From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>
To: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@kernel.org,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/19] perf symbol: Save vmlinux or kallsyms path loaded
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 12:08:25 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130808150825.GC6102@ghostprotocols.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1375930261-77273-9-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com>
Em Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 10:50:50PM -0400, David Ahern escreveu:
> Save vmlinux or kallsyms path loaded using embedded default lookup (ie.,
> not a user specified path). Upcoming perf sched timehist command requires
> kernel symbols for properly computing idle times and prints a warning
> if the kernel symbols are not loaded.
With this we will not know if the user passed something to set those
variables or if internally we did it, doesn't this break any existing
code assumption?
- Arnaldo
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
> ---
> tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 7 ++++++-
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
> index c655b9e..1f777f9 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
> @@ -1192,6 +1192,8 @@ int dso__load_vmlinux(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
> dso->data_type = DSO_BINARY_TYPE__VMLINUX;
> dso__set_long_name(dso, (char *)vmlinux);
> dso__set_loaded(dso, map->type);
> + if (symbol_conf.vmlinux_name == NULL)
> + symbol_conf.vmlinux_name = strdup(symfs_vmlinux);
> pr_debug("Using %s for symbols\n", symfs_vmlinux);
> }
>
> @@ -1325,8 +1327,11 @@ static int dso__load_kernel_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
>
> do_kallsyms:
> err = dso__load_kallsyms(dso, kallsyms_filename, map, filter);
> - if (err > 0)
> + if (err > 0) {
> + if (symbol_conf.kallsyms_name == NULL)
> + symbol_conf.kallsyms_name = strdup(kallsyms_filename);
> pr_debug("Using %s for symbols\n", kallsyms_filename);
> + }
> free(kallsyms_allocated_filename);
>
> if (err > 0 && !dso__is_kcore(dso)) {
> --
> 1.7.10.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-08-08 15:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-08 2:50 [PATCH 00/19] perf sched: Add timehist subcommand David Ahern
2013-08-08 2:50 ` [PATCH 01/19] perf: sample after exit loses thread correlation - v3 David Ahern
2013-08-08 14:53 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2013-08-08 20:42 ` David Ahern
2013-08-08 21:23 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2013-08-08 2:50 ` [PATCH 02/19] perf sched: Simplify arguments to read_events David Ahern
2013-08-08 14:54 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2013-08-15 7:55 ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for David Ahern
2013-08-08 2:50 ` [PATCH 03/19] perf sched: Remove thread lookup in sample handler David Ahern
2013-08-08 14:56 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2013-08-15 7:55 ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for David Ahern
2013-08-08 2:50 ` [PATCH 04/19] perf sched: Remove sched_process_exit tracepoint David Ahern
2013-08-08 14:57 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2013-08-15 7:55 ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for David Ahern
2013-08-08 2:50 ` [PATCH 05/19] perf sched: Remove sched_process_fork tracepoint David Ahern
2013-08-08 15:00 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2013-08-15 7:55 ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for David Ahern
2013-08-08 2:50 ` [PATCH 06/19] perf symbol: Add optimization for idle kernel symbols David Ahern
2013-08-08 2:50 ` [PATCH 07/19] perf top: Use new idle_sym check David Ahern
2013-08-08 15:06 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2013-08-09 2:49 ` David Ahern
2013-08-09 13:53 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2013-08-08 2:50 ` [PATCH 08/19] perf symbol: Save vmlinux or kallsyms path loaded David Ahern
2013-08-08 15:08 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2013-08-09 2:51 ` David Ahern
2013-08-08 2:50 ` [PATCH 09/19] perf tool: Simplify options to perf_evsel__print_ip David Ahern
2013-08-08 15:14 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2013-08-15 7:55 ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for David Ahern
2013-08-08 2:50 ` [PATCH 10/19] perf tool: Add option to print stack trace on single line David Ahern
2013-08-15 7:55 ` [tip:perf/core] perf evsel: " tip-bot for David Ahern
2013-08-08 2:50 ` [PATCH 11/19] perf tool: Add option to limit stack depth in callchain dumps David Ahern
2013-08-15 7:56 ` [tip:perf/core] perf evsel: " tip-bot for David Ahern
2013-08-08 2:50 ` [PATCH 12/19] perf tool: Add support for exclude symbol list to symbol_conf David Ahern
2013-08-08 2:50 ` [PATCH 13/19] perf tool: Skip symbols in exclude list while printing callchain David Ahern
2013-08-08 2:50 ` [PATCH 14/19] perf sched: pass event to evsel handlers using data element David Ahern
2013-08-08 2:50 ` [PATCH 15/19] perf sched: Add timehist command David Ahern
2013-08-08 2:50 ` [PATCH 16/19] perf tool: Change perf_session__has_traces to actually check for tracepoints David Ahern
2013-08-08 15:16 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2013-08-15 7:56 ` [tip:perf/core] perf session: " tip-bot for David Ahern
2013-08-08 2:50 ` [PATCH 17/19] perf sched timehist: Add support for context-switch event David Ahern
2013-08-08 2:51 ` [PATCH 18/19] perf sched timehist: Print all events in verbose mode David Ahern
2013-08-08 2:51 ` [PATCH 19/19] perf sched timehist: Add pid/tid option David Ahern
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