Re: [PATCH 2/4] perf report: Load PE files from debug cache only

[Jiri Olsa]

On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 02:17:38PM -0500, Nicholas Fraser wrote:
> dso__load_bfd_symbols() attempts to load a DSO at its original path,
> then closes it and loads the file in the debug cache. This is incorrect.
> It should ignore the original file and work with only the debug cache.
> The original file may have changed or may not even exist, for example if
> the debug cache has been transferred to another machine via "perf
> archive".
> 
> This fix makes it only load the file in the debug cache.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Fraser <nfraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 8 +-------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
> index 64a039cbba1b..aa9ae875b995 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
> @@ -1569,7 +1569,7 @@ int dso__load_bfd_symbols(struct dso *dso, const char *debugfile)
>  	u_int i;
>  	u64 start, len;
>  
> -	abfd = bfd_openr(dso->long_name, NULL);
> +	abfd = bfd_openr(debugfile, NULL);
>  	if (!abfd)
>  		return -1;
>  
> @@ -1586,12 +1586,6 @@ int dso__load_bfd_symbols(struct dso *dso, const char *debugfile)
>  	if (section)
>  		dso->text_offset = section->vma - section->filepos;
>  
> -	bfd_close(abfd);
> -
> -	abfd = bfd_openr(debugfile, NULL);
> -	if (!abfd)
> -		return -1;
> -

hum, should you also remove the following code?

        if (!bfd_check_format(abfd, bfd_object)) {
                pr_debug2("%s: cannot read %s bfd file.\n", __func__,
                          debugfile);
                goto out_close;
        }

        if (bfd_get_flavour(abfd) == bfd_target_elf_flavour)
                goto out_close;

it seems to be called already above

thanks,
jirka

>  	if (!bfd_check_format(abfd, bfd_object)) {
>  		pr_debug2("%s: cannot read %s bfd file.\n", __func__,
>  			  debugfile);
> -- 
> 2.30.0
>