add setting to disable branches in disassembler

sometimes there are too many branches, this patch allows the user to
disable them

fixes: #516

src/models/disassemblymodel.cpp

@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ QVariant DisassemblyModel::headerData(int section, Qt::Orientation orientation,
 
     if (section == AddrColumn)
         return tr("Address");
+    else if (section == BranchColumn)
+        return tr("Branches");
     else if (section == DisassemblyColumn)
         return tr("Assembly / Disassembly");
 
@@ -116,6 +118,8 @@ QVariant DisassemblyModel::data(const QModelIndex& index, int role) const
                 if (!data.addr)
                     return {};
                 return QString::number(data.addr, 16);
+            } else if (index.column() == BranchColumn) {
+                return data.branchVisualisation;
             } else if (index.column() == DisassemblyColumn) {
                 const auto block = m_document->findBlockByLineNumber(index.row());
                 if (role == SyntaxHighlightRole)

src/models/disassemblymodel.h

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class DisassemblyModel : public QAbstractTableModel
     enum Columns
     {
         AddrColumn,
+        BranchColumn,
         DisassemblyColumn,
         COLUMN_COUNT
     };

src/models/disassemblyoutput.cpp

@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ QString findBinaryForSymbol(const QStringList& debugPaths, const QStringList& ex
     return {};
 }
 
+bool isHexCharacter(QChar c)
+{
+    return (c >= QLatin1Char('0') && c <= QLatin1Char('9')) || (c >= QLatin1Char('a') && c <= QLatin1Char('f'));
+}
+
 ObjectdumpOutput objdumpParse(const QByteArray& output)
 {
     QVector<DisassemblyOutput::DisassemblyLine> disassemblyLines;
@@ -199,8 +204,19 @@ ObjectdumpOutput objdumpParse(const QByteArray& output)
             assembly = asmLine;
         }
 
-        disassemblyLines.push_back(
-            {addr, assembly, extractLinkedFunction(asmLine), {currentSourceFileName, sourceCodeLine}});
+        // format is the following:
+        //    /-  a5 54 12 ...
+        //    |   64 a3 ....
+        //    \-> 65 23 ....
+        // so we can simply skip all characters until we meet a letter or a number
+        const auto branchVisualisationRange =
+            std::distance(assembly.cbegin(), std::find_if(assembly.cbegin(), assembly.cend(), isHexCharacter));
+
+        disassemblyLines.push_back({addr,
+                                    assembly.mid(branchVisualisationRange),
+                                    branchVisualisationRange ? assembly.left(branchVisualisationRange) : QString {},
+                                    extractLinkedFunction(asmLine),
+                                    {currentSourceFileName, sourceCodeLine}});
     }
     return {disassemblyLines, sourceFileName};
 }

src/models/disassemblyoutput.h

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ struct DisassemblyOutput
     {
         quint64 addr = 0;
         QString disassembly;
+        QString branchVisualisation;
         LinkedFunction linkedFunction;
         Data::FileLine fileLine;
     };

src/resultscallercalleepage.cpp

@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ ResultsCallerCalleePage::ResultsCallerCalleePage(FilterAndZoomStack* filterStack
                                       CallerCalleeModel::NUM_BASE_COLUMNS + data.inclusiveCosts.numTypes());
         ResultsUtil::hideTracepointColumns(data.selfCosts, ui->callerCalleeTableView, BottomUpModel::NUM_BASE_COLUMNS);
         auto view = ui->callerCalleeTableView;
-        view->sortByColumn(CallerCalleeModel::InitialSortColumn, view->header()->sortIndicatorOrder());
         view->setCurrentIndex(view->model()->index(0, 0, {}));
         ResultsUtil::hideEmptyColumns(data.inclusiveCosts, ui->callersView, CallerModel::NUM_BASE_COLUMNS);
         ResultsUtil::hideEmptyColumns(data.inclusiveCosts, ui->calleesView, CalleeModel::NUM_BASE_COLUMNS);

