Re: [PATCH perf/core v2 4/4] perf-probe: Find probe events without target module

[Masami Hiramatsu]

On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 15:44:55 -0300
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Em Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 03:03:06PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu escreveu:
> > Find probe events without -m "module" option. If perf-probe
> > failed to find given function in kernel image, it tries to
> > find same symbol and module in kallsyms, and retry search
> > in the found module. E.g.
> > 
> >   # perf probe -D i915_capabilities
> >   p:probe/i915_capabilities i915:i915_capabilities+0
> > 
> > Note: without -m option, perf probe can not find inlined
> > function since there is no symbol information in kallsyms.
> 
> As this is a new feature, I'll postpone merging it till we get
> perf/urgent, with the first three patches in this series, merged into
> perf/core, ok?

Agreed :-)

Thank you!

> 
> - Arnaldo
>  
> > Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Suggested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   Changes in v2:
> >    - Fix to remove unneeded zero-return.
> >    - Remove unneeded debug message.
> > ---
> >  tools/perf/util/probe-event.c |   69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> >  1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> > index 6a6f44d..715f330 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> > @@ -858,11 +858,7 @@ static int try_to_find_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
> >  
> >  	debuginfo__delete(dinfo);
> >  
> > -	if (ntevs == 0)	{	/* No error but failed to find probe point. */
> > -		pr_warning("Probe point '%s' not found.\n",
> > -			   synthesize_perf_probe_point(&pev->point));
> > -		return -ENOENT;
> > -	} else if (ntevs < 0) {
> > +	if (ntevs < 0) {
> >  		/* Error path : ntevs < 0 */
> >  		pr_debug("An error occurred in debuginfo analysis (%d).\n", ntevs);
> >  		if (ntevs == -EBADF)
> > @@ -2829,9 +2825,7 @@ static int find_probe_trace_events_from_map(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
> >  	 */
> >  	num_matched_functions = find_probe_functions(map, pp->function, syms);
> >  	if (num_matched_functions == 0) {
> > -		pr_err("Failed to find symbol %s in %s\n", pp->function,
> > -			pev->target ? : "kernel");
> > -		ret = -ENOENT;
> > +		ret = 0;
> >  		goto out;
> >  	} else if (num_matched_functions > probe_conf.max_probes) {
> >  		pr_err("Too many functions matched in %s\n",
> > @@ -3233,6 +3227,42 @@ static int find_probe_trace_events_from_cache(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
> >  	return ret;
> >  }
> >  
> > +static int __convert_to_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
> > +					   struct probe_trace_event **tevs)
> > +{
> > +	int ret;
> > +
> > +	/* At first, we need to lookup cache entry */
> > +	ret = find_probe_trace_events_from_cache(pev, tevs);
> > +	if (ret > 0 || pev->sdt)	/* SDT can be found only in the cache */
> > +		return ret == 0 ? -ENOENT : ret; /* Found in probe cache */
> > +
> > +	/* Convert perf_probe_event with debuginfo */
> > +	ret = try_to_find_probe_trace_events(pev, tevs);
> > +	if (ret != 0)
> > +		return ret;	/* Found in debuginfo or got an error */
> > +
> > +	return find_probe_trace_events_from_map(pev, tevs);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static char *find_module_from_kallsyms(const char *symbol_name)
> > +{
> > +	struct machine *machine = machine__new_kallsyms();
> > +	struct symbol *sym;
> > +	struct map *map;
> > +	char *module;
> > +
> > +	sym = machine__find_kernel_function_by_name(machine, symbol_name, &map);
> > +	if (!sym || map->dso->short_name[0] != '[')
> > +		return NULL;
> > +	pr_debug("Found %s in %s\n", sym->name, map->dso->short_name);
> > +	module = strdup(map->dso->short_name + 1);
> > +	if (module)
> > +		module[strlen(module) - 1] = '\0';
> > +
> > +	return module;
> > +}
> > +
> >  static int convert_to_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
> >  					 struct probe_trace_event **tevs)
> >  {
> > @@ -3255,17 +3285,20 @@ static int convert_to_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
> >  	if (ret > 0)
> >  		return ret;
> >  
> > -	/* At first, we need to lookup cache entry */
> > -	ret = find_probe_trace_events_from_cache(pev, tevs);
> > -	if (ret > 0 || pev->sdt)	/* SDT can be found only in the cache */
> > -		return ret == 0 ? -ENOENT : ret; /* Found in probe cache */
> > -
> > -	/* Convert perf_probe_event with debuginfo */
> > -	ret = try_to_find_probe_trace_events(pev, tevs);
> > -	if (ret != 0)
> > -		return ret;	/* Found in debuginfo or got an error */
> > +	ret = __convert_to_probe_trace_events(pev, tevs);
> > +	/* Not found. will retry to check kmodule if possible */
> > +	if (ret == 0 && !pev->uprobes && !pev->target) {
> > +		pev->target = find_module_from_kallsyms(pev->point.function);
> > +		if (pev->target)
> > +			ret = __convert_to_probe_trace_events(pev, tevs);
> > +	}
> >  
> > -	return find_probe_trace_events_from_map(pev, tevs);
> > +	if (ret == 0) {
> > +		pr_warning("Probe point '%s' not found.\n",
> > +			   synthesize_perf_probe_point(&pev->point));
> > +		ret = -ENOENT;
> > +	}
> > +	return ret;
> >  }
> >  
> >  int convert_perf_probe_events(struct perf_probe_event *pevs, int npevs)


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Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>