[PATCH v4] tools/perf: Allow user probes on versioned symbols

From: Paul Clarke
Date: Wed Apr 05 2017 - 23:30:36 EST


Symbol versioning, as in glibc, results in symbols being defined as:
<real symbol>@[@]<version>
(Note that "@@" identifies a default symbol, if the symbol name
is repeated.)

perf is currently unable to deal with this, and is unable to create
user probes at such symbols:
--
$ nm /lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 | grep pthread_create
0000000000008d30 t __pthread_create_2_1
0000000000008d30 T pthread_create@@GLIBC_2.17
$ /usr/bin/sudo perf probe -v -x /lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 pthread_create
probe-definition(0): pthread_create
symbol:pthread_create file:(null) line:0 offset:0 return:0 lazy:(null)
0 arguments
Open Debuginfo file: /usr/lib/debug/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/libpthread-2.19.so
Try to find probe point from debuginfo.
Probe point 'pthread_create' not found.
Error: Failed to add events. Reason: No such file or directory (Code: -2)
--

One is not able to specify the fully versioned symbol, either, due to
syntactic conflicts with other uses of "@" by perf:
--
$ /usr/bin/sudo perf probe -v -x /lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 pthread_create@@GLIBC_2.17
probe-definition(0): pthread_create@@GLIBC_2.17
Semantic error :SRC@SRC is not allowed.
0 arguments
Error: Command Parse Error. Reason: Invalid argument (Code: -22)
--

This patch ignores the versioning tag for default symbols, thus
allowing probes to be created for these symbols:
--
$ /usr/bin/sudo ./perf probe -x /lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 pthread_create
Added new event:
probe_libpthread:pthread_create (on pthread_create in /lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/libpthread-2.19.so)

You can now use it in all perf tools, such as:

perf record -e probe_libpthread:pthread_create -aR sleep 1

$ /usr/bin/sudo ./perf record -e probe_libpthread:pthread_create -aR ./test 2
[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.052 MB perf.data (2 samples) ]
$ /usr/bin/sudo ./perf script
test 2915 [000] 19124.260729: probe_libpthread:pthread_create: (3fff99248d38)
test 2916 [000] 19124.260962: probe_libpthread:pthread_create: (3fff99248d38)
$ /usr/bin/sudo ./perf probe --del=probe_libpthread:pthread_create
Removed event: probe_libpthread:pthread_create
--

Signed-off-by: Paul A. Clarke <pc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v4:
- rebased to acme/perf/core
- moved changes from "map" namespace to "symbol" namespace,
- rewrote symbol__compare (now *match) to avoid need for strdup
- new symbol__match_symbol_name to support versioned symbols, ignoring default
tags
- new arch__compare_symbol_names_n to map to strncmp
- dso__find_symbol_by_name: now tries exact match (as before), then tries
also adding symbols tagged as default (@@)
- symbols__find_by_name: new parameter to support finding with or without default
tags
- does NOT handle setting probes using the tagged symbol name (symbol@[@]tag)

