[PATCHSET 0/8] perf tools: Fix build-id matching on vmlinux (v5)

[Namhyung Kim]

Hello,

This patchset addresses possible problem on kernel symbol matching.
Since commit 5b7ba82a7591 ("perf symbols: Load kernel maps before
using"), when perf record process samples to construct build-id table,
it loads kernel map and it replaces dso->long_name.  But perf report
doesn't know about name other than [kernel.kallsyms] it failed to find
existing kernel dso and falls back to running kernel's kallsyms.

So it's possible to report incorrect symbols for kernel functions if
it runs on a different kernel:

Before:

  $ perf report
  # Children      Self  Command  Shared Object      Symbol
  # ........  ........  .......  .................  ...............................
  #
      72.15%     0.00%  swapper  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] set_curr_task_rt
      72.15%     0.00%  swapper  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] native_calibrate_tsc
      72.15%     0.00%  swapper  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] tsc_refine_calibration_work
      71.87%    71.87%  swapper  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] module_finalize
   ...

After (for the same perf.data):

      72.15%     0.00%  swapper  [kernel.vmlinux]  [k] cpu_startup_entry
      72.15%     0.00%  swapper  [kernel.vmlinux]  [k] arch_cpu_idle
      72.15%     0.00%  swapper  [kernel.vmlinux]  [k] default_idle
      71.87%    71.87%  swapper  [kernel.vmlinux]  [k] native_safe_halt


In this patch, it's now changed to try to search a kernel dso in the
existing dso list which was constructed during build-id table parsing
so it'll always have a build-id.  If not found, search "[kernel.kallsyms]".

The patch 1-2 are to support module compression as some distro
(e.g. Arch) already does it.  The patch 3-5 are cleanup of build-id
handling functions.  The patch 6-7 are the main change of this series
and finally patch 8 is just for suggestion which can be squashed into
the previous patch or simply dropped.

You can get it on 'perf/vmlinux-v5' branch in my tree:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/namhyung/linux-perf.git


Any comments are welcome, thanks
Namhyung


Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>


Namhyung Kim (8):
  perf tools: Preparation for compressed kernel module support
  perf tools: Add gzip decompression support for kernel module
  perf tools: Get rid of unused dsos__hit_all()
  perf tools: Rename dsos__write_buildid_table()
  perf build-id: Move build-id related functions to util/build-id.c
  perf record: Do not save pathname in ./debug/.build-id directory for
    vmlinux
  perf tools: Fix build-id matching on vmlinux
  perf tools: Make vmlinux short name more like kallsyms short name

 tools/perf/Makefile.perf                     |   7 +
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c                  |  11 +
 tools/perf/config/Makefile                   |  15 +-
 tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile    |   6 +-
 tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-zlib.c |   9 +
 tools/perf/util/build-id.c                   | 293 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/build-id.h                   |   5 +
 tools/perf/util/dso.c                        |  71 ++++++
 tools/perf/util/dso.h                        |   7 +
 tools/perf/util/header.c                     | 343 +--------------------------
 tools/perf/util/header.h                     |   4 +-
 tools/perf/util/machine.c                    |  38 ++-
 tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c                 |  35 ++-
 tools/perf/util/symbol.c                     |  19 +-
 tools/perf/util/symbol.h                     |   1 +
 tools/perf/util/util.h                       |   5 +
 tools/perf/util/zlib.c                       |  78 ++++++
 17 files changed, 593 insertions(+), 354 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-zlib.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/zlib.c

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