perf dwarf-aux: Add die_find_variable_by_reg() helper

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The die_find_variable_by_reg() will search for a variable or a parameter
sub-DIE in the given scope DIE where the location matches to the given
register.

For the simplest and most common case, memory access usually happens
with a base register and an offset to the field so the register holds a
pointer in a variable or function parameter.  Then we can find one if it
has a location expression at the (instruction) address.  This function
only handles such a simple case for now.

In this case, the expression has a DW_OP_regN operation where N < 32.
If the register index (N) is greater than or equal to 32, DW_OP_regx
operation with an operand which saves the value for the N would be used.
It rejects expressions with more operations.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: linux-toolchains@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231110000012.3538610-8-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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Namhyung Kim 2023-11-09 15:59:26 -08:00 • committed by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

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