linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf/probe: Provide perf interface for uprobes

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Message-ID: <20120411181727.GK16257@infradead.org>
Date:	Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:17:28 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>
To:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Anton Arapov <anton@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/probe: Provide perf interface for uprobes

Em Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 10:42:25PM +0530, Srikar Dronamraju escreveu:
> * Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org> [2012-04-11 11:49:18]:
> > Em Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 07:27:42PM +0530, Srikar Dronamraju escreveu:
> > > From: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > > 
> > > - Enhances perf to probe user space executables and libraries.
> > > - Enhances -F/--funcs option of "perf probe" to list possible probe points in
> > >   an executable file or library.
> > > - Documents userspace probing support in perf.
> > > 
> > > [ Probing a function in the executable using function name  ]
> > > perf probe -x /bin/zsh zfree
> > 
> > Can we avoid the need for -x? I.e. we could figure out it is userspace
> > and act accordingly.
> 
> To list the functions in the module ipv6, we use "perf probe -F -m ipv6"
> So I used the same logic to use -x for specifying executables.
> 
> This is in agreement with probepoint addition where without any
> additional options would mean kernel probepoint; m option would mean
> module and x option would mean user space executable. 
> 
> However if you still think we should change, do let me know.

Yeah, if one needs to disambiguate, sure, use these keywords, but for
things like:

$ perf probe /lib/libc.so.6 malloc

I think it is easy to figure out it is userspace. I.e. some regex would
figure it out.

Anyway this can be done in a follow up patch.

- Arnaldo
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