Re: [PATCH perf/core 3/3] perf-probe: Fix to probe on gcc generated functions in modules

From: Masami Hiramatsu
Date: Thu Jan 05 2017 - 06:20:51 EST


On Wed, 4 Jan 2017 11:48:56 -0300
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Em Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 12:31:39PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu escreveu:
> > Fix to probe on gcc generated functions on modules. Since
> > probing on a module is based on its symbol name, it should
> > be adjusted on actual symbols.
> >
> > E.g. without this fix, perf probe shows probe definition
> > on non-exist symbol as below.
> > -----
> > $ perf probe -m build-x86_64/net/netfilter/nf_nat.ko -F in_range*
> > in_range.isra.12
> > $ perf probe -m build-x86_64/net/netfilter/nf_nat.ko -D in_range
> > p:probe/in_range nf_nat:in_range+0
> > -----
> > With this fix, perf probe correctly shows a probe on
> > gcc-generated symbol.
> > -----
> > $ perf probe -m build-x86_64/net/netfilter/nf_nat.ko -D in_range
> > p:probe/in_range nf_nat:in_range.isra.12+0
> > -----
>
> Tested this one on a x86-64 fedora25 system, applied all three.
>
> As always, please take a look at the patch when sent to Ingo, I usually
> put some committer notes there, in this case I put the test steps I
> performed, using e1000e.ko and e1000_flash_cycle_ich8lan.constprop.22
>
> BTW, it would be cool if...
>
> Oops, I retract that, while I was testing what I was went to ask you to
> implement, I saw that this last patch broke this use case:
>
> [root@jouet ~]# perf probe -m e1000e e1000_xmit_frame
> Failed to get ELF symbols for e1000e
> Probe point 'e1000_xmit_frame' not found.
> Error: Failed to add events.
> [root@jouet ~]#

Oops, I missed that case.
However, when I trided to fix that on fedora25,

$ perf probe -m i915 -vD assert_plane
probe-definition(0): assert_plane
symbol:assert_plane file:(null) line:0 offset:0 return:0 lazy:(null)
0 arguments
No kprobe blacklist support, ignored
Failed to get build-id from i915.
Cache open error: -1
Open Debuginfo file: /lib/modules/4.8.15-300.fc25.x86_64/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915.ko.xz
Try to find probe point from debuginfo.
Matched function: assert_plane [6fb806]
found inline addr: 0x886a0
Probe point found: assert_plane+0
Found 1 probe_trace_events.
text offset: 10030
Failed to get ELF symbols for /lib/modules/4.8.15-300.fc25.x86_64/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915.ko.xz
Post processing failed or all events are skipped. (-22)
Probe point 'assert_plane' not found.
Error: Failed to add events. Reason: No such file or directory (Code: -2)

As far as I can see, elfutils's libdw supports compressed file, but
libelf API (perf's API) seems not supporting it. This results in
succeeding opening debuginfo, but failing ELF symbols.

>
> If I remove it, I get it back:
>
> [root@jouet ~]# perf probe -m e1000e e1000_xmit_frame
> Added new event:
> probe:e1000_xmit_frame (on e1000_xmit_frame in e1000e)
>
> You can now use it in all perf tools, such as:
>
> perf record -e probe:e1000_xmit_frame -aR sleep 1
>
> [root@jouet ~]# perf probe -l
> probe:e1000_xmit_frame (on e1000_get_link_up_info_80003es2lan:7@intel/e1000e/80003es2lan.c in e1000e)
> [root@jouet ~]#
>
> BTW, what I would find cool, besides fixing this new problem, would be that:
>
> perf probe e1000_xmit_frame
>
> worked, as we can get the module name from kallsyms:
>
> [acme@jouet linux]$ grep e1000_xmit_frame /proc/kallsyms
> ffffffffc046fc10 t e1000_xmit_frame [e1000e]
> [acme@jouet linux]$

OK, it sounds reasonable to me too. BTW, how can I get the map for kallsyms?
May machine__findnew_module_map(host_machine, ,"[kernel.kallsyms]")
include module symbols too?


>
> I applied the first two patches, and now I'm preparing a pull req to Ingo,

Thanks!

