Allow perf probe to work on powerpc ABIv1 without the need to specify the leading dot '.' for functions. 'perf probe do_fork' works with this patch.
Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n....@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c index d465f7c..174c22e 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c @@ -2221,6 +2221,15 @@ static int probe_function_filter(struct map *map __maybe_unused, num_matched_functions++; return 0; } +#ifdef __powerpc64__ + /* Allow matching against the dot variant */ + if (sym->name[0] == '.' && looking_function_name[0] != '.' && + (sym->binding == STB_GLOBAL || sym->binding == STB_LOCAL) && + strcmp(looking_function_name, sym->name+1) == 0) { + num_matched_functions++; + return 0; + } +#endif return 1; } -- 2.1.3 _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev