Re: [PATCH -tip 2/8] [BUGFIX] perf-tools: Load map before usingmap->map_ip

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Thu Jan 23 2014 - 09:43:37 EST


Em Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 02:29:50AM +0000, Masami Hiramatsu escreveu:
> In map_groups__find_symbol() map->map_ip is used without
> ensuring the map is loaded. Then the address passed
> to map->map_ip isn't mapped at the first time.
>
> E.g. below code always fails to get a symbol at the first call;
>
> addr = /* Somewhere in the kernel text */
> symbol_conf.try_vmlinux_path = true;
> symbol__init();
> host_machine = machine__new_host();
> sym = machine__find_kernel_function(host_machine,
> addr, NULL, NULL);
> /* Note that machine__find_kernel_function calls
> map_groups__find_symbol */
>
> This ensures it by calling map__load before using it in
> map_groups__find_symbol().

Good catch! map__find_symbol() will load it if necessary, but that is
after map->map_ip() is called.

Applying.

- Arnaldo

> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/util/map.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/map.c b/tools/perf/util/map.c
> index 9b9bd71..6a805e7 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/map.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/map.c
> @@ -386,7 +386,8 @@ struct symbol *map_groups__find_symbol(struct map_groups *mg,
> {
> struct map *map = map_groups__find(mg, type, addr);
>
> - if (map != NULL) {
> + /* Ensure map is loaded before using map->map_ip */
> + if (map != NULL && map__load(map, filter) >= 0) {
> if (mapp != NULL)
> *mapp = map;
> return map__find_symbol(map, map->map_ip(map, addr), filter);
>
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