Re: [PATCH] perf annotate: Work with vmlinux outside symfs

[Vincent Whitchurch]

On Fri, 2022-11-25 at 12:42 +0100, Vincent Whitchurch wrote:
> It is currently possible to use --symfs along with a vmlinux which lies
> outside of the symfs by passing an absolute path to --vmlinux, thanks to
> the check in dso__load_vmlinux() which handles this explicitly.
> 
> However, the annotate code lacks this check and thus perf annotate does
> not work ("Internal error: Invalid -1 error code") for kernel functions
> with this combination.  Add the missing handling.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Whitchurch <vincent.whitchurch@xxxxxxxx>

This patch was not merged and I did not receive any comments on it
either.  Should I resend it?  It still applies cleanly to current
mainline.  Thanks.