Hi Tong,
Does a non-relocatable-dyn mean a prelink-ed dso?
Thanks,
Namhyung
On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 17:28:24 -0700, Tong Shen wrote:
> Gentle Ping :-)
>
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Tong Shen <endlessr...@google.com> wrote:
>> Gentle ping :-)
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
>> <a...@kernel.org> wrote:
>>> Em Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:21:40AM -0700, Tong Shen escreveu:
>>>> Hi Arnaldo,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot for the comment!
>>>>
>>>> I fixed the coding style and added a helper function with comments, as
>>>> you suggested :-)
>>>> See attachment.
>>>
>>> That is much better, I'm adding lkml to the CC list so that we can give
>>> other people the opportunity to chime in.
>>>
>>> - Arnaldo
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 8:01 AM, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
>>>> <a...@kernel.org> wrote:
>>>> > Em Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 11:38:02AM -0700, Tong Shen escreveu:
>>>> >> Hi linux-perf-users,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> It's actually a patch, and I didn't find a development mailing list
>>>> >> for perf, so I just post it here. If this is not the right place to
>>>> >
>>>> > You can post it here, but please add the maintainers to the CC list, so
>>>> > that we can more quickly see your message.
>>>> >
>>>> > Comments below:
>>>> >
>>>> >> post patches, could someone direct me to it? Thanks in advance!
>>>> >>
>>>> >> In tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c, we don't adjust symbol address for
>>>> >> ET_DYN type of ELF files because we think ET_DYN is always
>>>> >> relocatable.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> But that's not necessarily true; there are some non-relocatable ET_DYN
>>>> >> ELF files. For those files, we should still adjust symbol address.
>>>> >
>>>> >> Suggested patch: (HTML subpart now allowed in this mailing list...)
>>>> >
>>>> >> +++ b/perf-3.12.0/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
>>>> >> @@ -915,7 +915,10 @@ int dso__load_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
>>>> >
>>>> >> if ((used_opd && runtime_ss->adjust_symbols)
>>>> >> - || (!used_opd &&
>>>> >> syms_ss->adjust_symbols)) {
>>>> >> + || (!used_opd && syms_ss->adjust_symbols)
>>>> >> + || (syms_ss->ehdr.e_type == et_dyn
>>>> >> + && shdr.sh_addr != shdr.sh_offset
>>>> >> + && elf_sec__is_text(&shdr,
>>>> >> secstrs))) {
>>>> >
>>>> > Please try to follow kernel coding style in these tools, i.e. the &&
>>>> > should be at the end, the expression on each line should be aligned just
>>>> > after the opening parens.
>>>> >
>>>> > If, like in this case, you find something not following that style, take
>>>> > the opportunity to fix it :-)
>>>> >
>>>> > But back to your change, I'll have to look at this code further, just
>>>> > looking at the excerpt above I find it way too confusing, and your patch
>>>> > makes it even more so...
>>>> >
>>>> > Can you introduce some suitably named helper that has those extra
>>>> > conditions you're adding now and then add it to this conditional?
>>>> >
>>>> > I.e. make it somethine like:
>>>> >
>>>> > - if ((used_opd && runtime_ss->adjust_symbols)
>>>> > - || (!used_opd &&
>>>> > syms_ss->adjust_symbols)) {
>>>> > + if ((used_opd && runtime_ss->adjust_symbols) ||
>>>> > + (!used_opd && syms_ss->adjust_symbols) ||
>>>> > + syms__some_suitable_name(syms_ss, &shdr)) {
>>>> >
>>>> > And then add your explanation of these kinds of files as a comment over
>>>> > this new function, please?
>>>> >
>>>> >> pr_debug4("%s: adjusting symbol: st_value: %#"
>>>> >> PRIx64 " "
>>>> >> "sh_addr: %#" PRIx64 " sh_offset: %#"
>>>> >> PRIx64 "\n", __func__,
>>>> >> (u64)sym.st_value, (u64)shdr.sh_addr,
>>>> >
>>>> > Best regards,
>>>> >
>>>> > - Arnaldo
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Best Regards, Tong Shen
>>>
>>>> diff --git a/perf-3.12.0/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
>>>> b/perf-3.12.0/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
>>>> index a9c829b..f9bd488 100644
>>>> --- a/perf-3.12.0/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
>>>> +++ b/perf-3.12.0/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
>>>> @@ -673,6 +673,27 @@ static u64 ref_reloc(struct kmap *kmap)
>>>> return 0;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> +/**
>>>> + * is_non_relocatable_dyn - check if ELF file is ET_DYN, but not
>>>> relocatable
>>>> + * @ehdr: ELF header of the ELF file
>>>> + * @shdr: a section header in the ELF file
>>>> + *
>>>> + * For ELF files with type ET_EXEC and ET_REL, we adjust symbol addresses
>>>> in
>>>> + * symbol table in dso__load_sym() so that later we can always locate
>>>> symbols
>>>> + * by sym.st_value + map_address_of_ELF_file.
>>>> + *
>>>> + * But ELF files with type ET_DYN may need adjusting as well, if they are
>>>> + * not relocatable. There's no standard way to tell if an ELF file with
>>>> type
>>>> + * ET_DYN is relocatable. One possible way to do that is checking if
>>>> + * sh_addr == sh_offset for .text section.
>>>> + */
>>>> +static bool is_non_relocatable_dyn(GElf_Ehdr *ehdr, GElf_Shdr *shdr,
>>>> + Elf_Data *secstrs) {
>>>> + return ehdr->e_type == ET_DYN &&
>>>> + elf_sec__is_text(shdr, secstrs) &&
>>>> + shdr->sh_offset != shdr->sh_addr;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> int dso__load_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
>>>> struct symsrc *syms_ss, struct symsrc *runtime_ss,
>>>> symbol_filter_t filter, int kmodule)
>>>> @@ -914,8 +935,9 @@ int dso__load_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
>>>> goto new_symbol;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> - if ((used_opd && runtime_ss->adjust_symbols)
>>>> - || (!used_opd && syms_ss->adjust_symbols)) {
>>>> + if ((used_opd && runtime_ss->adjust_symbols) ||
>>>> + (!used_opd && syms_ss->adjust_symbols) ||
>>>> + is_non_relocatable_dyn(&ehdr, &shdr, secstrs)) {
>>>> pr_debug4("%s: adjusting symbol: st_value: %#"
>>>> PRIx64 " "
>>>> "sh_addr: %#" PRIx64 " sh_offset: %#"
>>>> PRIx64 "\n", __func__,
>>>> (u64)sym.st_value, (u64)shdr.sh_addr,
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best Regards, Tong Shen
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