This makes sure that the SyS symbols are ignored for any powerpc
system, not just the big endian ones.
Fixes: fb6d59423115 ("perf probe ppc: Use the right prefix when ignoring SyS
symbols on ppc")
Reported-by: Naveen N. Rao <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Sandipan Das <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Kamalesh Babulal <[email protected]>
---
tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
index 20e7d74d86cd..10a44e946f77 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
@@ -22,15 +22,16 @@ bool elf__needs_adjust_symbols(GElf_Ehdr ehdr)
#endif
-#if !defined(_CALL_ELF) || _CALL_ELF != 2
int arch__choose_best_symbol(struct symbol *syma,
struct symbol *symb __maybe_unused)
{
char *sym = syma->name;
+#if !defined(_CALL_ELF) || _CALL_ELF != 2
/* Skip over any initial dot */
if (*sym == '.')
sym++;
+#endif
/* Avoid "SyS" kernel syscall aliases */
if (strlen(sym) >= 3 && !strncmp(sym, "SyS", 3))
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ int arch__choose_best_symbol(struct symbol *syma,
return SYMBOL_A;
}
+#if !defined(_CALL_ELF) || _CALL_ELF != 2
/* Allow matching against dot variants */
int arch__compare_symbol_names(const char *namea, const char *nameb)
{
--
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