src/resultsdisassemblypage.cpp

@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ ResultsDisassemblyPage::ResultsDisassemblyPage(CostContextMenu* costContextMenu,
     connect(settings, &Settings::sourceCodePathsChanged, this, [this](const QString&) { showDisassembly(); });
 
     connect(ui->assemblyView, &QTreeView::entered, this, updateFromDisassembly);
-
     connect(ui->sourceCodeView, &QTreeView::entered, this, updateFromSource);
 
     ui->sourceCodeView->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
@@ -253,6 +252,12 @@ ResultsDisassemblyPage::ResultsDisassemblyPage(CostContextMenu* costContextMenu,
                          ui->disasmSearchWidget, ui->disasmSearchEdit, ui->assemblyView, ui->disasmEndReachedWidget,
                          m_disassemblyModel, &m_currentDisasmSearchIndex, 0);
 
+    ui->assemblyView->setColumnHidden(DisassemblyModel::BranchColumn, !settings->showBranches());
+
+    connect(settings, &Settings::showBranchesChanged, this, [this](bool showBranches) {
+        ui->assemblyView->setColumnHidden(DisassemblyModel::BranchColumn, !showBranches);
+    });
+
 #if KFSyntaxHighlighting_FOUND
     QStringList schemes;
 
@@ -308,7 +313,9 @@ void ResultsDisassemblyPage::setupAsmViewModel()
 
     ui->assemblyView->header()->setStretchLastSection(false);
     ui->assemblyView->header()->setSectionResizeMode(DisassemblyModel::AddrColumn, QHeaderView::ResizeToContents);
+    ui->assemblyView->header()->setSectionResizeMode(DisassemblyModel::BranchColumn, QHeaderView::ResizeToContents);
     ui->assemblyView->header()->setSectionResizeMode(DisassemblyModel::DisassemblyColumn, QHeaderView::Stretch);
+    ui->assemblyView->setItemDelegateForColumn(DisassemblyModel::BranchColumn, m_disassemblyDelegate);
     ui->assemblyView->setItemDelegateForColumn(DisassemblyModel::DisassemblyColumn, m_disassemblyDelegate);
 
     for (int col = DisassemblyModel::COLUMN_COUNT; col < m_disassemblyModel->columnCount(); col++) {

src/settings.cpp

@@ -191,10 +191,6 @@ void Settings::loadFromFile()
         sharedConfig->group("PathSettings").writeEntry("userPaths", this->userPaths());
         sharedConfig->group("PathSettings").writeEntry("systemPaths", this->systemPaths());
     });
-    setSourceCodePaths(sharedConfig->group("PathSettings").readEntry("sourceCodePaths", QString()));
-    connect(this, &Settings::sourceCodePathsChanged, this, [sharedConfig](const QString& paths) {
-        sharedConfig->group("PathSettings").writeEntry("sourceCodePaths", paths);
-    });
 
     // fix build error in app image build
     const auto colorScheme = KColorScheme(QPalette::Normal, KColorScheme::View, sharedConfig);
@@ -237,6 +233,16 @@ void Settings::loadFromFile()
     connect(this, &Settings::lastUsedEnvironmentChanged, this, [sharedConfig](const QString& envName) {
         sharedConfig->group("PerfPaths").writeEntry("lastUsed", envName);
     });
+
+    setSourceCodePaths(sharedConfig->group("Disassembly").readEntry("sourceCodePaths", QString()));
+    connect(this, &Settings::sourceCodePathsChanged, this, [sharedConfig](const QString& paths) {
+        sharedConfig->group("Disassembly").writeEntry("sourceCodePaths", paths);
+    });
+
+    setShowBranches(sharedConfig->group("Disassembly").readEntry("showBranches", true));
+    connect(this, &Settings::showBranchesChanged, [sharedConfig](bool showBranches) {
+        sharedConfig->group("Disassembly").writeEntry("showBranches", showBranches);
+    });
 }
 
 void Settings::setSourceCodePaths(const QString& paths)
@@ -254,3 +260,11 @@ void Settings::setPerfPath(const QString& path)
         emit perfPathChanged(m_perfPath);
     }
 }
+
+void Settings::setShowBranches(bool showBranches)
+{
+    if (m_showBranches != showBranches) {
+        m_showBranches = showBranches;
+        emit showBranchesChanged(m_showBranches);
+    }
+}

src/settings.h

@@ -154,6 +154,11 @@ class Settings : public QObject
         return m_perfPath;
     }
 
