linux/tools/perf
Nicholas Fraser 00a3423492 perf symbols: Make dso__load_bfd_symbols() load PE files from debug cache only
dso__load_bfd_symbols() attempts to load a DSO at its original path,
then closes it and loads the file in the debug cache. This is incorrect.
It should ignore the original file and work with only the debug cache.

The original file may have changed or may not even exist, for example if
the debug cache has been transferred to another machine via "perf
archive".

This fix makes it only load the file in the debug cache.

Further notes from Nicholas:

dso__load_bfd_symbols() is called in a loop from dso__load() for a variety
of paths. These are generated by the various DSO_BINARY_TYPEs in the
binary_type_symtab list at the top of util/symbol.c. In each case the
debugfile passed to dso__load_bfd_symbols() is the path to try.

One of those iterations (the first one I believe) passes the original path
as the debugfile. If the file still exists at the original path, this is
the one that ends up being used in case the debugcache was deleted or the
PE file doesn't have a build-id.

A later iteration (BUILD_ID_CACHE) passes debugfile as the file in the
debugcache if it has a build-id. Even if the file was previously loaded at
its original path, (if I understand correctly) this load will override it
so the debugcache file ends up being used.

Committer notes:

So if it fails to find in the cache, it will eventually hope for the
best and look at the path in the local filesystem, which in many cases
is enough.

