Re: [RFC PATCH 3/8] perf probe: Improve detection of file/function name in the probe pattern

["Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On 2014/12/10 09:00PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-12-09 at 23:04 +0530, Naveen N. Rao wrote:
> > Currently, perf probe considers patterns including a '.' to be a file.
> > However, this causes problems on powerpc ABIv1 where all functions have
> > a leading '.':
> > 
> >   $ perf probe -F | grep schedule_timeout_interruptible
> >   .schedule_timeout_interruptible
> >   $ perf probe .schedule_timeout_interruptible
> >   Semantic error :File always requires line number or lazy pattern.
> >     Error: Command Parse Error.
> > 
> > Fix this by checking the probe pattern in more detail.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > ---
> >  tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
> >  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> > index c150ca4..c7e01ef 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> > @@ -999,6 +999,24 @@ static int parse_perf_probe_point(char *arg, struct perf_probe_event *pev)
> >  		arg = tmp;
> >  	}
> >  
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Check arg is function or file name and copy it.
> > +	 *
> > +	 * We consider arg to be a file spec if and only if it satisfies
> > +	 * all of the below criteria::
> > +	 * - it does not include any of "+@%",
> > +	 * - it includes one of ":;", and
> > +	 * - it has a period '.' in the name.
> 
> I don't think we need to be this elaborate.
> 
> AFAIK there are no source files in the kernel that start with '.'
> 
> So if the arg starts with '.' it must be a function?

Indeed, but this is also used for parsing uprobes. So, I coded this 
based on the spec for the probe pattern.

- Naveen