[tip:perf/core] perf probe: Remove incorrect symbol check for --list

From: tip-bot for Masami Hiramatsu
Date: Sat Feb 22 2014 - 13:09:58 EST


Commit-ID: f49540b17c1c6fa5a0734cc1d8b57614fd2036be
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/f49540b17c1c6fa5a0734cc1d8b57614fd2036be
Author: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 05:32:06 +0000
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 09:34:50 -0300

perf probe: Remove incorrect symbol check for --list

Remove unneeded symbol check for --list option.

This code actually checks whether the given symbol exists in the kernel.
But this is incorrect for online kernel/module and offline module too:

- For online kernel/module, the kprobes itself already
ensured the symbol exist in the kernel.
- For offline module, this code can't access the offlined
modules. Ignore it.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "David A. Long" <dave.long@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: yrl.pp-manager.tt@xxxxxxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140206053206.29635.7453.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 8 --------
1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 9aa7783..a4649e7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -739,14 +739,6 @@ out:
static int kprobe_convert_to_perf_probe(struct probe_trace_point *tp,
struct perf_probe_point *pp)
{
- struct symbol *sym;
-
- sym = __find_kernel_function_by_name(tp->symbol, NULL);
- if (!sym) {
- pr_err("Failed to find symbol %s in kernel.\n", tp->symbol);
- return -ENOENT;
- }
-
return convert_to_perf_probe_point(tp, pp);
}

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