At some point we need to switch from this "hope for the best" approach
to one that warns the user that there is no guarantee, if no buildid is
present, that just by looking at the pathname the symbolisation will
work.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Fraser <nfraser@codeweavers.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@redhat.com>
Cc: Huw Davies <huw@codeweavers.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@amd.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Remi Bernon <rbernon@codeweavers.com>
Cc: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
Cc: Tommi Rantala <tommi.t.rantala@nokia.com>
Cc: Ulrich Czekalla <uczekalla@codeweavers.com>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/e58e1237-94ab-e1c9-a7b9-473531906954@codeweavers.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2021-02-12 18:18:09 -03:00
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arch perf tools: Update s390's syscall.tbl copy from the kernel sources 2020-12-24 09:24:20 -03:00
bench tools arch: Update arch/x86/lib/mem{cpy,set}_64.S copies used in 'perf bench mem memcpy' 2020-11-12 17:55:41 -03:00
Documentation perf sort: Add sort option for data page size 2020-12-19 17:52:24 -03:00
examples/bpf perf bpf examples: Fix bpf.h header include directive in 5sec.c example 2021-01-15 16:31:46 -03:00
include/bpf perf bpf: Remove bpf/ subdir from bpf.h headers used to build bpf events 2020-02-18 10:13:28 -03:00
jvmti perf jvmti: Remove redundant jitdump line table entries 2020-05-29 16:51:38 -03:00
pmu-events perf vendor events: Add JSON metrics for imx8mm DDR Perf 2020-12-17 14:36:17 -03:00
python tweewide: Fix most Shebang lines 2020-12-08 23:30:04 +09:00
scripts perf script: Add min, max to futex-contention output, in addition to avg 2020-09-23 12:58:53 -03:00
tests perf test: Fix shadow stat test for non-bash shells 2021-01-15 16:31:46 -03:00
trace tools arch x86: Sync the msr-index.h copy with the kernel sources 2020-12-24 09:24:19 -03:00
ui perf evlist: Use the right prefix for 'struct evlist' event selection methods 2020-11-30 15:01:08 -03:00
util perf symbols: Make dso__load_bfd_symbols() load PE files from debug cache only 2021-02-12 18:18:09 -03:00
.gitignore .gitignore: add SPDX License Identifier 2020-03-25 11:50:48 +01:00
Build
builtin-annotate.c perf evlist: Use the right prefix for 'struct evlist' event group methods 2020-11-30 15:00:12 -03:00
builtin-bench.c perf bench: Add build-id injection benchmark 2020-10-13 10:59:42 -03:00
builtin-buildid-cache.c perf tools: Pass build_id object to build_id__sprintf() 2020-10-14 08:46:22 -03:00
builtin-buildid-list.c perf session: Return error code for perf_session__new() function on failure 2019-09-20 15:58:11 -03:00
builtin-c2c.c perf c2c: Support AUX trace 2020-11-11 12:27:06 -03:00
builtin-config.c perf tools: Remove util.h from where it is not needed 2019-09-20 09:19:20 -03:00
builtin-data.c perf data: Add support to store time of day in CTF data conversion 2020-08-06 09:43:37 -03:00
builtin-diff.c perf evlist: Use the right prefix for 'struct evlist' diff methods 2020-11-30 15:18:48 -03:00
builtin-evlist.c perf evlist: Support pipe mode display 2020-12-17 14:36:17 -03:00
builtin-ftrace.c perf evlist: Use the right prefix for 'struct evlist' create maps methods 2020-11-30 14:56:52 -03:00
builtin-help.c perf debug: Remove needless include directives from debug.h 2019-08-31 19:10:19 -03:00
builtin-inject.c Merge remote-tracking branch 'torvalds/master' into perf/core 2020-11-30 08:56:55 -03:00
builtin-kallsyms.c perf dsos: Move the dsos struct and its methods to separate source files 2019-08-31 22:24:10 -03:00
builtin-kmem.c perf evlist: Use the right prefix for 'struct evlist' 'find' methods 2020-11-30 09:48:07 -03:00
builtin-kvm.c perf evlist: Use the right prefix for 'struct evlist' mmap pages parsing method 2020-11-30 15:15:30 -03:00
builtin-list.c perf list: Remove dead code in argument check 2020-09-09 11:12:10 -03:00
builtin-lock.c perf lock: Don't free "lock_seq_stat" if read_count isn't zero 2020-11-12 17:55:41 -03:00
builtin-mem.c perf mem: Factor out a function to generate sort order 2020-12-19 17:53:29 -03:00
builtin-probe.c perf probe: Do not show the skipped events 2020-05-28 10:03:24 -03:00
builtin-record.c perf record: Support new sample type for data page size 2020-12-17 14:36:16 -03:00
builtin-report.c perf report: Support --header-only for pipe mode 2020-12-17 14:36:17 -03:00
builtin-sched.c perf evlist: Use the right prefix for 'struct evlist' 'find' methods 2020-11-30 09:48:07 -03:00
builtin-script.c perf script: Fix overrun issue for dynamically-allocated PMU type number 2021-01-21 17:25:33 -03:00
builtin-stat.c perf stat aggregation: Add separate core member 2020-12-24 10:05:25 -03:00
builtin-timechart.c perf tools: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array 2020-05-28 10:03:27 -03:00
builtin-top.c perf evlist: Use the right prefix for 'struct evlist' mmap pages parsing method 2020-11-30 15:15:30 -03:00
builtin-trace.c perf evlist: Use the right prefix for 'struct evlist' mmap pages parsing method 2020-11-30 15:15:30 -03:00
builtin-version.c perf version: Add a feature for libpfm4 2020-11-04 09:42:40 -03:00
builtin.h perf tools: Remove needless util.h include from builtin.h 2019-08-28 17:19:34 -03:00
check-headers.sh perf s390: Move syscall.tbl check into check-headers.sh 2020-12-24 09:24:20 -03:00
command-list.txt
CREDITS
design.txt perf tools: Support CAP_PERFMON capability 2020-04-16 12:19:08 -03:00
Makefile tools: Let O= makes handle a relative path with -C option 2020-03-06 17:08:28 -03:00
Makefile.config perf tools: Remove LTO compiler options when building perl support 2020-11-03 08:24:54 -03:00
Makefile.perf tools: Factor HOSTCC, HOSTLD, HOSTAR definitions 2020-11-11 12:18:22 -08:00
MANIFEST libperf: Move to tools/lib/perf 2020-01-06 11:46:09 -03:00
perf-archive.sh
perf-completion.sh
perf-read-vdso.c
perf-sys.h perf tests: Call test_attr__open() directly 2020-09-10 11:55:37 -03:00
perf-with-kcore.sh
perf.c libperf: Merge libperf_set_print() into libperf_init() 2019-09-25 09:51:49 -03:00
perf.h perf time-utils: Adopt rdclock() from perf.h 2019-08-29 17:38:32 -03:00