Re: [PATCH -tip v2 2/2] perf-probe: Support basic dwarf-basedoperations on uprobe events

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Thu Dec 26 2013 - 13:39:29 EST


Em Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 09:38:02AM -0500, David Ahern escreveu:
> On 12/26/13, 12:41 AM, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> >And this shows the available variables at the given line of
> >the function.
> >----
> ># ./perf probe -x perf --vars map__load:8
> >Available variables at map__load:8
> > @<map__load+96>
> > char* name
> > struct map* map
> > symbol_filter_t filter
> > @<map__find_symbol+112>
> > char* name
> > symbol_filter_t filter
> > @<map__find_symbol_by_name+136>
> > char* name
> > symbol_filter_t filter
> > @<map_groups__find_symbol_by_name+176>
> > char* name
> > struct map* map
> > symbol_filter_t filter
>
> Still limitations. This is Fedora 18:
>
> # rpm -qa | grep debug
> glibc-debuginfo-common-2.16-34.fc18.x86_64
> glibc-debuginfo-2.16-34.fc18.x86_64
>
> # /tmp/perf/perf probe -V malloc -x /lib64/libc-2.16.so
> Failed to find variables at malloc (0)
>
> So probing on system libraries does not benefit from this patch.

Yeah, it needs to use symbol.c functions to find the right file to get
the detached DWARF info, just like annotate, etc does.

- Arnaldo

> >diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
> >index 5681266..20b3e15 100644
> >--- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
> >+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
> >@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ int cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
> > }
> >
> > #ifdef HAVE_DWARF_SUPPORT
> >- if (params.show_lines && !params.uprobes) {
> >+ if (params.show_lines) {
> > if (params.mod_events) {
> > pr_err(" Error: Don't use --line with"
> > " --add/--del.\n");
>
> Unrelated change.
>
>
> >diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> >index 05be5de..2f82267 100644
> >--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> >+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> >@@ -172,6 +172,52 @@ const char *kernel_get_module_path(const char *module)
> > return (dso) ? dso->long_name : NULL;
> > }
> >
> >+/* Copied from unwind.c */
> >+static Elf_Scn *elf_section_by_name(Elf *elf, GElf_Ehdr *ep,
> >+ GElf_Shdr *shp, const char *name)
> >+{
> >+ Elf_Scn *sec = NULL;
> >+
> >+ while ((sec = elf_nextscn(elf, sec)) != NULL) {
> >+ char *str;
> >+
> >+ gelf_getshdr(sec, shp);
> >+ str = elf_strptr(elf, ep->e_shstrndx, shp->sh_name);
> >+ if (!strcmp(name, str))
> >+ break;
> >+ }
> >+
> >+ return sec;
> >+}
>
> Why copy it? With unwind.c and util/symbol-elf.c we now have 2
> copies. How about exporting one of those?
>
> >+
> >+static int get_text_start_address(const char *exec, unsigned long *address)
> >+{
> >+ Elf *elf;
> >+ GElf_Ehdr ehdr;
> >+ GElf_Shdr shdr;
> >+ int fd, ret = -ENOENT;
> >+
> >+ fd = open(exec, O_RDONLY);
> >+ if (fd < 0)
> >+ return -errno;
> >+
> >+ elf = elf_begin(fd, PERF_ELF_C_READ_MMAP, NULL);
> >+ if (elf == NULL)
> >+ return -EINVAL;
> >+
> >+ if (gelf_getehdr(elf, &ehdr) == NULL)
> >+ goto out;
> >+
> >+ if (!elf_section_by_name(elf, &ehdr, &shdr, ".text"))
> >+ goto out;
> >+
> >+ *address = shdr.sh_addr - shdr.sh_offset;
> >+ ret = 0;
> >+out:
> >+ elf_end(elf);
> >+ return ret;
> >+}
> >+
> > static int init_user_exec(void)
> > {
> > int ret = 0;
> >@@ -186,6 +232,37 @@ static int init_user_exec(void)
> > return ret;
> > }
> >
> >+static int convert_exec_to_group(const char *exec, char **result)
> >+{
> >+ char *ptr1, *ptr2, *exec_copy;
> >+ char buf[64];
> >+ int ret;
> >+
> >+ exec_copy = strdup(exec);
> >+ if (!exec_copy)
> >+ return -ENOMEM;
> >+
> >+ ptr1 = basename(exec_copy);
> >+ if (!ptr1) {
> >+ ret = -EINVAL;
> >+ goto out;
> >+ }
> >+
> >+ ptr2 = strpbrk(ptr1, "-._");
> >+ if (ptr2)
> >+ *ptr2 = '\0';
> >+ ret = e_snprintf(buf, 64, "%s_%s", PERFPROBE_GROUP, ptr1);
> >+ if (ret < 0)
> >+ goto out;
> >+
> >+ *result = strdup(buf);
> >+ ret = *result ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
> >+
> >+out:
> >+ free(exec_copy);
> >+ return ret;
> >+}
> >+
> > static int convert_to_perf_probe_point(struct probe_trace_point *tp,
> > struct perf_probe_point *pp)
> > {
> >@@ -261,6 +338,40 @@ static int kprobe_convert_to_perf_probe(struct probe_trace_point *tp,
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> >+static int add_exec_to_probe_trace_events(struct probe_trace_event *tevs,
> >+ int ntevs, const char *exec)
> >+{
> >+ int i, ret = 0;
> >+ unsigned long offset, stext = 0;
> >+ char buf[32];
> >+
> >+ if (!exec)
> >+ return 0;
> >+
> >+ ret = get_text_start_address(exec, &stext);
> >+ if (ret < 0)
> >+ return ret;
> >+
> >+ for (i = 0; i < ntevs && ret >= 0; i++) {
> >+ offset = tevs[i].point.address - stext;
> >+ offset += tevs[i].point.offset;
> >+ tevs[i].point.offset = 0;
> >+ free(tevs[i].point.symbol);
> >+ ret = e_snprintf(buf, 32, "0x%lx", offset);
> >+ if (ret < 0)
> >+ break;
> >+ tevs[i].point.module = strdup(exec);
> >+ tevs[i].point.symbol = strdup(buf);
> >+ if (!tevs[i].point.symbol || !tevs[i].point.module) {
> >+ ret = -ENOMEM;
> >+ break;
> >+ }
> >+ tevs[i].uprobes = true;
> >+ }
> >+
> >+ return ret;
> >+}
> >+
>
> More strdup's. This is library code and we need methods to free that
> memory as well.
>
> David
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