linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf tools: demangle kernel and kernel module symbols too

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Date:	Wed, 22 Jan 2014 21:58:46 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...udius-systems.com>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...udius-systems.com>
Subject: [PATCH] perf tools: demangle kernel and kernel module symbols too

Some kernels contain C++ code, and thus their symbols need to be demangled.
This allows 'perf kvm top' to generate readable output.

Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@...udius-systems.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index 7594567..8f12f0f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -922,6 +922,7 @@ int dso__load_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
 				  (u64)shdr.sh_offset);
 			sym.st_value -= shdr.sh_addr - shdr.sh_offset;
 		}
+new_symbol:
 		/*
 		 * We need to figure out if the object was created from C++ sources
 		 * DWARF DW_compile_unit has this, but we don't always have access
@@ -933,7 +934,6 @@ int dso__load_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
 			if (demangled != NULL)
 				elf_name = demangled;
 		}
-new_symbol:
 		f = symbol__new(sym.st_value, sym.st_size,
 				GELF_ST_BIND(sym.st_info), elf_name);
 		free(demangled);
-- 
1.8.4.2

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