Fix to show correct error messages for $vars and $params because those special variables requires debug information to find the real variables or function parameters.
E.g. without this fix; ---- # perf probe -x /lib64/libc-2.23.so getaddrinfo \$params Failed to write event: Invalid argument Please upgrade your kernel to at least 3.14 to have access to feature $params Error: Failed to add events. ---- Perf ends up with an error, but the message is not correct. With this fix, perf shows correct error message as below. ---- # perf probe -x /lib64/libc-2.23.so getaddrinfo \$params The /usr/lib64/libc-2.23.so file has no debug information. Rebuild with -g, or install an appropriate debuginfo package. Error: Failed to add events. ---- Reported-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <a...@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhira...@kernel.org> --- tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c index 55f41d5..dcc906b 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c @@ -1542,7 +1542,9 @@ bool perf_probe_event_need_dwarf(struct perf_probe_event *pev) return true; for (i = 0; i < pev->nargs; i++) - if (is_c_varname(pev->args[i].var)) + if (is_c_varname(pev->args[i].var) || + !strcmp(pev->args[i].var, "$params") || + !strcmp(pev->args[i].var, "$vars")) return true; return false;