[PATCH RFC 06/19] perf tools: Fix kernel_start for KPTI on x86_64

[Adrian Hunter]

On x86_64, KPTI entry trampolines are less than the start of kernel text,
but still above 2^63. So leave kernel_start = 1ULL << 63 for x86_64.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/util/machine.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 tools/perf/util/machine.h |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index 72a351613d85..22047ff3cf2a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -2296,6 +2296,15 @@ int machine__set_current_tid(struct machine *machine, int cpu, pid_t pid,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Compares the raw arch string. N.B. see instead perf_env__arch() if a
+ * normalized arch is needed.
+ */
+bool machine__is(struct machine *machine, const char *arch)
+{
+	return machine->env && !strcmp(machine->env->arch, arch);
+}
+
 int machine__get_kernel_start(struct machine *machine)
 {
 	struct map *map = machine__kernel_map(machine);
@@ -2312,7 +2321,12 @@ int machine__get_kernel_start(struct machine *machine)
 	machine->kernel_start = 1ULL << 63;
 	if (map) {
 		err = map__load(map);
-		if (!err)
+		/*
+		 * On x86_64, KPTI entry trampolines are less than the
+		 * start of kernel text, but still above 2^63. So leave
+		 * kernel_start = 1ULL << 63 for x86_64.
+		 */
+		if (!err && !machine__is(machine, "x86_64"))
 			machine->kernel_start = map->start;
 	}
 	return err;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.h b/tools/perf/util/machine.h
index 388fb4741c54..b31d33b5aa2a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.h
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ static inline bool machine__is_host(struct machine *machine)
 	return machine ? machine->pid == HOST_KERNEL_ID : false;
 }
 
+bool machine__is(struct machine *machine, const char *arch);
+
 struct thread *__machine__findnew_thread(struct machine *machine, pid_t pid, pid_t tid);
 struct thread *machine__findnew_thread(struct machine *machine, pid_t pid, pid_t tid);
 
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