perf probe: Ignore tail calls to probed functions
perf probe currently errors out if there are any tail calls to probed
functions:
[root@rhel71be]# perf probe do_fork
Failed to find probe point in any functions.
Error: Failed to add events.
Fix this by teaching perf to ignore tail calls.
Without patch:
[root@rhel71be perf]# ./perf probe -v do_fork
probe-definition(0): do_fork symbol:do_fork file:(null) line:0 offset:0
return:0 lazy:(null)
0 arguments
Looking at the vmlinux_path (7 entries long)
symsrc__init: build id mismatch for /boot/vmlinux.
Using /usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/3.10.0-201.el7.ppc64/vmlinux for symbols
Open Debuginfo file:
/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/3.10.0-201.el7.ppc64/vmlinux
Try to find probe point from debuginfo.
found inline addr: 0xc0000000000bb9b0
Probe point found: do_fork+0
found inline addr: 0xc0000000000bbe20
Probe point found: kernel_thread+48
found inline addr: 0xc0000000000bbe5c
Probe point found: sys_fork+28
found inline addr: 0xc0000000000bbfac
Probe point found: sys_vfork+44
found inline addr: 0xc0000000000bc27c
Failed to find probe point in any functions.
An error occurred in debuginfo analysis (-2).
Error: Failed to add events. Reason: No such file or directory (Code: -2)
With patch:
[root@rhel71be perf]# ./perf probe -v do_fork
probe-definition(0): do_fork symbol:do_fork file:(null) line:0 offset:0
return:0 lazy:(null)
0 arguments
Looking at the vmlinux_path (7 entries long)
symsrc__init: build id mismatch for /boot/vmlinux.
Using /usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/3.10.0-201.el7.ppc64/vmlinux for symbols
Open Debuginfo file:
/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/3.10.0-201.el7.ppc64/vmlinux
Try to find probe point from debuginfo.
found inline addr: 0xc0000000000bb9b0
Probe point found: do_fork+0
found inline addr: 0xc0000000000bbe20
Probe point found: kernel_thread+48
found inline addr: 0xc0000000000bbe5c
Probe point found: sys_fork+28
found inline addr: 0xc0000000000bbfac
Probe point found: sys_vfork+44
found inline addr: 0xc0000000000bc27c
Ignoring tail call from SyS_clone
Found 4 probe_trace_events.
Opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/kprobe_events write=1
No kprobe blacklist support, ignored
Added new events:
Writing event: p:probe/do_fork _text+768432
Failed to write event: Invalid argument
Error: Failed to add events. Reason: Invalid argument (Code: -22)
[Ignore the error about failure to write event - this kernel is missing
a patch to resolve _text properly]
The reason to ignore tail calls is that the address does not belong to
any function frame. In the example above, the address in SyS_clone is
0xc0000000000bc27c, but looking at the debug-info:
<1><830081>: Abbrev Number: 133 (DW_TAG_subprogram)
<830083> DW_AT_external : 1
<830083> DW_AT_name : (indirect string, offset: 0x3cea3): SyS_clone
<830087> DW_AT_decl_file : 7
<830088> DW_AT_decl_line : 1689
<83008a> DW_AT_prototyped : 1
<83008a> DW_AT_type : <0x8110eb>
<83008e> DW_AT_low_pc : 0xc0000000000bc270
<830096> DW_AT_high_pc : 0xc
<83009e> DW_AT_frame_base : 1 byte block: 9c (DW_OP_call_frame_cfa)
<8300a0> DW_AT_GNU_all_call_sites: 1
<8300a0> DW_AT_sibling : <0x830178>
<snip>
<3><830147>: Abbrev Number: 125 (DW_TAG_GNU_call_site)
<830148> DW_AT_low_pc : 0xc0000000000bc27c
<830150> DW_AT_GNU_tail_call: 1
<830150> DW_AT_abstract_origin: <0x82e7e1>
The frame ends at 0xc0000000000bc27c. I suppose this is why this
particular call is a "tail" call. FWIW, systemtap seems to ignore these
as well and requires users to explicitly place probes at these call
sites if necessary. I print out the caller so that users know.
Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1430394151-15928-1-git-send-email-naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>