linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf probe: add kernel source path option

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Message-ID: <1275911399.7261.2.camel@cndougla-ubuntu>
Date:	Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:49:59 -0400
From:	Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@...onical.com>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf probe: add kernel source path option

On Sun, 2010-06-06 at 20:22 -0400, Chase Douglas wrote:
> The probe plugin requires access to the source code for some operations.
> The source code must be in the exact same location as specified by the
> DWARF tags, but sometimes the location is an absolute path that cannot
> be replicated by a normal user. This change adds the -s|--source option
> to allow the user to specify the root of the kernel source tree.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@...onical.com>
> ---
>  tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt |    4 ++
>  tools/perf/builtin-probe.c              |    2 +
>  tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c          |   56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  tools/perf/util/symbol.h                |    1 +
>  4 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Please disregard this patch. It is based on the 2.6.34 kernel and I
forgot to rebase it on the latest perf code. I have a newer patch I will
be sending out shortly.

Thanks,

-- Chase

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