[PATCH] perf symbols: Don't apply the symfs layout to synthesised paths
From: Zhan Xusheng
Date: Tue Aug 11 2026 - 01:01:37 EST
The flat symfs layout was implemented inside __symbol__join_symfs() alone,
which went from
return path__join(bf, size, symbol_conf.symfs, path);
to taking perf_basename(path) first. No caller was changed, so all of them
got it. Most pass dso__long_name(), which is what the option is about, but
some pass a path perf built itself:
dso.c "/usr/lib/debug" -> "debug"
dso.c "/usr/lib/debug/.build-id/" -> ""
build-id.c "/usr/lib/debug/.build-id/" -> ""
disasm.c <file under buildid_dir> -> last component
perf_basename() yields "" for a path ending in '/'. So with --symfs
DIR,flat the FEDORA, UBUNTU and MIXEDUP_UBUNTU debuginfo lookups land in
<symfs>/debug/, the two build-id ones in <symfs> itself, and disasm.c
flattens a path under perf's own build-id cache.
Use path__join() at those sites, which is what the helper did for them
before. A hierarchy layout is unaffected, being that same call. The
OPENEMBEDDED site passes "", where perf_basename() is already a no-op;
it is converted for uniformity. Every remaining __symbol__join_symfs()
caller passes a path from the profiled system.
Fixes: f182573e06ab ("perf tools: Add layout support for --symfs option")
Signed-off-by: Zhan Xusheng <zhanxusheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/build-id.c | 2 +-
tools/perf/util/disasm.c | 4 +++-
tools/perf/util/dso.c | 11 ++++++-----
3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
index eb95ab90f974..0c89fe75a650 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ static char *build_id_cache__find_debug(const char *sbuild_id,
dirname = dirbuf;
}
- len = __symbol__join_symfs(debugfile, PATH_MAX, dirname);
+ len = path__join(debugfile, PATH_MAX, symbol_conf.symfs, dirname);
snprintf(debugfile + len, PATH_MAX - len, "%.2s/%s.debug", sbuild_id,
sbuild_id + 2);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/disasm.c b/tools/perf/util/disasm.c
index 0a1a7e9cf3ef..decf9348d735 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/disasm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/disasm.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
#include "map.h"
#include "maps.h"
#include "namespaces.h"
+#include "path.h"
#include "srcline.h"
#include "symbol.h"
#include "thread.h"
@@ -1173,7 +1174,8 @@ static int dso__disassemble_filename(struct dso *dso, char *filename, size_t fil
build_id_filename = dso__build_id_filename(dso, NULL, 0, false);
if (build_id_filename) {
- __symbol__join_symfs(filename, filename_size, build_id_filename);
+ path__join(filename, filename_size, symbol_conf.symfs,
+ build_id_filename);
free(build_id_filename);
} else {
if (dso__has_build_id(dso))
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.c b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
index 2309196d8df3..314c9a0edf28 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
@@ -167,12 +167,12 @@ int dso__read_binary_type_filename(const struct dso *dso,
break;
case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__FEDORA_DEBUGINFO:
- len = __symbol__join_symfs(filename, size, "/usr/lib/debug");
+ len = path__join(filename, size, symbol_conf.symfs, "/usr/lib/debug");
snprintf(filename + len, size - len, "%s.debug", dso__long_name(dso));
break;
case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__UBUNTU_DEBUGINFO:
- len = __symbol__join_symfs(filename, size, "/usr/lib/debug");
+ len = path__join(filename, size, symbol_conf.symfs, "/usr/lib/debug");
snprintf(filename + len, size - len, "%s", dso__long_name(dso));
break;
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ int dso__read_binary_type_filename(const struct dso *dso,
ret = -1;
break;
}
- len = __symbol__join_symfs(filename, size, "/usr/lib/debug");
+ len = path__join(filename, size, symbol_conf.symfs, "/usr/lib/debug");
snprintf(filename + len, size - len, "%s", dso__long_name(dso) + 4);
break;
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ int dso__read_binary_type_filename(const struct dso *dso,
while (last_slash != dso__long_name(dso) && *last_slash != '/')
last_slash--;
- len = __symbol__join_symfs(filename, size, "");
+ len = path__join(filename, size, symbol_conf.symfs, "");
dir_size = last_slash - dso__long_name(dso) + 2;
if (dir_size > (size - len)) {
ret = -1;
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ int dso__read_binary_type_filename(const struct dso *dso,
}
build_id__snprintf(dso__bid(dso), build_id_hex, sizeof(build_id_hex));
- len = __symbol__join_symfs(filename, size, "/usr/lib/debug/.build-id/");
+ len = path__join(filename, size, symbol_conf.symfs,
+ "/usr/lib/debug/.build-id/");
snprintf(filename + len, size - len, "%.2s/%s.debug",
build_id_hex, build_id_hex + 2);
break;
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