[PATCH V4 0/9] perf tools: kcore improvements

From: Adrian Hunter
Date: Mon Oct 07 2013 - 02:43:39 EST


Hi

Here are some improvements for using kcore (version 4). There are 3
improvements:

- validate that kcore matches the perf.data modules
- workaround objdump difficulties with kcore
- add kcore to the build-id cache

Changes in V4:
perf tools: fix path unpopulated in machine__create_modules()
Dropped because it has been applied
perf buildid-cache: add ability to add kcore to the cache
Tweaked Documentation/perf-buildid-cache.txt
perf tools: add ability to find kcore in build-id cache
Changed to check read access to /proc/kcore before
skipping the buildid cache

Changes in V3:
perf tools: workaround objdump difficulties with kcore
change strncpy to strlcpy
perf buildid-cache: add ability to add kcore to the cache
change strncpy to strlcpy
perf tools: add ability to find kcore in build-id cache
change strncpy to strlcpy
Changes in V2:
perf tools: fix buildid cache handling of kallsyms with kcore
Dropped because it has been applied
perf tools: fix path unpopulated in machine__create_modules()
Use 'modules' pointer


Adrian Hunter (9):
perf tools: make a separate function to parse /proc/modules
perf tools: validate kcore module addresses
perf tools: workaround objdump difficulties with kcore
perf tools: add map__find_other_map_symbol()
perf tools: fix annotate_browser__callq()
perf tools: find kcore symbols on other maps
perf tools: add copyfile_mode()
perf buildid-cache: add ability to add kcore to the cache
perf tools: add ability to find kcore in build-id cache

tools/perf/Documentation/perf-buildid-cache.txt | 13 +
tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c | 146 +++++-
tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c | 10 +-
tools/perf/util/annotate.c | 36 +-
tools/perf/util/machine.c | 67 +--
tools/perf/util/map.c | 27 ++
tools/perf/util/map.h | 2 +
tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c | 579 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c | 15 +
tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 440 +++++++++++++++---
tools/perf/util/symbol.h | 20 +
tools/perf/util/util.c | 18 +-
tools/perf/util/util.h | 1 +
13 files changed, 1240 insertions(+), 134 deletions(-)


Regards
Adrian

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