Re: [PATCH v1 0/8] perf tools: Cleanup dso debug info access

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

Date: Mon Sep 28 2026 - 12:55:25 EST


On Sun, Sep 27, 2026 at 10:50:47PM -0700, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This is a preparation for DSO file access cleanup work. IIUC DSO
> access has three types - symbol table, binary data and debug info.
> Those information can be placed separately like stripped binaries and
> split debug files. I've added dbginfo_type to DSO to track location
> of debug info like others.
>
> I'm sending this out before it grows too much. This patchset focuses
> on debuginfo open path. Once it looks good to others, I'll update
> other places accessing DWARF info to use this info and cleanup other
> file type accesses too.

Sashiko found an issue, apart from that:

Reviewed-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

- Arnaldo