[tip:perf/core] perf diff: Add kallsyms option

From: tip-bot for David Ahern
Date: Tue Mar 24 2015 - 12:36:29 EST


Commit-ID: 6b1f342354d45c651cabd2ae0f61f55846f33e10
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/6b1f342354d45c651cabd2ae0f61f55846f33e10
Author: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 09:51:57 -0600
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 13:01:54 -0300

perf diff: Add kallsyms option

Required for off-box analysis to convert kernel addresses.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1427212317-7018-1-git-send-email-dsahern@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt | 3 +++
tools/perf/builtin-diff.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
index 5182661..d1deb57 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ OPTIONS
--dump-raw-trace::
Dump raw trace in ASCII.

+--kallsyms=<file>::
+ kallsyms pathname
+
-m::
--modules::
Load module symbols. WARNING: use only with -k and LIVE kernel
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index 473887d..df6307b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -791,6 +791,8 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
OPT_BOOLEAN('D', "dump-raw-trace", &dump_trace,
"dump raw trace in ASCII"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force, "don't complain, do it"),
+ OPT_STRING(0, "kallsyms", &symbol_conf.kallsyms_name,
+ "file", "kallsyms pathname"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "modules", &symbol_conf.use_modules,
"load module symbols - WARNING: use only with -k and LIVE kernel"),
OPT_STRING('d', "dsos", &symbol_conf.dso_list_str, "dso[,dso...]",
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