[PATCH 2/2] perf: powerpc: choose LEP with kretprobes

Naveen N. Rao naveen.n.rao at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu Feb 16 19:17:39 AEDT 2017


perf now uses an offset from _text/_stext for kretprobes, rather than
the actual function name. As such, let's choose the LEP for powerpc
ABIv2 so as to ensure the probe gets hit.

Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
index 1030a6e504bb..9fe0f20aa56f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
@@ -79,11 +79,8 @@ void arch__fix_tev_from_maps(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 	 * However, if the user specifies an offset, we fall back to using the
 	 * GEP since all userspace applications (objdump/readelf) show function
 	 * disassembly with offsets from the GEP.
-	 *
-	 * In addition, we shouldn't specify an offset for kretprobes.
 	 */
-	if (pev->point.offset || (!pev->uprobes && pev->point.retprobe) ||
-	    !map || !sym)
+	if (pev->point.offset || !map || !sym)
 		return;
 
 	lep_offset = PPC64_LOCAL_ENTRY_OFFSET(sym->arch_sym);
-- 
2.11.0



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