linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/9] perf tools: load kernel maps before using

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Message-ID: <20130725201027.GB16719@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 25 Jul 2013 22:10:27 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] perf tools: load kernel maps before using


* Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com> wrote:

> In order to use kernel maps to read object code, those
> maps must be adjusted to map to the dso file offset.
> Because lazy-initialzation is used, that is not done

s/initialization

> until symbols are loaded.  However the maps are first
> used by thread__find_addr_map() before symbols are loaded.
> So this patch changes thread__find_addr() to "load" kernel
> maps before using them.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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