Re: [PATCH v4] covoar: Handle periods in symbols from objdump

2021-03-27 Thread Gedare Bloom
this one looks fine to me.

On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 3:21 PM Alex White  wrote:
>
> ping
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Alex White 
> > Sent: Friday, March 19, 2021 2:10 PM
> > To: devel@rtems.org
> > Cc: Alex White 
> > Subject: [PATCH v4] covoar: Handle periods in symbols from objdump
> >
> > Occasionally the compiler will generate symbols that look similar to symbols
> > defined in RTEMS code except that they contain some suffix.
> > These symbol suffixes are only found in the ELF symbol table; the symbols
> > appear to be normal in the DWARF info. This appears to be happening on all
> > architectures.
> >
> > For example, the function _Message_queue_Create from rtems appears as
> > "_Message_queue_Create.part.0". Other suffixes include ".isra.0",
> > ".constprop.0", and ".0".
> >
> > This looks to be related to compiler optimizations. Symbols with suffixes
> > were being treated as unique. For our purposes, they should be mapped to
> > the equivalent symbols in the DWARF info. This has been fixed.
> > ---
> >  tester/covoar/ExecutableInfo.cc   |  3 +--
> >  tester/covoar/ObjdumpProcessor.cc | 15 +++
> >  tester/covoar/SymbolTable.cc  | 12 +---
> >  3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tester/covoar/ExecutableInfo.cc
> > b/tester/covoar/ExecutableInfo.cc index c996d75..1e14721 100644
> > --- a/tester/covoar/ExecutableInfo.cc
> > +++ b/tester/covoar/ExecutableInfo.cc
> > @@ -118,8 +118,7 @@ namespace Coverage {
> >  // Obtain the coverage map containing the specified address.
> >  itsSymbol = theSymbolTable.getSymbol( address );
> >  if (itsSymbol != "") {
> > -  it = coverageMaps.find( itsSymbol );
> > -  aCoverageMap = (*it).second;
> > +  aCoverageMap = (itsSymbol);
> >  }
> >
> >  return aCoverageMap;
> > diff --git a/tester/covoar/ObjdumpProcessor.cc
> > b/tester/covoar/ObjdumpProcessor.cc
> > index 0647ff9..e19fa92 100644
> > --- a/tester/covoar/ObjdumpProcessor.cc
> > +++ b/tester/covoar/ObjdumpProcessor.cc
> > @@ -417,6 +417,21 @@ namespace Coverage {
> >  processSymbol = false;
> >  theInstructions.clear();
> >
> > +// Look for a '.' character and strip everything after it.
> > +// There is a chance that the compiler splits function bodies to 
> > improve
> > +// inlining. If there exists some inlinable function that contains 
> > a
> > +// branch where one path is more expensive and less likely to be 
> > taken
> > +// than the other, inlining only the branch instruction and the 
> > less
> > +// expensive path results in smaller code size while preserving 
> > most of
> > +// the performance improvement.
> > +// When this happens, the compiler will generate a function with a
> > +// ".part.n" suffix. For our purposes, this generated function 
> > part is
> > +// equivalent to the original function and should be treated as 
> > such.
> > +char *periodIndex = strstr(symbol, ".");
> > +if (periodIndex != NULL) {
> > +  *periodIndex = 0;
> > +}
> > +
> >  // See if the new symbol is one that we care about.
> >  if (SymbolsToAnalyze->isDesired( symbol )) {
> >currentSymbol = symbol;
> > diff --git a/tester/covoar/SymbolTable.cc b/tester/covoar/SymbolTable.cc
> > index 53bc8af..00062cc 100644
> > --- a/tester/covoar/SymbolTable.cc
> > +++ b/tester/covoar/SymbolTable.cc
> > @@ -46,12 +46,18 @@ namespace Coverage {
> >  symbolData.startingAddress = start;
> >  symbolData.length = length;
> >
> > -if ( info[ symbol ].empty() == false ) {
> > -  if ( info[ symbol ].front().length != length ) {
> > +for (auto& symData : info[ symbol ]) {
> > +  // The starting address could differ since we strip any suffixes 
> > beginning
> > +  // with a '.'
> > +  if (symData.startingAddress != start) {
> > +continue;
> > +  }
> > +
> > +  if (symData.length != length) {
> >  std::ostringstream what;
> >  what << "Different lengths for the symbol "
> >   << symbol
> > - << " (" << info[ symbol ].front().length
> > + << " (" << symData.length
> >   << " and " << length
> >   << ")";
> >  throw rld::error( what, "SymbolTable::addSymbol" );
> > --
> > 2.27.0
>
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RE: [PATCH v4] covoar: Handle periods in symbols from objdump

