Re: [PATCH] perf symbols: Synthesize anonymous mmap events

[Pekka Enberg]

On Tue, 2011-08-30 at 09:15 +1000, Anton Blanchard wrote:
> perf_event__synthesize_mmap_events does not create anonymous mmap
> events even though the kernel does. As a result an already running
> application with dynamically created code will not get profiled -
> all samples end up in the unknown bucket.
> 
> This patch skips any entries with '[' in the name to avoid adding
> events for special regions (eg the vsyscall page). All other
> executable mmaps are assumed to be anonymous and an event is
> synthesized.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx>

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