linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/9] perf tools: Don't search for active kernel start in __machine__create_kernel

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Message-ID: <20180219104917.GA19365@krava>
Date:   Mon, 19 Feb 2018 11:49:44 +0100
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:     Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>, kernel-team@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] perf tools: Don't search for active kernel start in
 __machine__create_kernel_maps

On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 07:19:36PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:

SNIP

> From b736729e83b62f97d716a011ccf4e430b614fecd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 19:00:46 +0900
> Subject: [PATCH] perf tools: Fix paranoid check in machine__set_kernel_mmap()
> 
> The machine__set_kernel_mmap() is to setup addresses of the kernel map
> using external info.  But it has a check when the address is given
> from an incorrect input which should have the start and end address of
> 0 (i.e. machine__process_kernel_mmap_event).
> 
> But we also use the end address of 0 for a valid input so change it to
> check both start and end addresses.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>

thanks,
jirka

> ---
>  tools/perf/util/machine.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
> index fe27ef55cbb9..12b7427444a3 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
> @@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ static void machine__set_kernel_mmap(struct machine *machine,
>  		 * Be a bit paranoid here, some perf.data file came with
>  		 * a zero sized synthesized MMAP event for the kernel.
>  		 */
> -		if (machine->vmlinux_maps[i]->end == 0)
> +		if (start == 0 && end == 0)
>  			machine->vmlinux_maps[i]->end = ~0ULL;
>  	}
>  }
> -- 
> 2.16.1
>