[PATCH] perf machine: Search for modules in %s/lib/modules/%s

[Richard Yao]

Modules installed outside of the kernel's build system should go into
"%s/lib/modules/%s/extra", but at present, perf will only look at them
when they are in "%s/lib/modules/%s/kernel". Lets encourage good
citizenship by relaxing this requirement to "%s/lib/modules/%s". This
way open source modules that are out-of-tree have no incentive to start
populating a directory reserved for in-kernle modules and I can stop hex
editing my system's perf binary when profiling OSS out-of-tree modules.

Signed-off-by: Richard Yao <ryao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/util/machine.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index a53cd0b..116842e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ static int machine__set_modules_path(struct machine *machine)
 	if (!version)
 		return -1;
 
-	snprintf(modules_path, sizeof(modules_path), "%s/lib/modules/%s/kernel",
+	snprintf(modules_path, sizeof(modules_path), "%s/lib/modules/%s",
 		 machine->root_dir, version);
 	free(version);
 
-- 
1.8.3.2

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/