Re: [PATCH] perf probe: add kernel source path option

From: Chase Douglas
Date: Mon Jun 07 2010 - 07:50:43 EST


On Sun, 2010-06-06 at 20:22 -0400, Chase Douglas wrote:
> The probe plugin requires access to the source code for some operations.
> The source code must be in the exact same location as specified by the
> DWARF tags, but sometimes the location is an absolute path that cannot
> be replicated by a normal user. This change adds the -s|--source option
> to allow the user to specify the root of the kernel source tree.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt | 4 ++
> tools/perf/builtin-probe.c | 2 +
> tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> tools/perf/util/symbol.h | 1 +
> 4 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Please disregard this patch. It is based on the 2.6.34 kernel and I
forgot to rebase it on the latest perf code. I have a newer patch I will
be sending out shortly.

Thanks,

-- Chase

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