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From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel•org>
To: "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@linux•vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel•org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis•org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat•com>,
	linux-kernel@vger•kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists•ozlabs.org,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@linux•vnet.ibm.com>,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman•id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] perf: kretprobes: offset from reloc_sym if kernel supports it
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 22:14:52 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170306221452.3368809af710e573d582689d@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170306150410.GA7467@naverao1-tp.localdomain>

On Mon, 6 Mar 2017 20:34:10 +0530
"Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@linux•vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> On 2017/03/04 09:49AM, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> > On Thu,  2 Mar 2017 23:25:06 +0530
> > "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@linux•vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > We indicate support for accepting sym+offset with kretprobes through a
> > > line in ftrace README. Parse the same to identify support and choose the
> > > appropriate format for kprobe_events.
> > 
> > Could you give us an example of this change here? :)
> > for example, comment of commit 613f050d68a8 .
> > 
> > I think the code is OK, but we need actual example of result.
> 
> Sure :)
> As an example, without this perf patch, but with the ftrace changes:
> 
>   naveen@ubuntu:~/linux/tools/perf$ sudo cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/README | grep kretprobe
>   place (kretprobe): [<module>:]<symbol>[+<offset>]|<memaddr>
>   naveen@ubuntu:~/linux/tools/perf$ 
>   naveen@ubuntu:~/linux/tools/perf$ sudo ./perf probe -v do_open%return
>   probe-definition(0): do_open%return 
>   symbol:do_open file:(null) line:0 offset:0 return:1 lazy:(null)
>   0 arguments
>   Looking at the vmlinux_path (8 entries long)
>   Using /boot/vmlinux for symbols
>   Open Debuginfo file: /boot/vmlinux
>   Try to find probe point from debuginfo.
>   Matched function: do_open [2d0c7d8]
>   Probe point found: do_open+0
>   Matched function: do_open [35d76b5]
>   found inline addr: 0xc0000000004ba984
>   Failed to find "do_open%return",
>    because do_open is an inlined function and has no return point.
>   An error occurred in debuginfo analysis (-22).
>   Trying to use symbols.
>   Opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing//kprobe_events write=1
>   Writing event: r:probe/do_open do_open+0
>   Writing event: r:probe/do_open_1 do_open+0
>   Added new events:
>     probe:do_open        (on do_open%return)
>     probe:do_open_1      (on do_open%return)
> 
>   You can now use it in all perf tools, such as:
> 
> 	  perf record -e probe:do_open_1 -aR sleep 1
> 
>   naveen@ubuntu:~/linux/tools/perf$ sudo cat /sys/kernel/debug/kprobes/list
>   c000000000041370  k  kretprobe_trampoline+0x0    [OPTIMIZED]
>   c0000000004433d0  r  do_open+0x0    [DISABLED]
>   c0000000004433d0  r  do_open+0x0    [DISABLED]
> 
> And after this patch (and the subsequent powerpc patch):
> 
>   naveen@ubuntu:~/linux/tools/perf$ sudo ./perf probe -v do_open%return
>   probe-definition(0): do_open%return 
>   symbol:do_open file:(null) line:0 offset:0 return:1 lazy:(null)
>   0 arguments
>   Looking at the vmlinux_path (8 entries long)
>   Using /boot/vmlinux for symbols
>   Open Debuginfo file: /boot/vmlinux
>   Try to find probe point from debuginfo.
>   Matched function: do_open [2d0c7d8]
>   Probe point found: do_open+0
>   Matched function: do_open [35d76b5]
>   found inline addr: 0xc0000000004ba984
>   Failed to find "do_open%return",
>    because do_open is an inlined function and has no return point.
>   An error occurred in debuginfo analysis (-22).
>   Trying to use symbols.
>   Opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing//README write=0
>   Opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing//kprobe_events write=1
>   Writing event: r:probe/do_open _text+4469712
>   Writing event: r:probe/do_open_1 _text+4956248
>   Added new events:
>     probe:do_open        (on do_open%return)
>     probe:do_open_1      (on do_open%return)
> 
>   You can now use it in all perf tools, such as:
> 
> 	  perf record -e probe:do_open_1 -aR sleep 1
> 
>   naveen@ubuntu:~/linux/tools/perf$ sudo cat /sys/kernel/debug/kprobes/list
>   c000000000041370  k  kretprobe_trampoline+0x0    [OPTIMIZED]
>   c0000000004433d0  r  do_open+0x0    [DISABLED]
>   c0000000004ba058  r  do_open+0x8    [DISABLED]

Ok, with this usage example.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel•org>

