linux-kernel - [PATCH V2 06/20] perf tools: Fix kernel

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Message-Id: <1526548928-20790-7-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 17 May 2018 12:21:54 +0300
From:   Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH V2 06/20] perf tools: Fix kernel_start for PTI on x86

On x86_64, PTI entry trampolines are less than the start of kernel text,
but still above 2^63. So leave kernel_start = 1ULL << 63 for x86_64.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/machine.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index dcdf78ddc470..4281a9b65aba 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -2321,7 +2321,12 @@ int machine__get_kernel_start(struct machine *machine)
 	machine->kernel_start = 1ULL << 63;
 	if (map) {
 		err = map__load(map);
-		if (!err)
+		/*
+		 * On x86_64, PTI entry trampolines are less than the
+		 * start of kernel text, but still above 2^63. So leave
+		 * kernel_start = 1ULL << 63 for x86_64.
+		 */
+		if (!err && !machine__is(machine, "x86_64"))
 			machine->kernel_start = map->start;
 	}
 	return err;
-- 
1.9.1