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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 3/3] perf probe: Fix probing kretprobes
(2015/01/15 8:48), Namhyung Kim wrote:
> The commit dfef99cd0b2c ("perf probe: Use ref_reloc_sym based address
> instead of the symbol name") converts kprobes to use ref_reloc_sym
> (i.e. _stext) and offset instead of using symbol's name directly. So
> on my system, adding do_fork ends up with like below:
>
> $ sudo perf probe -v --add do_fork%return
> probe-definition(0): do_fork%return
> symbol:do_fork file:(null) line:0 offset:0 return:1 lazy:(null)
> 0 arguments
> Looking at the vmlinux_path (7 entries long)
> Using /lib/modules/3.17.6-1-ARCH/build/vmlinux for symbols
> Could not open debuginfo. Try to use symbols.
> Opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/kprobe_events write=1
> Added new event:
> Writing event: r:probe/do_fork _stext+456136
> Failed to write event: Invalid argument
> Error: Failed to add events. Reason: Operation not permitted (Code: -1)
>
> As you can see, the do_fork was translated to _stext+456136. This was
> because to support (local) symbols that have same name. But the
> problem is that kretprobe requires to be inserted at function start
> point so it simply checks whether it's called with offset 0. And if
> not, it'll return with -EINVAL. You can see it with dmesg.
>
> $ dmesg | tail -1
> [125621.764103] Return probe must be used without offset.
>
> So we need to use the symbol name instead of ref_reloc_sym in case of
> return probes.

Oops, I missed the 3rd version... Of course,

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>

Thank you!

> Reported-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
> Tested-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
> ---
> tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> index 3cfad9c74faf..8fcb19b0e74f 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> @@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ static int post_process_probe_trace_events(struct probe_trace_event *tevs,
> }
>
> for (i = 0; i < ntevs; i++) {
> - if (tevs[i].point.address) {
> + if (tevs[i].point.address && !tevs[i].point.retprobe) {
> tmp = strdup(reloc_sym->name);
> if (!tmp)
> return -ENOMEM;
> @@ -2254,7 +2254,7 @@ static int find_probe_trace_events_from_map(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
> goto out;
> }
>
> - if (!pev->uprobes) {
> + if (!pev->uprobes && !pp->retprobe) {
> kmap = map__kmap(map);
> reloc_sym = kmap->ref_reloc_sym;
> if (!reloc_sym) {
>


--
Masami HIRAMATSU
Software Platform Research Dept. Linux Technology Research Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com




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