+    bool showBranches() const
+    {
+        return m_showBranches;
+    }
+
     void loadFromFile();
 
 signals:
@@ -176,6 +181,7 @@ class Settings : public QObject
     void lastUsedEnvironmentChanged(const QString& envName);
     void sourceCodePathsChanged(const QString& paths);
     void perfPathChanged(const QString& perfPath);
+    void showBranchesChanged(bool showBranches);
 
 public slots:
     void setPrettifySymbols(bool prettifySymbols);
@@ -199,6 +205,7 @@ public slots:
     void setLastUsedEnvironment(const QString& envName);
     void setSourceCodePaths(const QString& paths);
     void setPerfPath(const QString& path);
+    void setShowBranches(bool showBranches);
 
 private:
     Settings() = default;
@@ -222,6 +229,7 @@ public slots:
     QString m_objdump;
     QString m_sourceCodePaths;
     QString m_perfMapPath;
+    bool m_showBranches = true;
 
     QString m_lastUsedEnvironment;
 

src/settingsdialog.cpp

@@ -327,13 +327,18 @@ void SettingsDialog::addSourcePathPage()
 
     disassemblyPage->setupUi(page);
 
+    auto settings = Settings::instance();
+
     const auto colon = QLatin1Char(':');
-    connect(Settings::instance(), &Settings::sourceCodePathsChanged, this,
+    connect(settings, &Settings::sourceCodePathsChanged, this,
             [this, colon](const QString& paths) { disassemblyPage->sourcePaths->setItems(paths.split(colon)); });
 
     setupMultiPath(disassemblyPage->sourcePaths, disassemblyPage->label, buttonBox()->button(QDialogButtonBox::Ok));
 
-    connect(buttonBox(), &QDialogButtonBox::accepted, this, [this, colon] {
-        Settings::instance()->setSourceCodePaths(disassemblyPage->sourcePaths->items().join(colon));
+    disassemblyPage->showBranches->setChecked(settings->showBranches());
+
+    connect(buttonBox(), &QDialogButtonBox::accepted, this, [this, colon, settings] {
+        settings->setSourceCodePaths(disassemblyPage->sourcePaths->items().join(colon));
+        settings->setShowBranches(disassemblyPage->showBranches->isChecked());
     });
 }

tests/modeltests/tst_disassemblyoutput.cpp

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QProcess>
+#include <QRegularExpression>
 #include <QStandardPaths>
 #include <QString>
 #include <QStringList>
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@
 #include <data.h>
 #include <models/disassemblyoutput.h>
 
