perf probe: Try to use symbol table if searching debug info failed

A problem can occur in a statically linked perf when vmlinux can be found:

 # perf probe --add sys_epoll_pwait
 probe-definition(0): sys_epoll_pwait
 symbol:sys_epoll_pwait file:(null) line:0 offset:0 return:0 lazy:(null)
 0 arguments
 Looking at the vmlinux_path (7 entries long)
 Using /lib/modules/4.2.0-rc1+/build/vmlinux for symbols
 Open Debuginfo file: /lib/modules/4.2.0-rc1+/build/vmlinux
 Try to find probe point from debuginfo.
 Symbol sys_epoll_pwait address found : ffffffff8122bd40
 Matched function: SyS_epoll_pwait
 Failed to get call frame on 0xffffffff8122bd40
 An error occurred in debuginfo analysis (-2).
   Error: Failed to add events. Reason: No such file or directory (Code: -2)

The reason is caused by libdw that, if libdw is statically linked, it
can't load libebl_{arch}.so reliable.

In this case it is still possible to get the address from
/proc/kalksyms.  However, perf tries that only when libdw returns
-EBADF.

This patch gives it another chance to utilize symbol table, even if
libdw returns an error code other than -EBADF.

After applying this patch:

 # perf probe -nv --add sys_epoll_pwait
 probe-definition(0): sys_epoll_pwait
 symbol:sys_epoll_pwait file:(null) line:0 offset:0 return:0 lazy:(null)
 0 arguments
 Looking at the vmlinux_path (7 entries long)
 Using /lib/modules/4.2.0-rc1+/build/vmlinux for symbols
 Open Debuginfo file: /lib/modules/4.2.0-rc1+/build/vmlinux
 Try to find probe point from debuginfo.
 Symbol sys_epoll_pwait address found : ffffffff8122bd40
 Matched function: SyS_epoll_pwait
 Failed to get call frame on 0xffffffff8122bd40
 An error occurred in debuginfo analysis (-2).
 Trying to use symbols.
 Opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/kprobe_events write=1
 Added new event:
 Writing event: p:probe/sys_epoll_pwait _text+2276672
   probe:sys_epoll_pwait (on sys_epoll_pwait)

 You can now use it in all perf tools, such as:

 	perf record -e probe:sys_epoll_pwait -aR sleep 1

Although libdw returns an error (Failed to get call frame), perf tries
symbol table and finally gets correct address.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com>
Cc: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@gmail.com>
Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: He Kuang <hekuang@huawei.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Kaixu Xia <xiakaixu@huawei.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com>
Cc: pi3orama@163.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1440151770-129878-2-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index fe4941a..f07374b 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -705,9 +705,10 @@ static int try_to_find_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
        }
        /* 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");
+       if (ntevs < 0) {
+               if (ntevs == -EBADF)
+                       pr_warning("Warning: No dwarf info found in the vmlinux - "
+                               "please rebuild kernel with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y.\n");
                if (!need_dwarf) {
                        pr_debug("Trying to use symbols.\n");
                        return 0;