Re: [PATCH] perf probe: Fix failure to add multiple probes without debuginfo

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Thu Mar 19 2015 - 09:59:28 EST


Em Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 06:02:04PM +0800, He Kuang escreveu:
> Perf tries to find probe function addresses from map when debuginfo
> could not be found.
>
> To the first added function, the value of ref_reloc_sym was set in
> maps__set_kallsyms_ref_reloc_sym() and can be obtained from
> host_machine->kmaps->maps. After that, new maps are added to
> host_machine->kmaps->maps in dso__load_kcore(), all these new added maps
> do not have a valid ref_reloc_sym.
>
> When adding a second function, get_target_map() may get a map without
> valid ref_reloc_sym, and raise the error "Relocated base symbol is not
> found".
>
> Fix this by getting ref_reloc_sym from machine->vmlinux_maps.

Can't this be solved by using the kernel_get_ref_reloc_sym(void) static
function in this same file?

- Arnaldo

> This problem can be reproduced as following:
>
> $ perf probe --add='sys_write' --add='sys_open'
> Relocated base symbol is not found!
> Error: Failed to add events.
>
> After this patch:
>
> $ perf probe --add='sys_write' --add='sys_open'
> Added new event:
> probe:sys_write (on sys_write)
>
> You can now use it in all perf tools, such as:
>
> perf record -e probe:sys_write -aR sleep 1
>
> Added new event:
> probe:sys_open (on sys_open)
>
> You can now use it in all perf tools, such as:
>
> perf record -e probe:sys_open -aR sleep 1
>
> Signed-off-by: He Kuang <hekuang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> index c5e1338..75d41ee 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> @@ -2540,7 +2540,19 @@ static int find_probe_trace_events_from_map(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
> }
>
> if (!pev->uprobes && !pp->retprobe) {
> - kmap = map__kmap(map);
> + struct machine *machine;
> + struct map *vmlinux_map = NULL;
> +
> + if (map->groups && map->groups->machine) {
> + machine = map->groups->machine;
> + vmlinux_map = machine->vmlinux_maps[MAP__FUNCTION];
> + }
> +
> + if (vmlinux_map)
> + kmap = map__kmap(vmlinux_map);
> + else
> + kmap = map__kmap(map);
> +
> reloc_sym = kmap->ref_reloc_sym;
> if (!reloc_sym) {
> pr_warning("Relocated base symbol is not found!\n");
> --
> 2.3.3.220.g9ab698f
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