Re: [bug report][stable] perf probe: failed to add events

From: Adrian Hunter
Date: Mon Mar 25 2019 - 06:04:06 EST


On 21/03/19 12:10 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 09:19:08AM +0200, Adrian Hunter wrote:
>> On 28/02/19 4:07 AM, Joseph Qi wrote:
>>> Hi Adrian,
>>>
>>> On 19/2/27 20:39, Adrian Hunter wrote:
>>>> Seems to be fixed by this:
>>>>
>>>> From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 05:35:25 +0200
>>>> Subject: [PATCH] perf probe: Fix getting the kernel map
>>>>
>>>> Since commit 4d99e4136580 ("perf machine: Workaround missing maps for x86
>>>> PTI entry trampolines"), perf tools has been creating more than one kernel
>>>> map, however 'perf probe' assumed there could be only one.
>>>>
>>>> Fix by using machine__kernel_map() to get the main kernel map.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Fixes: 4d99e4136580 ("perf machine: Workaround missing maps for x86 PTI entry trampolines")
>>>
>>> Below is my investigation result before, FYI.
>>> the first bad commit (v4.18 ~ v4.19):
>>> d83212d5dd67 kallsyms, x86: Export addresses of PTI entry trampolines
>>
>> Yes we should add a fixes tag for that also.
>
> So, what do I need to do here for the stable tree(s) to resolve this
> issue?

Nothing.

Patch was re-sent with a stable tag so will go through like normal:

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/2ed432de-e904-85d2-5c36-5897ddc5b23b@xxxxxxxxx/