kernel.git/tools/perf/util/symbol.c, branch linux-3.12.y

perf symbols: Fixup symbol sizes before picking best ones

2016-11-08T15:38:28Z

commit 432746f8e0b6a82ba832b771afe31abd51af6752 upstream. When we call symbol__fixup_duplicate() we use algorithms to pick the "best" symbols for cases where there are various functions/aliases to an address, and those check zero size symbols, which, before calling symbol__fixup_end() are _all_ symbols in a just parsed kallsyms file. So first fixup the end, then fixup the duplicates. Found while trying to figure out why 'perf test vmlinux' failed, see the output of 'perf test -v vmlinux' to see cases where the symbols picked as best for vmlinux don't match the ones picked for kallsyms. Cc: Anton Blanchard Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: David Ahern Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Wang Nan Fixes: 694bf407b061 ("perf symbols: Add some heuristics for choosing the best duplicate symbol") Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-rxqvdgr0mqjdxee0kf8i2ufn@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby

perf tools: Fix symbol offset computation for some dsos

2013-09-02T17:58:21Z

For some dsos (e.g., libc, libpthread, kernel modules) the symbol offset is huge. e.g., qemu-kvm 17238/17242 [007] 762235.640311: ffffffff816288a1 __schedule+0x451 ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff81629609 schedule+0x29 ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffffa00a6ded kvm_vcpu_block+0xffffffffa00a106d (/lib/modules/3.11.0-rc1+/kernel/arch/x86/kvm/kvm.ko) ffffffffa00bae6b kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0xffffffffa00a118b (/lib/modules/3.11.0-rc1+/kernel/arch/x86/kvm/kvm.ko) ffffffffa00a4d7a kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0xffffffffa00a141a (/lib/modules/3.11.0-rc1+/kernel/arch/x86/kvm/kvm.ko) ffffffff811a7bdb do_vfs_ioctl+0x8b ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff811a80c1 sys_ioctl+0x91 ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff81633182 system_call+0x72 ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7f882a97af27 __GI___ioctl+0x7f882a891007 (/lib64/libc-2.14.90.so) 100000002 [unknown] ([unknown]) It seems to be maps with a non-0 start. Taking that into account the offsets are correct: qemu-kvm 17238/17242 [007] 762235.640311: ffffffff816288a1 __schedule+0x451 ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff81629609 schedule+0x29 ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffffa00a6ded kvm_vcpu_block+0x6d (/lib/modules/3.11.0-rc1+/kernel/arch/x86/kvm/kvm.ko) ffffffffa00bae6b kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x18b (/lib/modules/3.11.0-rc1+/kernel/arch/x86/kvm/kvm.ko) ffffffffa00a4d7a kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x41a (/lib/modules/3.11.0-rc1+/kernel/arch/x86/kvm/kvm.ko) ffffffff811a7bdb do_vfs_ioctl+0x8b ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff811a80c1 sys_ioctl+0x91 ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff81633182 system_call+0x72 ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7f882a97af27 __GI___ioctl+0x7 (/lib64/libc-2.14.90.so) 100000002 [unknown] ([unknown]) Signed-off-by: David Ahern Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1375026512-45826-1-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf symbols: Add support for reading from /proc/kcore

2013-08-07T20:35:33Z

In the absence of vmlinux, perf tools uses kallsyms for symbols. If the user has access, now also map to /proc/kcore. The dso data_type is now set to either DSO_BINARY_TYPE__KCORE or DSO_BINARY_TYPE__GUEST_KCORE as approprite. This patch breaks the "vmlinux symtab matches kallsyms" test. That is fixed in a following patch. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1375875537-4509-8-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Make it possible to read object code from kernel modules

2013-08-07T20:35:32Z

The new "object code reading" test shows that it is not possible to read object code from kernel modules. That is because the mappings do not map to the dsos. This patch fixes that. This involves identifying and flagging relocatable (ELF type ET_REL) files (e.g. kernel modules) for symbol adjustment and updating map__rip_2objdump() accordingly. The kmodule parameter of dso__load_sym() is taken into use and the module map altered to map to the dso. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1375875537-4509-7-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Make it possible to read object code from vmlinux

2013-08-07T20:35:31Z

The new "object code reading" test shows that it is not possible to read object code from vmlinux. That is because the mappings do not map to the dso. This patch fixes that. A side-effect of changing the kernel map is that the "reloc" offset must be taken into account. As a result of that separate map functions for relocation are no longer needed. Also fixing up the maps to match the symbols no longer makes sense and so is not done. The vmlinux dso data_type is now set to either DSO_BINARY_TYPE__VMLINUX or DSO_BINARY_TYPE__GUEST_VMLINUX as approprite, which enables the correct file name to be determined by dso__binary_type_file(). This patch breaks the "vmlinux symtab matches kallsyms" test. That is fixed in a following patch. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1375875537-4509-4-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf symbols: avoid SyS kernel syscall aliases

2013-08-07T20:35:30Z

When removing duplicate symbols, prefer to remove syscall aliases starting with SyS or compat_SyS. A side-effect of that is that it results in slightly improved results for the "vmlinux symtab matches kallsyms" test. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1375875537-4509-6-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf symbols: Do not apply symfs for an absolute vmlinux path

2013-07-17T15:23:57Z

If an user gives both of --symfs and --vmlinux option, the vmlinux will be searched under the symfs directory. This is somewhat confusing since vmlinux often lives in kernel build directory or somewhere other than user space binaries. So it'd be better not adding symfs prefix for a vmlinux if it has an absolute pathname. Reported-by: Kwanghyun Yoo Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Acked-by: David Ahern Cc: David Ahern Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1374048495-3643-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Fix -x/--exclude-other option for report command

2013-07-08T20:38:53Z

Currently we have symbol_conf.exclude_other being set as true every time so the -x/--exclude-other has nothing to do. Also we have no way to see the data with symbol_conf.exclude_other being false which is useful sometimes. Fixing it by making symbol_conf.exclude_other false by default. 1) Example without -x option: $ perf report -i perf.data.delete -p perf_session__delete -s parent + 99.91% [other] + 0.08% perf_session__delete + 0.00% perf_session__delete_dead_threads + 0.00% perf_session__delete_threads 2) Example with -x option: $ ./perf report -i perf.data.delete -p perf_session__delete -s parent -x + 96.22% perf_session__delete + 1.89% perf_session__delete_dead_threads + 1.89% perf_session__delete_threads In Example 1) we get the sorted out data together with the rest "[other]". This could help us estimate how much time we spent in the sorted data. In Example 2) the total is just the sorted data. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Corey Ashford Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-sg8fvu0fyqohf9ur9l38lhkw@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf report: Add --no-demangle option

2013-03-26T19:38:21Z

It's sometimes useful to see undemangled raw symbol name for example other tools using the perf output to do manipulation of binaries. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Suggested-by: William Cohen Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: William Cohen BugLink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55571 Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1364203098-17741-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf symbols: Mark vmlinux filename as allocated

2013-01-24T19:40:32Z

Needs to be marked allocated so memory can be freed when dso is deleted. Signed-off-by: David Ahern Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1358185650-90848-1-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo