Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755580AbaLJLMf (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Dec 2014 06:12:35 -0500 Received: from ozlabs.org ([103.22.144.67]:60283 "EHLO ozlabs.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752551AbaLJLMe (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Dec 2014 06:12:34 -0500 Message-ID: <1418209952.9279.13.camel@ellerman.id.au> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/8] perf probe: Improve detection of file/function name in the probe pattern From: Michael Ellerman To: "Naveen N. Rao" Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, acme@kernel.org, ananth@in.ibm.com Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 22:12:32 +1100 In-Reply-To: <20141210105900.GC16045@naverao1-tp.in.ibm.com> References: <1418205606.9279.6.camel@ellerman.id.au> <20141210105900.GC16045@naverao1-tp.in.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.12.7-0ubuntu1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2014-12-10 at 16:29 +0530, Naveen N. Rao wrote: > On 2014/12/10 09:00PM, Michael Ellerman wrote: > > On Tue, 2014-12-09 at 23:04 +0530, Naveen N. Rao wrote: > > > Currently, perf probe considers patterns including a '.' to be a file. > > > However, this causes problems on powerpc ABIv1 where all functions have > > > a leading '.': > > > > > > $ perf probe -F | grep schedule_timeout_interruptible > > > .schedule_timeout_interruptible > > > $ perf probe .schedule_timeout_interruptible > > > Semantic error :File always requires line number or lazy pattern. > > > Error: Command Parse Error. > > > > > > Fix this by checking the probe pattern in more detail. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao > > > --- > > > tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++--- > > > 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c > > > index c150ca4..c7e01ef 100644 > > > --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c > > > +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c > > > @@ -999,6 +999,24 @@ static int parse_perf_probe_point(char *arg, struct perf_probe_event *pev) > > > arg = tmp; > > > } > > > > > > + /* > > > + * Check arg is function or file name and copy it. > > > + * > > > + * We consider arg to be a file spec if and only if it satisfies > > > + * all of the below criteria:: > > > + * - it does not include any of "+@%", > > > + * - it includes one of ":;", and > > > + * - it has a period '.' in the name. > > > > I don't think we need to be this elaborate. > > > > AFAIK there are no source files in the kernel that start with '.' > > > > So if the arg starts with '.' it must be a function? > > Indeed, but this is also used for parsing uprobes. So, I coded this > based on the spec for the probe pattern. OK. It also seems unlikely you'll want a uprobe on a file that starts with a . ? I'll leave it up to the perf guys to decide if they're happy with it. cheers -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/