>
> Thanks!
>
> - Arnaldo
>
> > Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
> > tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c | 2 +-
> > tools/perf/util/probe-finder.h | 2 ++
> > 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> > index 4a57c8a..f75c99a 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
> > @@ -682,15 +682,19 @@ static int add_exec_to_probe_trace_events(struct probe_trace_event *tevs,
> > return ret;
> > }
> >
> > -static int add_module_to_probe_trace_events(struct probe_trace_event *tevs,
> > - int ntevs, const char *module)
> > +static int
> > +post_process_module_probe_trace_events(struct probe_trace_event *tevs,
> > + int ntevs, const char *module,
> > + struct debuginfo *dinfo)
> > {
> > + Dwarf_Addr text_offs;
> > int i, ret = 0;
> > char *mod_name = NULL;
> >
> > if (!module)
> > return 0;
> >
> > + debuginfo__get_text_offset(dinfo, &text_offs);
> > mod_name = find_module_name(module);
> >
> > for (i = 0; i < ntevs; i++) {
> > @@ -700,9 +704,15 @@ static int add_module_to_probe_trace_events(struct probe_trace_event *tevs,
> > ret = -ENOMEM;
> > break;
> > }
> > + /* kernel module needs a special care to adjust addresses */
> > + tevs[i].point.address -= (unsigned long)text_offs;
> > }
> >
> > free(mod_name);
> > +
> > + if (!ret)
> > + ret = post_process_offline_probe_trace_events(tevs, ntevs,
> > + module);
> > return ret;
> > }
> >
> > @@ -760,7 +770,7 @@ arch__post_process_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev __maybe_unuse
> > static int post_process_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
> > struct probe_trace_event *tevs,
> > int ntevs, const char *module,
> > - bool uprobe)
> > + bool uprobe, struct debuginfo *dinfo)
> > {
> > int ret;
> >
> > @@ -768,7 +778,8 @@ static int post_process_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
> > ret = add_exec_to_probe_trace_events(tevs, ntevs, module);
> > else if (module)
> > /* Currently ref_reloc_sym based probe is not for drivers */
> > - ret = add_module_to_probe_trace_events(tevs, ntevs, module);
> > + ret = post_process_module_probe_trace_events(tevs, ntevs,
> > + module, dinfo);
> > else
> > ret = post_process_kernel_probe_trace_events(tevs, ntevs);
> >
> > @@ -812,30 +823,27 @@ static int try_to_find_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
> > }
> > }
> >
> > - debuginfo__delete(dinfo);
> > -
> > if (ntevs > 0) { /* Succeeded to find trace events */
> > pr_debug("Found %d probe_trace_events.\n", ntevs);
> > ret = post_process_probe_trace_events(pev, *tevs, ntevs,
> > - pev->target, pev->uprobes);
> > + pev->target, pev->uprobes, dinfo);
> > if (ret < 0 || ret == ntevs) {
> > + pr_debug("Post processing failed or all events are skipped. (%d)\n", ret);
> > clear_probe_trace_events(*tevs, ntevs);
> > zfree(tevs);
> > + ntevs = 0;
> > }
> > - if (ret != ntevs)
> > - return ret < 0 ? ret : ntevs;
> > - ntevs = 0;
> > - /* Fall through */
> > }
> >
> > + debuginfo__delete(dinfo);
> > +
> > if (ntevs == 0) { /* No error but failed to find probe point. */
> > pr_warning("Probe point '%s' not found.\n",
> > synthesize_perf_probe_point(&pev->point));
> > return -ENOENT;
> > - }
> > - /* Error path : ntevs < 0 */
> > - pr_debug("An error occurred in debuginfo analysis (%d).\n", ntevs);
> > - if (ntevs < 0) {
> > + } else if (ntevs < 0) {
> > + /* Error path : ntevs < 0 */
> > + pr_debug("An error occurred in debuginfo analysis (%d).\n", ntevs);
> > if (ntevs == -EBADF)
> > pr_warning("Warning: No dwarf info found in the vmlinux - "
> > "please rebuild kernel with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y.\n");
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
> > index df4debe..6dede24 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
> > @@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ int debuginfo__find_available_vars_at(struct debuginfo *dbg,
> > }
> >
> > /* For the kernel module, we need a special code to get a DIE */
> > -static int debuginfo__get_text_offset(struct debuginfo *dbg, Dwarf_Addr *offs)
> > +int debuginfo__get_text_offset(struct debuginfo *dbg, Dwarf_Addr *offs)
> > {
> > int n, i;
> > Elf32_Word shndx;
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.h b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.h
> > index f1d8558..1e03bbb 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.h
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.h
> > @@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ int debuginfo__find_trace_events(struct debuginfo *dbg,
> > int debuginfo__find_probe_point(struct debuginfo *dbg, unsigned long addr,
> > struct perf_probe_point *ppt);
> >
> > +int debuginfo__get_text_offset(struct debuginfo *dbg, Dwarf_Addr *offs);
> > +
> > /* Find a line range */
> > int debuginfo__find_line_range(struct debuginfo *dbg, struct line_range *lr);
> >


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Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>