Re: [PATCH v2] perf tools: Fix build-id matching on vmlinux

[Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>]

On 09/05/2014 07:59 AM, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> There's a problem on finding correct kernel symbols when perf report
> runs on a different kernel.  Although a part of the problem was solved
> by the prior commit 0a7e6d1b6844 ("perf tools: Check recorded kernel
> version when finding vmlinux"), there's a remaining problem still.
> 
> When perf records samples, it synthesizes the kernel map using
> machine__mmap_name() and ref_reloc_sym like "[kernel.kallsyms]_text".
> You can easily see it using 'perf report -D' command.
> 
> After finishing record, it goes through the recorded events to find
> maps/dsos actually used.  And then record build-id info of them.
> 
> During this process, it needs to load symbols in a dso and it'd call
> dso__load_vmlinux() since the default value of the symbol_conf.try_
> vmlinux_path is true.  However it changes dso->long_name to a real
> path of the vmlinux file (e.g. /lib/modules/3.16.0-rc2+/build/vmlinux)
> if one is running on a custom kernel.
> 
> It resulted in that perf report reads the build-id of the vmlinux, but
> cannot use it since it only knows about the [kernel.kallsyms] map.  It
> then falls back to possible vmlinux paths by using the recorded kernel
> version (in case of a recent version) or a running kernel silently.
> 
> Even with the recent tools, this still has a possibility of breaking
> the result.  As the build directory is a symbolic link, if one built a
> new kernel in the same directory with different source/config, the old
> link to vmlinux will point the new file.  So it's absolutely needed to
> use build-id when finding a kernel image.
> 
> In this patch, it's now changed to try to search a kernel dso using
> "vmlinux" shortname (which always has a build-id) and, if not found,
> search "[kernel.kallsyms]".
> 
> Before:
> 
>   $ perf report
>   # Children      Self  Command  Shared Object      Symbol
>   # ........  ........  .......  .................  ...............................
>   #
>       72.15%     0.00%  swapper  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] set_curr_task_rt
>       72.15%     0.00%  swapper  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] native_calibrate_tsc
>       72.15%     0.00%  swapper  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] tsc_refine_calibration_work
>       71.87%    71.87%  swapper  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] module_finalize
>    ...
> 
> After (for the same perf.data):
> 
>       72.15%     0.00%  swapper  vmlinux  [k] cpu_startup_entry
>       72.15%     0.00%  swapper  vmlinux  [k] arch_cpu_idle
>       72.15%     0.00%  swapper  vmlinux  [k] default_idle
>       71.87%    71.87%  swapper  vmlinux  [k] native_safe_halt
>    ...
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/machine.c | 10 +++++++---
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
> index b2ec38bf211e..d9f828f3b54f 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
> @@ -1060,10 +1060,14 @@ static int machine__process_kernel_mmap_event(struct machine *machine,
>  				strlen(kmmap_prefix));
>  		/*
>  		 * Should be there already, from the build-id table in
> -		 * the header.
> +		 * the header (but maybe with a different name: "vmlinux").
>  		 */
> -		struct dso *kernel = __dsos__findnew(&machine->kernel_dsos,
> -						     kmmap_prefix);
> +		struct dso *kernel = dsos__find(&machine->kernel_dsos,
> +						"vmlinux", true);

Isn't "vmlinux" just the basename of the original file name, so if it had a
different name this wouldn't work e.g. if the filename had been
/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-26-generic then you would need
"vmlinuz-3.11.0-26-generic" for this to work?

> +
> +		if (kernel == NULL)
> +			kernel = __dsos__findnew(&machine->kernel_dsos,
> +						 kmmap_prefix);
>  		if (kernel == NULL)
>  			goto out_problem;
>  
>