Re: [RFC/PATCHSET 0/8] perf tools: Minimal build without libelf dependency (v2)

From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Sun Jun 24 2012 - 20:55:24 EST


Hi, David

On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:24:13 -0600, David Ahern wrote:
> On 6/22/12 10:14 AM, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
>> I think at least the .dymsym symbol table is present in DSOs, aka
>> libraries, otherwise how will they dynamicly link?
>>
> yes. I meant debug information wise - everything is stripped during
> packaging phase, so onbox analysis is severely limited in address to
> symbol resolutions.
>

Right, I was saying about a case of the onbox recording and off-line
analysis - I hope I didn't use vague words here. And I thought that
supporting build-id is helpful (not crucial, though) for the case too.

Thanks,
Namhyung
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