linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RFC V1]s390/perf: fix 'start' address of module's map

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Date:	Fri, 8 Jul 2016 17:18:36 +0200
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	Song Shan Gong <gongss@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	acme@...nel.org, jolsa@...nel.org, dsahern@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC V1]s390/perf: fix 'start' address of module's map

On Thu, Jul 07, 2016 at 09:49:36AM +0800, Song Shan Gong wrote:
> At preset, when creating module's map, perf gets 'start' address by parsing
> 'proc/modules', but it's module base address, isn't the start address of
> '.text' section. In most archs, it's OK. But for s390, it places 'GOT' and
> 'PLT' relocations before '.text' section. So there exists an offset between
> module base address and '.text' section, which will incur wrong symbol
> resolution for modules.
> 
> Fix this bug by getting 'start' address of module's map from parsing
> '/sys/module/[module name]/sections/.text', not from '/proc/modules'.

cool, does this fix the 'perf test 1' for s390? that'd be great

I'll send few coments shortly

thanks,
jirka