Re: [PATCH] perf map: Do not display load warning for maps withoutdso

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Mon Aug 22 2011 - 03:53:58 EST


hi,
any feedback on this?

thanks,
jirka

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 02:44:11PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> hi,
> I get unnecessary warnings from map__load about "[stack]" maps,
> saying dso cannot be loaded.
>
> Attached patch avoids this warning for maps that are
> not backed-up by dso.
>
> I was wondering if we want to treat stack/heaps/vdso maps
> the same way or if there's something special about vdso
> in this regard. Because there could be another fix with
> setting all stack/heaps/vdso maps as loaded, which
> is probably little more nicer.
>
> thanks,
> jirka
>
> ---
> When report command proceses adress hits, it tries to resolve
> them in to the symbol names. This is not possible for stack
> and heap memory maps, because they are not backed-up by any
> binary or dso.
>
> This patch avoids the warning "Failed to open..." inside the
> map__load function for stack and heap maps.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/util/map.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
> 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/map.c b/tools/perf/util/map.c
> index a16ecab..ac5fb40 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/map.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/map.c
> @@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ static inline int is_anon_memory(const char *filename)
> return strcmp(filename, "//anon") == 0;
> }
>
> +static inline int is_no_dso_memory(struct map *self)
> +{
> + const char *name = self->dso->long_name;
> +
> + return (!strcmp(name, "[stack]") ||
> + !strcmp(name, "[heap]"));
> +}
> +
> void map__init(struct map *self, enum map_type type,
> u64 start, u64 end, u64 pgoff, struct dso *dso)
> {
> @@ -108,6 +116,13 @@ int map__load(struct map *self, symbol_filter_t filter)
>
> nr = dso__load(self->dso, self, filter);
> if (nr < 0) {
> + /*
> + * Do not print warning for maps that cannot
> + * be loaded anyway.
> + */
> + if (is_no_dso_memory(self))
> + return -1;
> +
> if (self->dso->has_build_id) {
> char sbuild_id[BUILD_ID_SIZE * 2 + 1];
>
> --
> 1.7.1
>
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