Re: [RFC 0/4] perf tool: Fix non-".text" symbol resolution for kernel modules

[Ravi Bangoria]

On 10-Jan-23 2:13 PM, Ravi Bangoria wrote:
> Hi Adrian,
> 
> On 10-Jan-23 12:05 PM, Adrian Hunter wrote:
>> On 10/01/23 07:58, Ravi Bangoria wrote:
>>> Kernel module elf contains executable code in non-".text" sections as
>>> well, for ex: ".noinstr.text". Plus, kernel module's memory layout
>>> differs from it's binary layout because .ko elf does not contain
>>> program header table.
>>
>> Have you looked at using perf record --kcore option.
> 
> Nice! We can also use --kallsyms with perf report and it resolves symbols
> fine.
> 
> But what about normal perf record/report? Why I'm enforcing on normal perf-
> record/report is because, generally user don't specify these options, esp if
> he has root privileges, he expects symbol-resolution should just work fine.
> But when he sees inconsistency in symbol-resolution of the same kernel module,
> he will be clueless of what's missing. This patchset is trying to solve it,
> although I too feel adding section specific maps to perf.data is overkill as
> --kcore or --kallsyms can also resolve those symbols.

FWIW, what this patchset does is not new. Perf already creates (pseudo) maps
for module elf sections while parsing symbol table: dso__process_kernel_symbol().
But perf does it incorrectly so this patchset is trying to fix it.

Thanks,
Ravi