Re: [PATCH 2/2] tools/perf: Fix kallsyms perf test on ppc64le

[Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli]

On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 06:02:58PM +0530, Naveen N. Rao wrote:
> ppc64le functions have a Global Entry Point (GEP) and a Local Entry
> Point (LEP). While placing a probe, we always prefer the LEP since it
> catches function calls through both the GEP and the LEP. In order to do
> this, we fixup the function entry points during elf symbol table lookup
> to point to the LEPs. This works, but breaks 'perf test kallsyms' since
> the symbols loaded from the symbol table (pointing to the LEP) do not
> match the symbols in kallsyms.
> 
> To fix this, we do not adjust all the symbols during symbol table load,
> but only adjust the probe trace point.
> 
> Cc: Mark Wielaard <mjw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@xxxxxxxxxx>