Perf test for perf probe of function from different CU fails as below: ./perf test -vv "test perf probe of function from different CU" 116: test perf probe of function from different CU: --- start --- test child forked, pid 2679 Failed to find symbol foo in /tmp/perf-uprobe-different-cu-sh.Msa7iy89bx/testfile Error: Failed to add events. --- Cleaning up --- "foo" does not hit any event. Error: Failed to delete events. ---- end(-1) ---- 116: test perf probe of function from different CU : FAILED!
The test does below to probe function "foo" : # gcc -g -Og -flto -c /tmp/perf-uprobe-different-cu-sh.XniNxNEVT7/testfile-foo.c -o /tmp/perf-uprobe-different-cu-sh.XniNxNEVT7/testfile-foo.o # gcc -g -Og -c /tmp/perf-uprobe-different-cu-sh.XniNxNEVT7/testfile-main.c -o /tmp/perf-uprobe-different-cu-sh.XniNxNEVT7/testfile-main.o # gcc -g -Og -o /tmp/perf-uprobe-different-cu-sh.XniNxNEVT7/testfile /tmp/perf-uprobe-different-cu-sh.XniNxNEVT7/testfile-foo.o /tmp/perf-uprobe-different-cu-sh.XniNxNEVT7/testfile-main.o # ./perf probe -x /tmp/perf-uprobe-different-cu-sh.XniNxNEVT7/testfile foo Failed to find symbol foo in /tmp/perf-uprobe-different-cu-sh.XniNxNEVT7/testfile Error: Failed to add events. Perf probe fails to find symbol foo in the executable placed in /tmp/perf-uprobe-different-cu-sh.XniNxNEVT7 Simple reproduce: # mktemp -d /tmp/perf-checkXXXXXXXXXX /tmp/perf-checkcWpuLRQI8j # gcc -g -o test test.c # cp test /tmp/perf-checkcWpuLRQI8j/ # nm /tmp/perf-checkcWpuLRQI8j/test | grep foo 00000000100006bc T foo # ./perf probe -x /tmp/perf-checkcWpuLRQI8j/test foo Failed to find symbol foo in /tmp/perf-checkcWpuLRQI8j/test Error: Failed to add events. But it works with any files like /tmp/perf/test. Only for patterns with "/tmp/perf-", this fails. Further debugging, commit 80d496be89ed ("perf report: Add support for profiling JIT generated code") added support for profiling JIT generated code. This patch handles dso's of form "/tmp/perf-$PID.map" . The check used "if (strncmp(self->name, "/tmp/perf-", 10) == 0)" to match "/tmp/perf-$PID.map". With this commit, any dso in /tmp/perf- folder will be considered separately for processing (not only JIT created map files ). Fix this by changing the string pattern to check for regex of form "/tmp/perf-*.map" With the fix, # ./perf test "test perf probe of function from different CU" 117: test perf probe of function from different CU : Ok Signed-off-by: Athira Rajeev<atraj...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c index 9e5940b5bc59..bfb88a4b0987 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ #include <limits.h> #include <symbol/kallsyms.h> #include <sys/utsname.h> +#include <regex.h> static int dso__load_kernel_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map); static int dso__load_guest_kernel_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map); @@ -1797,9 +1798,18 @@ int dso__load(struct dso *dso, struct map *map) struct nscookie nsc; char newmapname[PATH_MAX]; const char *map_path = dso__long_name(dso); + regex_t regex; + const char *pattern = "(^/tmp/perf-).*(map)"; mutex_lock(dso__lock(dso)); - perfmap = strncmp(dso__name(dso), "/tmp/perf-", 10) == 0; + if (regcomp(®ex, pattern, REG_EXTENDED)) { + pr_debug("regcomp() failed in dso__load\n"); + ret = -1; + goto out; + } + + perfmap = !regexec(®ex, dso__name(dso), 0, NULL, 0); + if (perfmap) { if (dso__nsinfo(dso) && (dso__find_perf_map(newmapname, sizeof(newmapname), -- 2.35.3