Re: [RFC] perf probe: Fix module probe issue if no dwarf support

From: Masami Hiramatsu
Date: Mon Apr 25 2016 - 17:29:35 EST


On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:08:28 +0530
Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Perf is not able to register probe in kernel module when dwarf supprt
> is not there(and so it goes for symtab). Perf passes full path of
> module where only module name is required which is causing the problem.
> This patch fixes this issue.
>
> Before applying patch:
>
> $ dpkg -s libdw-dev
> dpkg-query: package 'libdw-dev' is not installed ...
>
> $ ./perf probe -m /linux/samples/kobject/kobject-example.ko foo_show
> Added new event:
> probe:foo_show (on foo_show in /linux/samples/kobject/kobject-example.ko)
>
> You can now use it in all perf tools, such as:
>
> perf record -e probe:foo_show -aR sleep 1
>
> $ cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/kprobe_events
> p:probe/foo_show /linux/samples/kobject/kobject-example.ko:foo_show
>
> After applying patch:
>
> $ ./perf probe -m /linux/samples/kobject/kobject-example.ko foo_show
> Added new event:
> probe:foo_show (on foo_show in kobject_example)
>
> You can now use it in all perf tools, such as:
>
> perf record -e probe:foo_show -aR sleep 1
>
> $ cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/kprobe_events
> p:probe/foo_show kobject_example:foo_show
>

Looks good to me :)
However, it seems that this patch depends on your previous patch
("perf probe: Fix offline module name missmatch issue")
In that case, could you make these a series of patches?

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,

> Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> index 05d0905..54e6a5a 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> @@ -2566,6 +2566,7 @@ static int find_probe_trace_events_from_map(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
> struct probe_trace_point *tp;
> int num_matched_functions;
> int ret, i, j, skipped = 0;
> + char *mod_name;
>
> map = get_target_map(pev->target, pev->uprobes);
> if (!map) {
> @@ -2650,9 +2651,19 @@ static int find_probe_trace_events_from_map(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
> tp->realname = strdup_or_goto(sym->name, nomem_out);
>
> tp->retprobe = pp->retprobe;
> - if (pev->target)
> - tev->point.module = strdup_or_goto(pev->target,
> - nomem_out);
> + if (pev->target) {
> + if (pev->uprobes) {
> + tev->point.module = strdup_or_goto(pev->target,
> + nomem_out);
> + } else {
> + mod_name = find_module_name(pev->target);
> + tev->point.module =
> + strdup(mod_name ? mod_name : pev->target);
> + free(mod_name);
> + if (!tev->point.module)
> + goto nomem_out;
> + }
> + }
> tev->uprobes = pev->uprobes;
> tev->nargs = pev->nargs;
> if (tev->nargs) {
> --
> 2.1.4
>


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Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>