perf trace: Warn when trying to resolve kernel addresses with kptr_restrict=1
authorArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Tue, 17 May 2016 14:56:24 +0000 (11:56 -0300)
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Fri, 20 May 2016 14:43:54 +0000 (11:43 -0300)
Hook into the libtraceevent plugin kernel symbol resolver to warn the
user that that can't happen with kptr_restrict=1.

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Milian Wolff <milian.wolff@kdab.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-9gc412xx1gl0lvqj1d1xwlyb@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
tools/perf/util/machine.c
tools/perf/util/machine.h

index 6e5c325..e488ac7 100644 (file)
@@ -1160,6 +1160,24 @@ static int trace__tool_process(struct perf_tool *tool,
        return trace__process_event(trace, machine, event, sample);
 }
 
+static char *trace__machine__resolve_kernel_addr(void *vmachine, unsigned long long *addrp, char **modp)
+{
+       struct machine *machine = vmachine;
+
+       if (machine->kptr_restrict_warned)
+               return NULL;
+
+       if (symbol_conf.kptr_restrict) {
+               pr_warning("Kernel address maps (/proc/{kallsyms,modules}) are restricted.\n\n"
+                          "Check /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict.\n\n"
+                          "Kernel samples will not be resolved.\n");
+               machine->kptr_restrict_warned = true;
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
+       return machine__resolve_kernel_addr(vmachine, addrp, modp);
+}
+
 static int trace__symbols_init(struct trace *trace, struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
        int err = symbol__init(NULL);
@@ -1171,7 +1189,7 @@ static int trace__symbols_init(struct trace *trace, struct perf_evlist *evlist)
        if (trace->host == NULL)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       if (trace_event__register_resolver(trace->host, machine__resolve_kernel_addr) < 0)
+       if (trace_event__register_resolver(trace->host, trace__machine__resolve_kernel_addr) < 0)
                return -errno;
 
        err = __machine__synthesize_threads(trace->host, &trace->tool, &trace->opts.target,
index b277984..bdc33ce 100644 (file)
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ int machine__init(struct machine *machine, const char *root_dir, pid_t pid)
 
        machine->symbol_filter = NULL;
        machine->id_hdr_size = 0;
+       machine->kptr_restrict_warned = false;
        machine->comm_exec = false;
        machine->kernel_start = 0;
 
index 83f4679..41ac9cf 100644 (file)
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct machine {
        pid_t             pid;
        u16               id_hdr_size;
        bool              comm_exec;
+       bool              kptr_restrict_warned;
        char              *root_dir;
        struct rb_root    threads;
        pthread_rwlock_t  threads_lock;