Re: [PATCH] perf tools: set kernel end address properly

From: Kim Phillips
Date: Fri Apr 20 2018 - 19:24:06 EST


On Fri, 20 Apr 2018 08:59:15 +0900
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The map_groups__fixup_end() was called to set end addresses of kernel
> map and module maps. But now machine__create_modules() is set the end
> address of modules properly, the only remaining piece is the kernel map.
> We can set it with adjacent module's address directly instead of calling
> the map_groups__fixup_end(). If there's no module after the kernel map,
> the end address will be ~0ULL.
>
> Since it also changes the start address of the kernel map, it needs to
> re-insert the map to the kmaps in order to keep a correct ordering. Kim
> reported that it caused problems on ARM64.
>
> Reported-by: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Acked-by: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@xxxxxxx>

Thanks,

Kim