linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv6 0/4] perf: Add mmap2 build id support

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Date:   Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:19:37 +0100
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:     Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Cc:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Michael Petlan <mpetlan@...hat.com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Alexei Budankov <abudankov@...wei.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv6 0/4] perf: Add mmap2 build id support

On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 06:49:58PM -0800, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 10:38:19PM +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > hi,
> > adding the support to have buildid stored in mmap2 event,
> > so we can bypass the final perf record hunt on build ids.
> > 
> > This patchset allows perf to record build ID in mmap2 event,
> > and adds perf tooling to store/download binaries to .debug
> > cache based on these build IDs.
> > 
> > Note that the build id retrieval code is stolen from bpf
> > code, where it's been used (together with file offsets)
> > to replace IPs in user space stack traces. It's now added
> > under lib directory.
> > 
> > v6 changes:
> >   - last 4 patches rebased Arnaldo's perf/core
> 
> There were no issues with v5 as far as I can remember.
> This is just a resubmit to get it landed ?

yes, exactly

> Last time we couldn't quite figure out which tree to go through.
> I think the recommend path was to go via bpf-next.
> Is it still the case?

bpf-next would be best for kernel changes,
  perf: Add build id data in mmap2 event
  bpf: Add size arg to build_id_parse function
  bpf: Move stack_map_get_build_id into lib

the 'perf buildid-cache' change needs to go through Arnaldo's tree,
because it depends on changes he already pulled in

thanks,
jirka