perf probe: Ignore vmlinux buildid if offline kernel is given
Ignore the buildid of running kernel when both of --definition and
--vmlinux is given because that kernel should be off-line.
This also skips post-processing of kprobe event for relocating symbol
and checking blacklist, because it can not be done on off-line kernel.
E.g. without this fix perf shows an error as below
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$ perf probe --vmlinux=./vmlinux-arm --definition do_sys_open
./vmlinux-arm with build id 7a1f76dd56e9c4da707cd3d6333f50748141434b not found, continuing without symbols
Failed to find symbol do_sys_open in kernel
Error: Failed to add events.
----
with this fix, we can get the definition
----
$ perf probe --vmlinux=./vmlinux-arm --definition do_sys_open
p:probe/do_sys_open do_sys_open+0
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Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/147214228193.23638.12581984840822162131.stgit@devbox
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
index 7a3d8c4..b4220cd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
@@ -654,8 +654,16 @@
return ret;
}
break;
- case 'a':
case 'D':
+ /*
+ * If user gives offline vmlinux, ignore buildid, since
+ * --definition doesn't change running kernel.
+ */
+ if (symbol_conf.vmlinux_name)
+ symbol_conf.ignore_vmlinux_buildid = true;
+ /* fall through */
+ case 'a':
+
/* Ensure the last given target is used */
if (params.target && !params.target_used) {
pr_err(" Error: -x/-m must follow the probe definitions.\n");
