linux-kernel - Re: [bug report][stable] perf probe: failed to add events

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Date:   Sat, 2 Mar 2019 18:58:23 +0800
From:   Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@...il.com>
Cc:     Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        luto@...nel.org, Jiufei Xue <jiufei.xue@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Xu Yu <xuyu@...ux.alibaba.com>, peterz@...radead.org,
        mingo@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [bug report][stable] perf probe: failed to add events

Hi Adrian,

On 19/2/28 15:19, Adrian Hunter wrote:
> On 28/02/19 4:07 AM, Joseph Qi wrote:
>> Hi Adrian,
>>
>> On 19/2/27 20:39, Adrian Hunter wrote:
>>> Seems to be fixed by this:
>>>
>>> From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
>>> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 05:35:25 +0200
>>> Subject: [PATCH] perf probe: Fix getting the kernel map
>>>
>>> Since commit 4d99e4136580 ("perf machine: Workaround missing maps for x86
>>> PTI entry trampolines"), perf tools has been creating more than one kernel
>>> map, however 'perf probe' assumed there could be only one.
>>>
>>> Fix by using machine__kernel_map() to get the main kernel map.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
>>> Fixes: 4d99e4136580 ("perf machine: Workaround missing maps for x86 PTI entry trampolines")
>>
>> Below is my investigation result before, FYI.
>> the first bad commit (v4.18 ~ v4.19):
>> d83212d5dd67 kallsyms, x86: Export addresses of PTI entry trampolines
> 
> Yes we should add a fixes tag for that also.
> 
Have you sent out the patch officially？
I can't find it in the mail list.

Thanks,
Joseph

>> revert this commit on 4.19.0, it works.
>> the first good commit again (v4.19 ~ v4.20):
>> bf904d2762ee x86/pti/64: Remove the SYSCALL64 entry trampoline
>> backported this commit as well as the related commit 98f05b5138f0 on
>> v4.19.24, it works.
>>
>> And I've tested your fix on v4.19.24, it also works.
>> Tested-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@...ux.alibaba.com>
>>