On Thu,  2 Mar 2017 23:25:07 +0530
"Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n....@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> perf now uses an offset from _text/_stext for kretprobes if the kernel
> supports it, rather than the actual function name. As such, let's choose
> the LEP for powerpc ABIv2 so as to ensure the probe gets hit. Do it only
> if the kernel supports specifying offsets with kretprobes.

Looks good to me.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhira...@kernel.org>

Thanks!

> 
> Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n....@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c | 10 ++++++----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c 
> b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
> index 1030a6e504bb..cc7c2697c036 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
>  #include "symbol.h"
>  #include "map.h"
>  #include "probe-event.h"
> +#include "probe-file.h"
>  
>  #ifdef HAVE_LIBELF_SUPPORT
>  bool elf__needs_adjust_symbols(GElf_Ehdr ehdr)
> @@ -79,11 +80,12 @@ void arch__fix_tev_from_maps(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
>        * However, if the user specifies an offset, we fall back to using the
>        * GEP since all userspace applications (objdump/readelf) show function
>        * disassembly with offsets from the GEP.
> -      *
> -      * In addition, we shouldn't specify an offset for kretprobes.
>        */
> -     if (pev->point.offset || (!pev->uprobes && pev->point.retprobe) ||
> -         !map || !sym)
> +     if (pev->point.offset || !map || !sym)
> +             return;
> +
> +     /* For kretprobes, add an offset only if the kernel supports it */
> +     if (!pev->uprobes && pev->point.retprobe && 
> !kretprobe_offset_is_supported())
>               return;
>  
>       lep_offset = PPC64_LOCAL_ENTRY_OFFSET(sym->arch_sym);
> -- 
> 2.11.1
> 


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu <mhira...@kernel.org>

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