linux-kernel - [PATCH 7/8] perf tools: Fix build-id matching on vmlinux

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Message-Id: <1415063674-17206-8-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org>
Date:	Tue,  4 Nov 2014 10:14:33 +0900
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 7/8] perf tools: Fix build-id matching on vmlinux

There's a problem on finding correct kernel symbols when perf report
runs on a different kernel.  Although a part of the problem was solved
by the prior commit 0a7e6d1b6844 ("perf tools: Check recorded kernel
version when finding vmlinux"), there's a remaining problem still.

When perf records samples, it synthesizes the kernel map using
machine__mmap_name() and ref_reloc_sym like "[kernel.kallsyms]_text".
You can easily see it using 'perf report -D' command.

After finishing record, it goes through the recorded events to find
maps/dsos actually used.  And then record build-id info of them.

During this process, it needs to load symbols in a dso and it'd call
dso__load_vmlinux_path() since the default value of the symbol_conf.
try_vmlinux_path is true.  However it changes dso->long_name to a real
path of the vmlinux file (e.g. /lib/modules/3.16.4/build/vmlinux)
if one is running on a custom kernel.

It resulted in that perf report reads the build-id of the vmlinux, but
cannot use it since it only knows about the [kernel.kallsyms] map.  It
then falls back to possible vmlinux paths by using the recorded kernel
version (in case of a recent version) or a running kernel silently.

Even with the recent tools, this still has a possibility of breaking
the result.  As the build directory is a symbolic link, if one built a
new kernel in the same directory with different source/config, the old
link to vmlinux will point the new file.  So it's absolutely needed to
use build-id when finding a kernel image.

In this patch, it's now changed to try to search a kernel dso in the
existing dso list which was constructed during build-id table parsing
so it'll always have a build-id.  If not found, search "[kernel.kallsyms]".

Before:

  $ perf report
  # Children      Self  Command  Shared Object      Symbol
  # ........  ........  .......  .................  ...............................
  #
      72.15%     0.00%  swapper  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] set_curr_task_rt
      72.15%     0.00%  swapper  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] native_calibrate_tsc
      72.15%     0.00%  swapper  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] tsc_refine_calibration_work
      71.87%    71.87%  swapper  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] module_finalize
   ...

After (for the same perf.data):

      72.15%     0.00%  swapper  vmlinux  [k] cpu_startup_entry
      72.15%     0.00%  swapper  vmlinux  [k] arch_cpu_idle
      72.15%     0.00%  swapper  vmlinux  [k] default_idle
      71.87%    71.87%  swapper  vmlinux  [k] native_safe_halt
   ...

Cc: Adrian Huner <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
---
 tools/perf/util/header.c  |  2 +-
 tools/perf/util/machine.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 3081f030aef0..e86fffd89e2b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ static int __event_process_build_id(struct build_id_event *bev,

 		dso__set_build_id(dso, &bev->build_id);

-		if (filename[0] == '[')
+		if (!is_kernel_module(filename, NULL))
 			dso->kernel = dso_type;

 		build_id__sprintf(dso->build_id, sizeof(dso->build_id),
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index 946c7d62cb6e..53f90e9c65fe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -1085,8 +1085,20 @@ static int machine__process_kernel_mmap_event(struct machine *machine,
 		 * Should be there already, from the build-id table in
 		 * the header.
 		 */
-		struct dso *kernel = __dsos__findnew(&machine->kernel_dsos,
-						     kmmap_prefix);
+		struct dso *kernel = NULL;
+		struct dso *dso;
+
+		list_for_each_entry(dso, &machine->kernel_dsos.head, node) {
+			if (is_kernel_module(dso->long_name, NULL))
+				continue;
+
+			kernel = dso;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (kernel == NULL)
+			kernel = __dsos__findnew(&machine->kernel_dsos,
+						 kmmap_prefix);
 		if (kernel == NULL)
 			goto out_problem;

-- 
2.1.2

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