2021-03-26 Thread Alex White
ping

> -Original Message-
> From: Alex White 
> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2021 2:10 PM
> To: devel@rtems.org
> Cc: Alex White 
> Subject: [PATCH v4] covoar: Handle periods in symbols from objdump
> 
> Occasionally the compiler will generate symbols that look similar to symbols
> defined in RTEMS code except that they contain some suffix.
> These symbol suffixes are only found in the ELF symbol table; the symbols
> appear to be normal in the DWARF info. This appears to be happening on all
> architectures.
> 
> For example, the function _Message_queue_Create from rtems appears as
> "_Message_queue_Create.part.0". Other suffixes include ".isra.0",
> ".constprop.0", and ".0".
> 
> This looks to be related to compiler optimizations. Symbols with suffixes
> were being treated as unique. For our purposes, they should be mapped to
> the equivalent symbols in the DWARF info. This has been fixed.
> ---
>  tester/covoar/ExecutableInfo.cc   |  3 +--
>  tester/covoar/ObjdumpProcessor.cc | 15 +++
>  tester/covoar/SymbolTable.cc  | 12 +---
>  3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tester/covoar/ExecutableInfo.cc
> b/tester/covoar/ExecutableInfo.cc index c996d75..1e14721 100644
> --- a/tester/covoar/ExecutableInfo.cc
> +++ b/tester/covoar/ExecutableInfo.cc
> @@ -118,8 +118,7 @@ namespace Coverage {
>  // Obtain the coverage map containing the specified address.
>  itsSymbol = theSymbolTable.getSymbol( address );
>  if (itsSymbol != "") {
> -  it = coverageMaps.find( itsSymbol );
> -  aCoverageMap = (*it).second;
> +  aCoverageMap = (itsSymbol);
>  }
> 
>  return aCoverageMap;
> diff --git a/tester/covoar/ObjdumpProcessor.cc
> b/tester/covoar/ObjdumpProcessor.cc
> index 0647ff9..e19fa92 100644
> --- a/tester/covoar/ObjdumpProcessor.cc
> +++ b/tester/covoar/ObjdumpProcessor.cc
> @@ -417,6 +417,21 @@ namespace Coverage {
>  processSymbol = false;
>  theInstructions.clear();
> 
> +// Look for a '.' character and strip everything after it.
> +// There is a chance that the compiler splits function bodies to 
> improve
> +// inlining. If there exists some inlinable function that contains a
> +// branch where one path is more expensive and less likely to be 
> taken
> +// than the other, inlining only the branch instruction and the less
> +// expensive path results in smaller code size while preserving most 
> of
> +// the performance improvement.
> +// When this happens, the compiler will generate a function with a
> +// ".part.n" suffix. For our purposes, this generated function part 
> is
> +// equivalent to the original function and should be treated as such.
> +char *periodIndex = strstr(symbol, ".");
> +if (periodIndex != NULL) {
> +  *periodIndex = 0;
> +}
> +
>  // See if the new symbol is one that we care about.
>  if (SymbolsToAnalyze->isDesired( symbol )) {
>currentSymbol = symbol;
> diff --git a/tester/covoar/SymbolTable.cc b/tester/covoar/SymbolTable.cc
> index 53bc8af..00062cc 100644
> --- a/tester/covoar/SymbolTable.cc
> +++ b/tester/covoar/SymbolTable.cc
> @@ -46,12 +46,18 @@ namespace Coverage {
>  symbolData.startingAddress = start;
>  symbolData.length = length;
> 
> -if ( info[ symbol ].empty() == false ) {
> -  if ( info[ symbol ].front().length != length ) {
> +for (auto& symData : info[ symbol ]) {
> +  // The starting address could differ since we strip any suffixes 
> beginning
> +  // with a '.'
> +  if (symData.startingAddress != start) {
> +continue;
> +  }
> +
> +  if (symData.length != length) {
>  std::ostringstream what;
>  what << "Different lengths for the symbol "
>   << symbol
> - << " (" << info[ symbol ].front().length
> + << " (" << symData.length
>   << " and " << length
>   << ")";
>  throw rld::error( what, "SymbolTable::addSymbol" );
> --
> 2.27.0

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