linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] perf tools: Fix build-id matching on vmlinux

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Date:	Sat, 06 Sep 2014 00:16:40 +0900
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] perf tools: Fix build-id matching on vmlinux

Hi Adrian and Arnaldo,

2014-09-05 (금), 11:11 -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:
> Em Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 10:22:40AM +0300, Adrian Hunter escreveu:
> > On 09/05/2014 07:59 AM, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> > > +++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
> > > @@ -1060,10 +1060,14 @@ static int machine__process_kernel_mmap_event(struct machine *machine,
> > >  				strlen(kmmap_prefix));
> > >  		/*
> > >  		 * Should be there already, from the build-id table in
> > > -		 * the header.
> > > +		 * the header (but maybe with a different name: "vmlinux").
> > >  		 */
> > > -		struct dso *kernel = __dsos__findnew(&machine->kernel_dsos,
> > > -						     kmmap_prefix);
> > > +		struct dso *kernel = dsos__find(&machine->kernel_dsos,
> > > +						"vmlinux", true);
>  
> > Isn't "vmlinux" just the basename of the original file name, so if it had a
> > different name this wouldn't work e.g. if the filename had been
> > /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-26-generic then you would need
> > "vmlinuz-3.11.0-26-generic" for this to work?
> 
> Yeah, looking for well known pathnames to then check if the build-id
> matches the one we're looking for, be it because we obtained it from
> /sys/kernel/notes (for the running kernel), or from the perf.data file
> build-id table is ok, as we don't know where it is.
> 
> Plain sticking "vmlinux" there is not.

I don't get it.  AFAIK when perf record runs, it uses [kernel.kallsyms]
name for kernel map.  But it can be changed only if it found a "vmlinux"
file in the vmlinux_path[].  So short name will always be "vmlinux" -
okay, it might be vmlinux-$(uname -r) too; I can add it.

As you know, the vmlinux file is a ELF image that created during kernel
build process so I guess its name is fixed.  It's different from the
vmlinu"z" which resides in /boot directory.

Am I missing something?

Thanks,
Namhyung


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