Merge tag 'perf-tools-for-v6.18-1-2025-10-08' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-tools

Pull perf tools updates from Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:

- Extended 'perf annotate' wit

Merge tag 'perf-tools-for-v6.18-1-2025-10-08' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-tools

Pull perf tools updates from Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:

- Extended 'perf annotate' with DWARF type information
(--code-with-type) integration in the TUI, including a 'T'
hotkey to toggle it

- Enhanced 'perf bench mem' with new mmap() workloads and control
over page/chunk sizes

- Fix 'perf stat' error handling to correctly display unsupported
events

- Improved support for Clang cross-compilation

- Refactored LLVM and Capstone disasm for modularity

- Introduced the :X modifier to exclude an event from automatic
regrouping

- Adjusted KVM sampling defaults to use the "cycles" event to prevent
failures

- Added comprehensive support for decoding PowerPC Dispatch Trace Log
(DTL)

- Updated Arm SPE tracing logic for better analysis of memory and snoop
details

- Synchronized Intel PMU events and metrics with TMA 5.1 across
multiple processor generations

- Converted dependencies like libperl and libtracefs to be opt-in

- Handle more Rust symbols in kallsyms ('N', debugging)

- Improve the python binding to allow for python based tools to use
more of the libraries, add a 'ilist' utility to test those new
bindings

- Various 'perf test' fixes

- Kan Liang no longer a perf tools reviewer

* tag 'perf-tools-for-v6.18-1-2025-10-08' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-tools: (192 commits)
perf tools: Fix arm64 libjvmti build by generating unistd_64.h
perf tests: Don't retest sections in "Object code reading"
perf docs: Document building with Clang
perf build: Support build with clang
perf test coresight: Dismiss clang warning for unroll loop thread
perf test coresight: Dismiss clang warning for thread loop
perf test coresight: Dismiss clang warning for memcpy thread
perf build: Disable thread safety analysis for perl header
perf build: Correct CROSS_ARCH for clang
perf python: split Clang options when invoking Popen
tools build: Align warning options with perf
perf disasm: Remove unused evsel from 'struct annotate_args'
perf srcline: Fallback between addr2line implementations
perf disasm: Make ins__scnprintf() and ins__is_nop() static
perf dso: Clean up read_symbol() error handling
perf dso: Support BPF programs in dso__read_symbol()
perf dso: Move read_symbol() from llvm/capstone to dso
perf llvm: Reduce LLVM initialization
perf check: Add libLLVM feature
perf parse-events: Fix parsing of >30kb event strings
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perf srcline: Fallback between addr2line implementations

Factor the addr2line function implementation into separate source files
(addr2line.[ch]) and rename the addr2line function cmd__addr2line. In

perf srcline: Fallback between addr2line implementations

Factor the addr2line function implementation into separate source files
(addr2line.[ch]) and rename the addr2line function cmd__addr2line. In
srcline replace the ifdef-ed addr2line implementations with one that
first tries the llvm__addr2line implementation, then the deprecated
libbfd__addr2line function and on failure uses cmd__addr2line.

If HAVE_LIBLLVM_SUPPORT is enabled the llvm__addr2line will execute
against the libLLVM.so it is linked against.

If HAVE_LIBLLVM_DYNAMIC is enabled then libperf-llvm.so (that links
against libLLVM.so) will be dlopened. If the dlopen succeeds then the
behavior should match HAVE_LIBLLVM_SUPPORT. On failure cmd__addr2line is
used. The dlopen is only tried once.

If HAVE_LIBLLVM_DYNAMIC isn't enabled then llvm__addr2line immediately
fails and cmd__addr2line is used.

Clean up the dso__free_a2l logic, which is only needed in the non-LLVM
version and moved to addr2line.c.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>
Cc: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@rivosinc.com>
Cc: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@treblig.org>
Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Cc: Haibo Xu <haibo1.xu@intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Cc: Li Huafei <lihuafei1@huawei.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Cc: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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perf dso: Clean up read_symbol() error handling

Ensure errno is set and return to caller for error handling.

Unusually for perf the value isn't negated as expected by
symbol__strerror_disassemble()

perf dso: Clean up read_symbol() error handling

Ensure errno is set and return to caller for error handling.

Unusually for perf the value isn't negated as expected by
symbol__strerror_disassemble().

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>
Cc: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@rivosinc.com>
Cc: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@treblig.org>
Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Cc: Haibo Xu <haibo1.xu@intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Cc: Li Huafei <lihuafei1@huawei.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Cc: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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perf dso: Move read_symbol() from llvm/capstone to dso

Move the read_symbol function to dso.h, make the return type const and
add a mutable out_buf out parameter.

In future changes this will allow

perf dso: Move read_symbol() from llvm/capstone to dso

Move the read_symbol function to dso.h, make the return type const and
add a mutable out_buf out parameter.

In future changes this will allow a code pointer to be returned without
necessary allocating memory.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>
Cc: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@rivosinc.com>
Cc: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@treblig.org>
Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Cc: Haibo Xu <haibo1.xu@intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Cc: Li Huafei <lihuafei1@huawei.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Cc: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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perf llvm: Reduce LLVM initialization

Move the 3 LLVM initialization routines to be called in a single
init_llvm function that has its own bool to avoid repeated
initialization.

Reduce the scope of

perf llvm: Reduce LLVM initialization

Move the 3 LLVM initialization routines to be called in a single
init_llvm function that has its own bool to avoid repeated
initialization.

Reduce the scope of triplet and avoid copying strings for x86.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>
Cc: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@rivosinc.com>
Cc: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@treblig.org>
Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Cc: Haibo Xu <haibo1.xu@intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Cc: Li Huafei <lihuafei1@huawei.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Cc: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com>
[ Move init_llvm() under HAVE_LIBLLVM_SUPPORT to fix the build ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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perf llvm: Move llvm functionality into its own file

LLVM disassembly support was in disasm.c and addr2line support in
srcline.c. Move support out of these files into llvm.[ch] and remove
LLVM inclu

perf llvm: Move llvm functionality into its own file

LLVM disassembly support was in disasm.c and addr2line support in
srcline.c. Move support out of these files into llvm.[ch] and remove
LLVM includes from those files. As disassembly routines can fail, make
failure the only option without HAVE_LIBLLVM_SUPPORT. For simplicity's
sake, duplicate the read_symbol utility function.

The intent with moving LLVM support into a single file is that dynamic
support, using dlopen for libllvm, can be added in later patches. This
can potentially always succeed or fail, so relying on ifdefs isn't
sufficient. Using dlopen is a useful option to minimize the perf tools
dependencies and potentially size.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>
Cc: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@rivosinc.com>
Cc: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@treblig.org>
Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Cc: Haibo Xu <haibo1.xu@intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Cc: Li Huafei <lihuafei1@huawei.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Cc: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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