v3:
- code style fixes per David Ahern

v2:
- move logic from arch__compare_symbol_names to new map__compare_symbol_names
- call through from map__compare_symbol_names to arch__compare_symbol_names
- redirect uses of arch__compare_symbol_names
- send patch to LKML
tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c | 12 ++++++
tools/perf/util/map.c | 5 ---
tools/perf/util/map.h | 5 ++-
tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++------
tools/perf/util/symbol.h | 9 +++++
5 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
index 39dbe51..0d40e17 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ int arch__compare_symbol_names(const char *namea, const char *nameb)
return strcmp(namea, nameb);
}
+
+int arch__compare_symbol_names_n(const char *namea, const char *nameb,
+ unsigned int n)
+{
+ /* Skip over initial dot */
+ if (*namea == '.')
+ namea++;
+ if (*nameb == '.')
+ nameb++;
+
+ return strncmp(namea, nameb, n);
+}
#endif
#if defined(_CALL_ELF) && _CALL_ELF == 2
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/map.c b/tools/perf/util/map.c
index c1870ac..f4d8272 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/map.c
@@ -325,11 +325,6 @@ int map__load(struct map *map)
return 0;
}
-int __weak arch__compare_symbol_names(const char *namea, const char *nameb)
-{
- return strcmp(namea, nameb);
-}
-
struct symbol *map__find_symbol(struct map *map, u64 addr)
{
if (map__load(map) < 0)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/map.h b/tools/perf/util/map.h
index c8a5a64..325bbc8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/map.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/map.h
@@ -130,13 +130,14 @@ struct thread;
*/
#define __map__for_each_symbol_by_name(map, sym_name, pos) \
for (pos = map__find_symbol_by_name(map, sym_name); \
- pos && arch__compare_symbol_names(pos->name, sym_name) == 0; \
+ pos && \
+ symbol__match_symbol_name(pos->name, sym_name, \
+ SYMBOLS__TAG_INCLUDE_DEFAULT_ONLY) == 0; \
pos = symbol__next_by_name(pos))
#define map__for_each_symbol_by_name(map, sym_name, pos) \
__map__for_each_symbol_by_name(map, sym_name, (pos))
-int arch__compare_symbol_names(const char *namea, const char *nameb);
void map__init(struct map *map, enum map_type type,
u64 start, u64 end, u64 pgoff, struct dso *dso);
struct map *map__new(struct machine *machine, u64 start, u64 len,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 9b4d8ba..c29440d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -87,6 +87,17 @@ static int prefix_underscores_count(const char *str)
return tail - str;
}
+int __weak arch__compare_symbol_names(const char *namea, const char *nameb)
+{
+ return strcmp(namea, nameb);
+}
+
+int __weak arch__compare_symbol_names_n(const char *namea, const char *nameb,
+ unsigned int n)
+{
+ return strncmp(namea, nameb, n);
+}
+
int __weak arch__choose_best_symbol(struct symbol *syma,
struct symbol *symb __maybe_unused)
{
@@ -396,8 +407,26 @@ static void symbols__sort_by_name(struct rb_root *symbols,
}
}
+int symbol__match_symbol_name(const char *name, const char *str,
+ int including_tags)
+{
+ const char *versioning;
+
+ if (including_tags == SYMBOLS__TAG_INCLUDE_DEFAULT_ONLY &&
+ (versioning = strstr(name,"@@"))) {
+
+ unsigned int len = strlen(str);
+ if (len < versioning - name)
+ len = versioning - name;
+
+ return arch__compare_symbol_names_n(name, str, len);
+ } else
+ return arch__compare_symbol_names(name, str);
+}
+
static struct symbol *symbols__find_by_name(struct rb_root *symbols,
- const char *name)
+ const char *name,
+ unsigned int including_tags)
{
struct rb_node *n;
struct symbol_name_rb_node *s = NULL;
@@ -411,11 +440,12 @@ static struct symbol *symbols__find_by_name(struct rb_root *symbols,
int cmp;
s = rb_entry(n, struct symbol_name_rb_node, rb_node);
- cmp = arch__compare_symbol_names(name, s->sym.name);
+ cmp = symbol__match_symbol_name(s->sym.name, name,
+ including_tags);
- if (cmp < 0)
+ if (cmp > 0)
n = n->rb_left;
- else if (cmp > 0)
+ else if (cmp < 0)
n = n->rb_right;
else
break;
@@ -424,16 +454,17 @@ static struct symbol *symbols__find_by_name(struct rb_root *symbols,
if (n == NULL)
return NULL;
- /* return first symbol that has same name (if any) */
- for (n = rb_prev(n); n; n = rb_prev(n)) {
- struct symbol_name_rb_node *tmp;
+ if (including_tags != SYMBOLS__TAG_INCLUDE_DEFAULT_ONLY)
+ /* return first symbol that has same name (if any) */
+ for (n = rb_prev(n); n; n = rb_prev(n)) {
+ struct symbol_name_rb_node *tmp;
- tmp = rb_entry(n, struct symbol_name_rb_node, rb_node);
- if (arch__compare_symbol_names(tmp->sym.name, s->sym.name))
- break;
+ tmp = rb_entry(n, struct symbol_name_rb_node, rb_node);
+ if (arch__compare_symbol_names(tmp->sym.name, s->sym.name))
+ break;
- s = tmp;
- }
+ s = tmp;
+ }
return &s->sym;
}
@@ -500,7 +531,12 @@ struct symbol *symbol__next_by_name(struct symbol *sym)
struct symbol *dso__find_symbol_by_name(struct dso *dso, enum map_type type,
const char *name)
{
- return symbols__find_by_name(&dso->symbol_names[type], name);
+ struct symbol *s = symbols__find_by_name(&dso->symbol_names[type], name,
+ SYMBOLS__TAG_INCLUDE_NONE);
+ if (!s)
+ s = symbols__find_by_name(&dso->symbol_names[type], name,
+ SYMBOLS__TAG_INCLUDE_DEFAULT_ONLY);
+ return s;
}
void dso__sort_by_name(struct dso *dso, enum map_type type)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index 5245d2f..bde2100 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -348,8 +348,17 @@ void arch__sym_update(struct symbol *s, GElf_Sym *sym);
#define SYMBOL_A 0
#define SYMBOL_B 1
+int arch__compare_symbol_names(const char *namea, const char *nameb);
+int arch__compare_symbol_names_n(const char *namea, const char *nameb,
+ unsigned int n);
int arch__choose_best_symbol(struct symbol *syma, struct symbol *symb);
+#define SYMBOLS__TAG_INCLUDE_NONE 0
+#define SYMBOLS__TAG_INCLUDE_DEFAULT_ONLY 1
+
+int symbol__match_symbol_name(const char *namea, const char *nameb,
+ int including_tags);
+
/* structure containing an SDT note's info */
struct sdt_note {
char *name; /* name of the note*/
--
2.1.4

Regards,
PC