linux-kernel - [tip:perf/core] perf probe: Fix to show correct error message for $vars and $params

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jul 2016 00:05:09 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Masami Hiramatsu <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org, namhyung@...nel.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	ananth@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, brendan.d.gregg@...il.com,
	mhiramat@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, acme@...nel.org,
	acme@...hat.com, hemant@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf probe: Fix to show correct error message for
 $vars and $params

Commit-ID:  f6eb0518f325ef0d6557fbef5c7ebe48a81e74db
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/f6eb0518f325ef0d6557fbef5c7ebe48a81e74db
Author:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
AuthorDate: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 19:04:34 +0900
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 23:09:04 -0300

perf probe: Fix to show correct error message for $vars and $params

Fix to show correct error messages for $vars and $params because
those special variables requires debug information to find the
real variables or function parameters.

E.g. without this fix;
  ----
  # perf probe -x /lib64/libc-2.23.so getaddrinfo \$params
  Failed to write event: Invalid argument
  Please upgrade your kernel to at least 3.14 to have access to feature $params
    Error: Failed to add events.
  ----

Perf ends up with an error, but the message is not correct.  With this
fix, perf shows correct error message as below.

  ----
  # perf probe -x /lib64/libc-2.23.so getaddrinfo \$params
  The /usr/lib64/libc-2.23.so file has no debug information.
  Rebuild with -g, or install an appropriate debuginfo package.
    Error: Failed to add events.
  ----

Reported-and-Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@...il.com>
Cc: Hemant Kumar <hemant@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/146831787438.17065.6152436996780110699.stgit@devbox
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 2b222a7..fef9768 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -1547,7 +1547,9 @@ bool perf_probe_event_need_dwarf(struct perf_probe_event *pev)
 		return true;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < pev->nargs; i++)
-		if (is_c_varname(pev->args[i].var))
+		if (is_c_varname(pev->args[i].var) ||
+		    !strcmp(pev->args[i].var, "$params") ||
+		    !strcmp(pev->args[i].var, "$vars"))
 			return true;
 
 	return false;