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From: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
To: "Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@infradead.org>,
	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@redhat.com>,
	"Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo" <acme@kernel.org>,
	"Mark Rutland" <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	"Alexander Shishkin" <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
	"Jiri Olsa" <jolsa@redhat.com>,
	"Namhyung Kim" <namhyung@kernel.org>,
	"Martin Liška" <mliska@suse.cz>,
	"James Clark" <james.clark@arm.com>,
	"Kajol Jain" <kjain@linux.ibm.com>,
	linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: eranian@google.com, Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] perf symbols: Add documentation to struct symbol.
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 19:51:22 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211112035124.94327-1-irogers@google.com> (raw)

Refactor some existing comments and then infer the rest.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/symbol.h | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index 166196686f2e..3586fa549f44 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -40,22 +40,33 @@ Elf_Scn *elf_section_by_name(Elf *elf, GElf_Ehdr *ep,
 			     GElf_Shdr *shp, const char *name, size_t *idx);
 #endif
 
-/** struct symbol - symtab entry
- *
- * @ignore - resolvable but tools ignore it (e.g. idle routines)
+/**
+ * A symtab entry. When allocated this may be preceded by an annotation (see
+ * symbol__annotation), a browser_index (see symbol__browser_index) and rb_node
+ * to sort by name (see struct symbol_name_rb_node).
  */
 struct symbol {
 	struct rb_node	rb_node;
+	/** Range of symbol [start, end). */
 	u64		start;
 	u64		end;
+	/** Length of the string name. */
 	u16		namelen;
+	/** ELF symbol type as defined for st_info. E.g STT_OBJECT or STT_FUNC. */
 	u8		type:4;
+	/** ELF binding type as defined for st_info. E.g. STB_WEAK or STB_GLOBAL. */
 	u8		binding:4;
+	/** Set true for kernel symbols of idle routines. */
 	u8		idle:1;
+	/** Resolvable but tools ignore it (e.g. idle routines). */
 	u8		ignore:1;
+	/** Symbol for an inlined function. */
 	u8		inlined:1;
+	/** Architecture specific. Unused except on PPC where it holds st_other. */
 	u8		arch_sym;
+	/** Has symbol__annotate2 been performed. */
 	bool		annotate2;
+	/** The name of length namelen associated with the symbol. */
 	char		name[];
 };
 
-- 
2.34.0.rc1.387.gb447b232ab-goog


             reply	other threads:[~2021-11-12  3:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-11-12  3:51 Ian Rogers [this message]
2021-11-12  3:51 ` [PATCH 2/3] perf symbols: Bit pack to save a byte Ian Rogers
2021-11-12  3:51 ` [PATCH 3/3] perf symbols: Factor out annotation init/exit Ian Rogers
2021-11-12  4:04 ` [PATCH 1/3] perf symbols: Add documentation to struct symbol Namhyung Kim
2021-11-12 14:46   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

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