[v3] Use __executable_start as the lowest address for profiling [BZ #28153]
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Glibc assumes that ENTRY_POINT is the lowest address for which we need
to keep profiling records and BFD linker uses a linker script to place
the input sections.
Starting from GCC 4.6, the main function is placed in .text.startup
section and starting from binutils 2.22, BFD linker with
commit add44f8d5c5c05e08b11e033127a744d61c26aee
Author: Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
Date: Thu Nov 25 03:03:02 2010 +0000
* scripttempl/elf.sc: Group .text.exit, text.startup and .text.hot
sections.
places .text.startup section before .text section, which leave the main
function out of profiling records.
Starting from binutils 2.15, linker provides __executable_start to mark
the lowest address of the executable. Use __executable_start as the
lowest address to keep the main function in profiling records. This fixes
[BZ #28153].
Tested on Linux/x86-64, Linux/x32 and Linux/i686 as well as with
build-many-glibcs.py.
---
csu/gmon-start.c | 10 +++++++++-
gmon/tst-gmon-gprof.sh | 2 ++
gmon/tst-gmon-static-gprof.sh | 2 ++
3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Comments
On 2021-08-05, H.J. Lu via Libc-alpha wrote:
>Glibc assumes that ENTRY_POINT is the lowest address for which we need
>to keep profiling records and BFD linker uses a linker script to place
>the input sections.
>
>Starting from GCC 4.6, the main function is placed in .text.startup
>section and starting from binutils 2.22, BFD linker with
>
>commit add44f8d5c5c05e08b11e033127a744d61c26aee
>Author: Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
>Date: Thu Nov 25 03:03:02 2010 +0000
>
> * scripttempl/elf.sc: Group .text.exit, text.startup and .text.hot
> sections.
>
>places .text.startup section before .text section, which leave the main
>function out of profiling records.
>
>Starting from binutils 2.15, linker provides __executable_start to mark
>the lowest address of the executable. Use __executable_start as the
>lowest address to keep the main function in profiling records. This fixes
>[BZ #28153].
>
>Tested on Linux/x86-64, Linux/x32 and Linux/i686 as well as with
>build-many-glibcs.py.
>---
> csu/gmon-start.c | 10 +++++++++-
> gmon/tst-gmon-gprof.sh | 2 ++
> gmon/tst-gmon-static-gprof.sh | 2 ++
> 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
LGTM
On 2021-08-05, Fangrui Song wrote:
>
>On 2021-08-05, H.J. Lu via Libc-alpha wrote:
>>Glibc assumes that ENTRY_POINT is the lowest address for which we need
>>to keep profiling records and BFD linker uses a linker script to place
>>the input sections.
>>
>>Starting from GCC 4.6, the main function is placed in .text.startup
>>section and starting from binutils 2.22, BFD linker with
>>
>>commit add44f8d5c5c05e08b11e033127a744d61c26aee
>>Author: Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
>>Date: Thu Nov 25 03:03:02 2010 +0000
>>
>> * scripttempl/elf.sc: Group .text.exit, text.startup and .text.hot
>> sections.
>>
>>places .text.startup section before .text section, which leave the main
>>function out of profiling records.
>>
>>Starting from binutils 2.15, linker provides __executable_start to mark
>>the lowest address of the executable. Use __executable_start as the
>>lowest address to keep the main function in profiling records. This fixes
>>[BZ #28153].
>>
>>Tested on Linux/x86-64, Linux/x32 and Linux/i686 as well as with
>>build-many-glibcs.py.
>>---
>>csu/gmon-start.c | 10 +++++++++-
>>gmon/tst-gmon-gprof.sh | 2 ++
>>gmon/tst-gmon-static-gprof.sh | 2 ++
>>3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>LGTM
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Comment to v2: gold/ld.lld don't necessarily place .text.unlikely
before other text sections.
GNU ld's fixed section ordering may make certain optimization difficult.
RISC architectures typically create range extension thunks to overcome the
limitation of short range branches. Hot code can usually be moved to the
middle to increase the chance that one range extension thunk can be
shared by more code.
8MiB cold
2MiB hot
8MiB cold
(
.text.sorted.* is a recent addition emulation link-time layout for
improving instruction cache and TLB. An optimized case may require the
sections to be interleaved with others.)
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ extern char ENTRY_POINT[];
#endif
extern char etext[];
+/* Use __executable_start as the lowest address to keep profiling records
+ if it provided by the linker. */
+extern const char executable_start[] asm ("__executable_start")
+ __attribute__ ((weak, visibility ("hidden")));
+
#ifndef TEXT_START
# ifdef ENTRY_POINT_DECL
# define TEXT_START ENTRY_POINT
@@ -92,7 +97,10 @@ __gmon_start__ (void)
called = 1;
/* Start keeping profiling records. */
- __monstartup ((u_long) TEXT_START, (u_long) &etext);
+ if (&executable_start != NULL)
+ __monstartup ((u_long) &executable_start, (u_long) &etext);
+ else
+ __monstartup ((u_long) TEXT_START, (u_long) &etext);
/* Call _mcleanup before exiting; it will write out gmon.out from the
collected data. */
@@ -39,12 +39,14 @@ trap cleanup 0
cat > "$expected" <<EOF
f1 2000
f2 1000
+f3 1
EOF
# Special version for powerpc with function descriptors.
cat > "$expected_dot" <<EOF
.f1 2000
.f2 1000
+.f3 1
EOF
"$GPROF" -C "$program" "$data" \
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ trap cleanup 0
cat > "$expected" <<EOF
f1 2000
f2 1000
+f3 1
main 1
EOF
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ EOF
cat > "$expected_dot" <<EOF
.f1 2000
.f2 1000
+.f3 1
.main 1
EOF