Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf/probe: Report possible permission error for map__load failure

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 12:30:58AM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu escreveu:
> Report possible permission error including kptr_restrict setting
> for map__load() failure. This can happen when non-superuser runs
> perf probe.
> 
> With this patch, perf probe shows the following message.
> 
>  $ perf probe vfs_read
>  Failed to load symbols from /proc/kallsyms
>  Please ensure you can read the /proc/kallsyms symbol addresses.
>  If the /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict is '2', you can not read
>  kernel symbol address even if you are a superuser. Please change
>  it to '1'. If kptr_restrict is '1', the superuser can read the
>  symbol addresses.
>  In that case, please run this command again with sudo.
>    Error: Failed to add events.

Thanks, applied.

- Arnaldo

 
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/probe-event.c |   25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> index 3a7649835ec9..8fe179d671c3 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> @@ -2936,7 +2936,7 @@ static int find_probe_functions(struct map *map, char *name,
>  	bool cut_version = true;
>  
>  	if (map__load(map) < 0)
> -		return 0;
> +		return -EACCES;	/* Possible permission error to load symbols */
>  
>  	/* If user gives a version, don't cut off the version from symbols */
>  	if (strchr(name, '@'))
> @@ -2975,6 +2975,17 @@ void __weak arch__fix_tev_from_maps(struct perf_probe_event *pev __maybe_unused,
>  				struct map *map __maybe_unused,
>  				struct symbol *sym __maybe_unused) { }
>  
> +
> +static void pr_kallsyms_access_error(void)
> +{
> +	pr_err("Please ensure you can read the /proc/kallsyms symbol addresses.\n"
> +	       "If the /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict is '2', you can not read\n"
> +	       "kernel symbol address even if you are a superuser. Please change\n"
> +	       "it to '1'. If kptr_restrict is '1', the superuser can read the\n"
> +	       "symbol addresses.\n"
> +	       "In that case, please run this command again with sudo.\n");
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * Find probe function addresses from map.
>   * Return an error or the number of found probe_trace_event
> @@ -3011,8 +3022,16 @@ 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");
> +		if (num_matched_functions == -EACCES) {
> +			pr_err("Failed to load symbols from %s\n",
> +			       pev->target ?: "/proc/kallsyms");
> +			if (pev->target)
> +				pr_err("Please ensure the file is not stripped.\n");
> +			else
> +				pr_kallsyms_access_error();
> +		} else
> +			pr_err("Failed to find symbol %s in %s\n", pp->function,
> +				pev->target ? : "kernel");
>  		ret = -ENOENT;
>  		goto out;
>  	} else if (num_matched_functions > probe_conf.max_probes) {
> 

-- 

- Arnaldo