Thanks,

> 
> 
> Thanks,
> - Naveen
> 


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel•org>

  reply	other threads:[~2017-03-06 21:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-02-22 13:53 [PATCH v2 0/5] kretprobe fixes Naveen N. Rao
2017-02-22 13:53 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] kretprobes: ensure probe location is at function entry Naveen N. Rao
2017-02-22 13:53 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] powerpc: kretprobes: override default function entry offset Naveen N. Rao
2017-02-24 19:57   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-02-27 12:56     ` Michael Ellerman
2017-02-25  2:45   ` Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli
2017-02-22 13:53 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] trace/kprobes: allow return probes with offsets and absolute addresses Naveen N. Rao
2017-02-27 16:32   ` Steven Rostedt
2017-02-27 16:52     ` [PATCH v2 3.5/5] trace/kprobes: Add back warning about offset in return probes Steven Rostedt (VMware)
2017-02-28  0:01       ` Masami Hiramatsu
2017-03-01 15:16       ` Naveen N. Rao
2017-02-22 13:53 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] perf: kretprobes: offset from reloc_sym if kernel supports it Naveen N. Rao
2017-02-23  9:10   ` Masami Hiramatsu
2017-02-23 11:37     ` [PATCH v3 1/2] perf: probe: generalize probe event file open routine Naveen N. Rao
2017-02-24 16:46       ` Masami Hiramatsu
2017-02-24 20:07         ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-03-01 15:12         ` Naveen N. Rao
2017-02-23 11:37     ` [PATCH v3 2/2] perf: kretprobes: offset from reloc_sym if kernel supports it Naveen N. Rao
2017-02-24 17:12       ` Masami Hiramatsu
2017-03-01 15:11         ` Naveen N. Rao
2017-02-23 19:16     ` [PATCH v2 4/5] " Naveen N. Rao
2017-02-24 17:29       ` Masami Hiramatsu
2017-02-24 20:11         ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-02-24 23:55           ` Masami Hiramatsu
2017-03-01 15:14             ` Naveen N. Rao
2017-03-02 17:55           ` Naveen N. Rao
2017-03-02 17:55             ` [PATCH v4 1/3] perf: probe: factor out the ftrace README scanning Naveen N. Rao
2017-03-04  0:09               ` Masami Hiramatsu
2017-03-07 20:45               ` Steven Rostedt
2017-03-02 17:55             ` [PATCH v4 2/3] perf: kretprobes: offset from reloc_sym if kernel supports it Naveen N. Rao
2017-03-04  0:49               ` Masami Hiramatsu
2017-03-04  2:35                 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2017-03-04  2:38                   ` Masami Hiramatsu
2017-03-04  4:34                   ` Masami Hiramatsu
2017-03-06 16:20                     ` Naveen N. Rao
2017-03-06 17:49                     ` Naveen N. Rao
2017-03-06 21:06                       ` Masami Hiramatsu
2017-03-07 10:47                         ` [PATCH v4 2/3] perf: kretprobes: offset from reloc_sym if kernel Naveen N. Rao
2017-03-07 10:47                           ` [RESEND PATCH 1/6] trace/kprobes: fix check for kretprobe offset within function entry Naveen N. Rao
2017-03-07 20:47                             ` Steven Rostedt
2017-03-08  8:01                               ` Naveen N. Rao
2017-03-07 10:47                           ` [RESEND PATCH 2/6] powerpc: kretprobes: override default function entry offset Naveen N. Rao
2017-03-07 10:47                           ` [RESEND PATCH 3/6] perf: probe: factor out the ftrace README scanning Naveen N. Rao
2017-03-07 10:47                           ` [RESEND PATCH 4/6] perf: kretprobes: offset from reloc_sym if kernel supports it Naveen N. Rao
2017-03-07 10:47                           ` [PATCH 5/6] perf: probes: move ftrace README parsing logic into trace-event-parse.c Naveen N. Rao
2017-03-07 14:03                             ` Masami Hiramatsu
2017-03-07 14:29                               ` Naveen N. Rao
2017-03-07 15:51                             ` Masami Hiramatsu
2017-03-07 16:31                               ` Naveen N. Rao
2017-03-07 10:47                           ` [RESEND PATCH 6/6] perf: powerpc: choose local entry point with kretprobes Naveen N. Rao
2017-03-07 16:49                             ` [PATCH v2 " Naveen N. Rao
2017-03-06 15:04                 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] perf: kretprobes: offset from reloc_sym if kernel supports it Naveen N. Rao
2017-03-06 21:14                   ` Masami Hiramatsu [this message]
2017-03-02 17:55             ` [PATCH v4 3/3] perf: powerpc: choose local entry point with kretprobes Naveen N. Rao
2017-03-04  0:50               ` Masami Hiramatsu
2017-03-02 19:06             ` [PATCH v2 4/5] perf: kretprobes: offset from reloc_sym if kernel supports it Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-02-22 13:53 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] perf: powerpc: choose local entry point with kretprobes Naveen N. Rao

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