[tip:perf/urgent] perf probe: Fix bug with global variables handling

From: tip-bot for He Kuang
Date: Fri May 01 2015 - 06:16:37 EST


Commit-ID: d13855ef18e1852b2c4dc86ddf5759c5b34628cb
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/d13855ef18e1852b2c4dc86ddf5759c5b34628cb
Author: He Kuang <hekuang@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 16:08:58 +0800
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 13:57:29 -0300

perf probe: Fix bug with global variables handling

There are missing curly braces which causes find_variable() return wrong
value when probing with global variables.

This problem can be reproduced as following:

$ perf probe -v --add='generic_perform_write global_variable_for_test'
...
Try to find probe point from debuginfo.
Probe point found: generic_perform_write+0
Searching 'global_variable_for_test' variable in context.
An error occurred in debuginfo analysis (-2).
Error: Failed to add events. Reason: No such file or directory (Code: -2)

After this patch:

$ perf probe -v --add='generic_perform_write global_variable_for_test'
...
Converting variable global_variable_for_test into trace event.
global_variable_for_test type is int.
Found 1 probe_trace_events.
Opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/kprobe_events write=1
Added new event:
Writing event: p:probe/generic_perform_write _stext+1237464
global_variable_for_test=@global_variable_for_test+0:s32
probe:generic_perform_write (on generic_perform_write with
global_variable_for_test)

You can now use it in all perf tools, such as:

perf record -e probe:generic_perform_write -aR sleep 1

Signed-off-by: He Kuang <hekuang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1429949338-18678-1-git-send-email-hekuang@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
index 44554c3..1c3cc07 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
@@ -578,10 +578,12 @@ static int find_variable(Dwarf_Die *sc_die, struct probe_finder *pf)
/* Search child die for local variables and parameters. */
if (!die_find_variable_at(sc_die, pf->pvar->var, pf->addr, &vr_die)) {
/* Search again in global variables */
- if (!die_find_variable_at(&pf->cu_die, pf->pvar->var, 0, &vr_die))
+ if (!die_find_variable_at(&pf->cu_die, pf->pvar->var,
+ 0, &vr_die)) {
pr_warning("Failed to find '%s' in this function.\n",
pf->pvar->var);
ret = -ENOENT;
+ }
}
if (ret >= 0)
ret = convert_variable(&vr_die, pf);
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