[PATCH 3/3] perf machine: Include data symbols in the kernel map

From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Tue Jun 20 2023 - 16:19:15 EST


When perf record -d is used, it needs data mmaps to symbolize global data.
But it missed to collect kernel data maps so it cannot symbolize them.
Instead of having a separate map, just increase the kernel map size to
include the data section.

Probably we can have a separate kernel map for data, but the current
code assumes a single kernel map. So it'd require more changes in other
places and looks error-prone. I decided not to go that way for now.

Also it seems the kernel module size already includes the data section.

For example, my system has the following.

$ grep -e _stext -e _etext -e _edata /proc/kallsyms
ffffffff99800000 T _stext
ffffffff9a601ac8 T _etext
ffffffff9b446a00 D _edata

Size of the text section is (0x9a601ac8 - 0x99800000 = 0xe01ac8) and
size of the data section is (0x9b446a00 - 0x99800000 = 0x1c46a00).

Before:
$ perf record -d true

$ perf report -D | grep MMAP | head -1
0 0 0x460 [0x60]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP -1/0: [0xffffffff99800000(0xe01ac8) @ 0xffffffff99800000]: x [kernel.kallsyms]_text
^^^^^^^^
here
After:
$ perf report -D | grep MMAP | head -1
0 0 0x460 [0x60]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP -1/0: [0xffffffff99800000(0x1c46a00) @ 0xffffffff99800000]: x [kernel.kallsyms]_text
^^^^^^^^^

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/machine.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index ddc0a2130caf..e93a66f6e0b3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -1218,7 +1218,10 @@ static int machine__get_running_kernel_start(struct machine *machine,

*start = addr;

- err = kallsyms__get_function_start(filename, "_etext", &addr);
+ if (machine->has_data_mmap)
+ err = kallsyms__get_symbol_start(filename, "_edata", &addr);
+ else
+ err = kallsyms__get_function_start(filename, "_etext", &addr);
if (!err)
*end = addr;

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