tools/perf/util/print_insn.h

File Facts

System

Linux kernel

Corpus path

tools/perf/util/print_insn.h

Extension

.h

Size

687 bytes

Lines

23

Domain

Support Tooling And Documentation

Bucket

tools

Inferred role

Support Tooling And Documentation: implementation source

Status

source implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.

• Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.
• Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.

Dependency Surface

• stddef.h
• stdio.h

Detected Declarations

• struct perf_sample
• struct thread
• struct machine
• struct perf_insn

Annotated Snippet

#ifndef PERF_PRINT_INSN_H
#define PERF_PRINT_INSN_H

#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdio.h>

struct perf_sample;
struct thread;
struct machine;
struct perf_insn;

#define PRINT_INSN_IMM_HEX		(1<<0)

size_t sample__fprintf_insn_asm(struct perf_sample *sample, struct thread *thread,
				struct machine *machine, FILE *fp, struct addr_location *al);
size_t sample__fprintf_insn_raw(struct perf_sample *sample, FILE *fp);
ssize_t fprintf_insn_asm(struct machine *machine, struct thread *thread, u8 cpumode,
			 bool is64bit, const uint8_t *code, size_t code_size,
			 uint64_t ip, int *lenp, int print_opts, FILE *fp);

#endif /* PERF_PRINT_INSN_H */

Annotation

• Immediate include surface: `stddef.h`, `stdio.h`.
• Detected declarations: `struct perf_sample`, `struct thread`, `struct machine`, `struct perf_insn`.
• Atlas domain: Support Tooling And Documentation / tools.
• Implementation status: source implementation candidate.

Implementation Notes

• This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
• Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
• Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.