linux-kernel - [PATCH 09/17] perf, tool: Add '.note' check into search for NOTE section

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Date:	Wed,  2 May 2012 13:37:10 +0200
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	acme@...hat.com, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, mingo@...e.hu,
	paulus@...ba.org, cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, fweisbec@...il.com
Cc:	eranian@...gle.com, gorcunov@...nvz.org, tzanussi@...il.com,
	mhiramat@...hat.com, robert.richter@....com, fche@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com,
	drepper@...il.com, asharma@...com, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 09/17] perf, tool: Add '.note' check into search for NOTE section

Adding '.note' section name to be check when looking for notes
section. The '.note' name is used by kernel VDSO.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/symbol.c |   29 +++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 2ba1d22..bef9ae7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1472,14 +1472,31 @@ static int elf_read_build_id(Elf *elf, void *bf, size_t size)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	sec = elf_section_by_name(elf, &ehdr, &shdr,
-				  ".note.gnu.build-id", NULL);
-	if (sec == NULL) {
+	/*
+	 * Check following sections for notes:
+	 *   '.note.gnu.build-id'
+	 *   '.notes'
+	 *   '.note' (VDSO specific)
+	 */
+	do {
+		sec = elf_section_by_name(elf, &ehdr, &shdr,
+					  ".note.gnu.build-id", NULL);
+		if (sec)
+			break;
+
 		sec = elf_section_by_name(elf, &ehdr, &shdr,
 					  ".notes", NULL);
-		if (sec == NULL)
-			goto out;
-	}
+		if (sec)
+			break;
+
+		sec = elf_section_by_name(elf, &ehdr, &shdr,
+					  ".note", NULL);
+		if (sec)
+			break;
+
+		return err;
+
+	} while (0);
 
 	data = elf_getdata(sec, NULL);
 	if (data == NULL)
-- 
1.7.7.6

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