linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/5] perf top: Handle kptr

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Date:	Fri, 27 May 2011 18:45:35 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] perf top: Handle kptr_restrict

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@...il.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-cyl5zmi1nu35vyu7l5im2pyv@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-top.c |   15 +++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 375ed16..472f627 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ static bool			use_tui, use_stdio;
 
 static int			default_interval		=      0;
 
+static bool			kptr_restrict_warned;
 static bool			inherit				=  false;
 static int			realtime_prio			=      0;
 static bool			group				=  false;
@@ -738,6 +739,20 @@ static void perf_event__process_sample(const union perf_event *event,
 	    al.filtered)
 		return;
 
+	if (!kptr_restrict_warned &&
+	    symbol_conf.kptr_restrict &&
+	    al.cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL) {
+		ui__warning(
+"Kernel address maps (/proc/{kallsyms,modules}) are restricted.\n\n"
+"Check /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict.\n\n"
+"Kernel%s samples will not be resolved.\n",
+			  !RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&al.map->dso->symbols[MAP__FUNCTION]) ?
+			  " modules" : "");
+		if (use_browser <= 0)
+			sleep(5);
+		kptr_restrict_warned = true;
+	}
+
 	if (al.sym == NULL) {
 		/*
 		 * As we do lazy loading of symtabs we only will know if the
-- 
1.6.2.5

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