start.function are symbolised automatically without requiring explicit per-event configuration. For example: =E2=9D=AF sudo tools/perf/perf trace --event workqueue:workqueue_execut= e_end --max-events 2 --show-cpu 0.000 [000] kworker/u32:15/236682 workqueue:workqueue_execute_end(= work: 0xffffffffab2f1420, function: toggle_allocation_gate) 0.132 [000] kworker/u32:15/236682 workqueue:workqueue_execute_end(= work: 0xffff8ac2c1adc010, function: flush_to_ldisc) Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin --- tools/perf/builtin-trace.c | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c index 102221b301a5..825b16581581 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c @@ -2091,8 +2091,13 @@ static int syscall__alloc_arg_fmts(struct syscall *s= c, int nr_args) } =20 static const struct syscall_arg_fmt syscall_arg_fmts__by_name[] =3D { + { .name =3D "action", .scnprintf =3D SCA_KSYM, }, + { .name =3D "callsite", .scnprintf =3D SCA_KSYM, }, + { .name =3D "fn", .scnprintf =3D SCA_KSYM, }, + { .name =3D "function", .scnprintf =3D SCA_KSYM, }, { .name =3D "msr", .scnprintf =3D SCA_X86_MSR, .strtoul =3D STUL_X86_MS= R, }, { .name =3D "vector", .scnprintf =3D SCA_X86_IRQ_VECTORS, .strtoul =3D ST= UL_X86_IRQ_VECTORS, }, + { .name =3D "work", .scnprintf =3D SCA_KSYM, }, }; 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charset="utf-8" When BTF (BPF Type Format) metadata is loaded from vmlinux, perf trace can inspect the precise C types of tracepoint and system call parameters. However, function pointer arguments are currently not recognised during BTF pretty-printing and default to hexadecimal output. Introduce btf_is_func_ptr() to inspect BTF type hierarchies (i.e., traversing pointers, typedefs, and type modifiers) to determine whether a parameter resolves to a function prototype (BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO). Generalise BTF type caching via syscall_arg_fmt__cache_btf_type() to handle structs, unions, enums, and function pointers alike. When a field is identified as a kernel function pointer, trace__btf_scnprintf() routes its value to syscall_arg__scnprintf_ksym(), enabling automatic zero-config symbolisation of kernel function pointers whenever BTF is available. Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin --- tools/perf/builtin-trace.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c index 825b16581581..94dc720a2b3a 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c @@ -974,21 +974,43 @@ static size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_getrandom_flags(= char *bf, size_t size, #define SCA_GETRANDOM_FLAGS syscall_arg__scnprintf_getrandom_flags =20 #ifdef HAVE_LIBBPF_SUPPORT -static void syscall_arg_fmt__cache_btf_enum(struct syscall_arg_fmt *arg_fm= t, struct btf *btf, char *type) +static bool btf_is_func_ptr(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *= type) +{ + while (type) { + if (btf_is_ptr(type)) { + type =3D btf__type_by_id(btf, type->type); + return type && btf_is_func_proto(type); + } + if (btf_is_typedef(type) || btf_is_mod(type)) { + type =3D btf__type_by_id(btf, type->type); + } else { + break; + } + } + return false; +} + +static void syscall_arg_fmt__cache_btf_type(struct syscall_arg_fmt *arg_fm= t, + struct btf *btf, char *type) { int id; =20 - type =3D strstr(type, "enum "); if (type =3D=3D NULL) return; =20 - type +=3D 5; // skip "enum " to get the enumeration name + if (strstarts(type, "enum ")) + type +=3D 5; + else if (strstarts(type, "struct ")) + type +=3D 7; + else if (strstarts(type, "union ")) + type +=3D 6; =20 id =3D btf__find_by_name(btf, type); if (id < 0) return; =20 arg_fmt->type =3D btf__type_by_id(btf, id); + arg_fmt->type_id =3D id; } =20 static bool syscall_arg__strtoul_btf_enum(char *bf, size_t size, struct sy= scall_arg *arg, u64 *val) @@ -1023,8 +1045,7 @@ static bool syscall_arg__strtoul_btf_type(char *bf, s= ize_t size, struct syscall_ return false; =20 if (arg->fmt->type =3D=3D NULL) { - // See if this is an enum - syscall_arg_fmt__cache_btf_enum(arg->fmt, btf, type); + syscall_arg_fmt__cache_btf_type(arg->fmt, btf, type); } =20 // Now let's see if we have a BTF type resolved @@ -1111,8 +1132,7 @@ static size_t trace__btf_scnprintf(struct trace *trac= e, struct syscall_arg *arg, return 0; =20 if (arg_fmt->type =3D=3D NULL) { - // Check if this is an enum and if we have the BTF type for it. - syscall_arg_fmt__cache_btf_enum(arg_fmt, trace->btf, type); + syscall_arg_fmt__cache_btf_type(arg_fmt, trace->btf, type); } =20 // Did we manage to find a BTF type for the syscall/tracepoint argument? @@ -1123,6 +1143,8 @@ static size_t trace__btf_scnprintf(struct trace *trac= e, struct syscall_arg *arg, return btf_enum_scnprintf(arg_fmt->type, trace->btf, bf, size, val); else if (btf_is_struct(arg_fmt->type) || btf_is_union(arg_fmt->type)) return btf_struct_scnprintf(arg_fmt->type, trace->btf, bf, size, arg); + else if (btf_is_func_ptr(trace->btf, arg_fmt->type)) + return syscall_arg__scnprintf_ksym(bf, size, arg); =20 return 0; } @@ -2566,7 +2588,8 @@ static size_t syscall__scnprintf_args(struct syscall = *sc, char *bf, size_t size, =20 default_scnprintf =3D sc->arg_fmt[arg.idx].scnprintf; =20 - if (trace->force_btf || default_scnprintf =3D=3D NULL || default_scnpri= ntf =3D=3D SCA_PTR) { + if (trace->force_btf || default_scnprintf =3D=3D NULL || + default_scnprintf =3D=3D SCA_PTR || default_scnprintf =3D=3D SCA_KS= YM) { btf_printed =3D trace__btf_scnprintf(trace, &arg, bf + printed, size - printed, val, field->type); if (btf_printed) { --=20 2.55.0