[RFC v2 2/2] perf probe: Fix module probe issue if no dwarf support

From: Ravi Bangoria
Date: Tue Apr 26 2016 - 04:39:49 EST


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

Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- made find_module_name static

tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
tools/perf/util/probe-event.h | 2 --
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 5f1a9bf..c570a6c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static bool kprobe_warn_out_range(const char *symbol, unsigned long address)
* inspect elf and find out what is actual module name.
* Caller has to free mod_name after using it.
*/
-char *find_module_name(const char *module)
+static char *find_module_name(const char *module)
{
int fd;
Elf *elf;
@@ -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) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h
index 0468fa3..e54e7b0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h
@@ -166,6 +166,4 @@ int e_snprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, ...)
int copy_to_probe_trace_arg(struct probe_trace_arg *tvar,
struct perf_probe_arg *pvar);

-char *find_module_name(const char *module);
-
#endif /*_PROBE_EVENT_H */
--
2.1.4