linux-kernel - Re: maps mismatch in /proc/kcore for sparc

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Message-Id: <20150318.154359.1325469409095627387.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 18 Mar 2015 15:43:59 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	david.ahern@...cle.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: maps mismatch in /proc/kcore for sparc

From: David Ahern <david.ahern@...cle.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 10:56:22 -0600

> I am trying to understand why the perf tool on sparc fails to convert
> kernel symbols when /proc/kcore is used. I have instrumented perf to
> the point I can see that it drops symbols from kallsyms because it
> cannot find a corresponding map when the kernel maps are created based
> on parsing /proc/kcore.

I'm looking into this, I think we need to set ARCH_PROC_KCORE_TEXT in
arch/sparc/Kconfig

I have an even worse problem on my T4 system, /proc/kcore is zero
length.  Looking into that now as well.
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