Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 5 Nov 2015 13:00:00 -0300 | From | "" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf tools: Fix find_perf_probe_point_from_map() which incorrectly returns success |
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Em Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 02:08:48PM +0000, 平松雅巳 / HIRAMATU,MASAMI escreveu: > From: Wang Nan [mailto:wangnan0@huawei.com] > > > >It is possible that find_perf_probe_point_from_map() fails to find > >symbol but still returns 0 because of an small error when coding: > >find_perf_probe_point_from_map() set 'ret' to error code at first, > >but also use it to hold return value of > >kernel_get_symbol_address_by_name(). > > OK, I didn't expect that there is a symbol which can be found by > kernel_get_symbol_address_by_name() but not by __find_kernel_function()...
> Would you have any example of the error? > > > > >This patch resets 'ret' to error even kernel_get_symbol_address_by_name() > >success, so if !sym, the whole function returns error correctly. > > Hmm, that sounds tricky. I'd rather like to add *psym to kernel_get_symbol_address_by_name() > to save symbol and don't use __find_kernel_function() instead.
Tricky? I don't think so, suboptimal? possibly, but it fixes an error, so should be processed quickly, right? I'm applying his patch and then whatever improvement can be done on top.
- Arnaldo
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