linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf test: Enable Symbols test to work with a current module dso

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Message-ID: <170848061716.1313505.4005156314579304167.b4-ty@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:57:37 -0800
From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf test: Enable Symbols test to work with a current module dso

On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 21:24:16 +0200, Adrian Hunter wrote:
> The test needs a struct machine and creates one for the current host,
> but a side-effect is that struct machine has set up kernel maps
> including module maps.
> 
> If the 'Symbols' test --dso option specifies a current kernel module,
> it will already be present as a kernel dso, and a map with kmaps needs
> to be used otherwise there will be a segfault - see below.
> 
> [...]

Applied to perf-tools-next, thanks!

Best regards,
-- 
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>