+#include "../testutils.h"
+
 inline QString findLib(const QString& name)
 {
     QFileInfo lib(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + QLatin1String("/../tests/modeltests/%1").arg(name));
@@ -189,6 +192,108 @@ private slots:
         QCOMPARE(findSourceCodeFile(QStringLiteral("./liba/lib.c"), {tempDir.path()}, QString()),
                  tempDir.path() + QDir::separator() + QStringLiteral("liba/lib.c"));
     }
+
+    void testDetectBranches()
+    {
+        if (!supportsVisualizeJumps()) {
+            QSKIP("--visualize-jumps is not supported");
+        }
+
+        const auto lib = QFileInfo(findLib(QStringLiteral("libfib.so")));
+        auto [address, size] = findAddressAndSizeOfFunc(lib.absoluteFilePath(), QStringLiteral("_Z3fibi"));
+
+        const auto symbol = Data::Symbol {QStringLiteral("fib(int)"), address, size, QStringLiteral("libfib.so")};
+
+        const QString objdump = QStandardPaths::findExecutable(QStringLiteral("objdump"));
+        QVERIFY(!objdump.isEmpty());
+        const auto result =
+            DisassemblyOutput::disassemble(objdump, {}, QStringList {lib.absolutePath()}, {}, {}, {}, symbol);
+        QVERIFY(result.errorMessage.isEmpty());
+
+        auto isValidVisualisationCharacter = [](QChar character) {
+            const static auto validCharacters =
+                std::initializer_list<QChar> {QLatin1Char(' '),  QLatin1Char('\t'), QLatin1Char('|'), QLatin1Char('/'),
+                                              QLatin1Char('\\'), QLatin1Char('-'),  QLatin1Char('>')};
+            return std::any_of(validCharacters.begin(), validCharacters.end(),
+                               [character](auto validCharacter) { return character == validCharacter; });
+        };
+
+        for (const auto& line : result.disassemblyLines) {
+            QVERIFY(!line.branchVisualisation.isEmpty());
+
+            // check that we only captures valid visualisation characters
+            QVERIFY(std::all_of(line.branchVisualisation.cbegin(), line.branchVisualisation.cend(),
+                                isValidVisualisationCharacter));
+
+            QVERIFY(!line.disassembly.isEmpty());
+            // check that we removed everyting before the hexdump
+            bool ok = false;
+#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
+            line.disassembly.leftRef(2).toInt(&ok, 16);
+#else
+            line.disassembly.left(2).toInt(&ok, 16);
+#endif
+            QVERIFY(ok);
+
+            // Check that address is valid
+            QVERIFY(line.addr >= address && line.addr < address + size);
+        }
+    }
+
+private:
+    struct FunctionData
+    {
+        quint64 address;
+        quint64 size;
+    };
+    static FunctionData findAddressAndSizeOfFunc(const QString& library, const QString& name)
+    {
+        QRegularExpression regex(QStringLiteral("[ ]+[0-9]+: ([0-9a-f]+)[ ]+([0-9]+)[0-9 a-zA-Z]+%1\\n").arg(name));
+
+        auto readelfBinary = QStandardPaths::findExecutable(QStringLiteral("readelf"));
+        VERIFY_OR_THROW(!readelfBinary.isEmpty());
+
+        QProcess readelf;
+        readelf.setProgram(QStringLiteral("readelf"));
+        readelf.setArguments({QStringLiteral("-s"), library});
+
+        readelf.start();
+        VERIFY_OR_THROW(readelf.waitForFinished());
+
+        const auto output = readelf.readAllStandardOutput();
+        VERIFY_OR_THROW(!output.isEmpty());
+
+        auto match = regex.match(QString::fromUtf8(output));
+        VERIFY_OR_THROW(match.hasMatch());
+
+        bool ok = false;
+        const quint64 address = match.captured(1).toULongLong(&ok, 16);
+        VERIFY_OR_THROW(ok);
+        const quint64 size = match.captured(2).toULongLong(&ok, 10);
+        VERIFY_OR_THROW(ok);
+        return {address, size};
+    }
+
+    static bool supportsVisualizeJumps()
+    {
+        const QString objdump = QStandardPaths::findExecutable(QStringLiteral("objdump"));
+        VERIFY_OR_THROW(!objdump.isEmpty());
+
+        if (objdump.isEmpty()) {
+            qWarning() << "objdump not found";
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        QProcess process;
+        process.setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::ForwardedErrorChannel);
+        process.start(objdump, {QStringLiteral("-H")});
+        if (!process.waitForFinished(1000)) {
+            qWarning() << "failed to query objdump output";
+            return false;
+        }
+        const auto help = process.readAllStandardOutput();
+        return help.contains("--visualize-jumps");
+    }
 };
 
 QTEST_GUILESS_MAIN(TestDisassemblyOutput)