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Thomas Richter cf6383f73c perf report: Fix kernel symbol adjustment for s390x
On s390x the kernel text segment starts at address 0x0.  When perf
report reads kernel symbols from vmlinux file it adds an offset of
0x1000.

For example see symbol set_reset_devices:

  [root@s8360047 linux-devel]# nm -A vmlinux| fgrep set_reset_devices
  vmlinux:0000000001379000 t set_reset_devices
  [root@s8360047 linux-devel]#

  [root@s8360047 linux-devel]# fgrep set_reset_devices /proc/kallsyms
  0000000001379000 t set_reset_devices
  [root@s8360047 linux-devel]#

The kernel symbol table and the vmlinux file have the same address for
symbol set_reset_devices namely 1379000.

When perf report reads this symbols it displays it with address
symbol__new: set_reset_devices 0x137a000-0x137a018

There is a difference between perf report and vmlinux of 0x1000.

The reason for the difference is at kernel symbol load time in function
dso__load_sym(). The vmlinux file is investigated with its ELF header.
Command readelf shows this:

  Section Headers:
  [Nr] Name              Type             Address           Offset
       Size              EntSize          Flags  Link  Info  Align
  [ 0]                   NULL             0000000000000000  00000000
       0000000000000000  0000000000000000           0     0     0
  [ 1] .text             PROGBITS         0000000000000000  00001000
       0000000000b0e0c2  0000000000000000  AX       0     0     128

This leads to an invalid calculation of the symbol start address, see
file utit/symbol-elf.c line 974:

        /* Adjust symbol to map to file offset */
        if (adjust_kernel_syms)
                sym.st_value -= shdr.sh_addr - shdr.sh_offset;

With shdr.sh_addr set to 0x0 and shdr.sh_offset set to 0x1000 as read
from the ELF .text section 0x1000 is added to the symbol address.

I would like to fix this by introducing an archticture specific function
named elf__needs_adjust_symbols(). This is the same approach as done by
PowerPC.  The function currently does not exist for s390x and the
default weak one is used.  The s390x specific one returns false when
symsrc_init() is invoked for kernel symbols and results in variable
adjust_kernel_syms being false.  This omits the adjustment and the
correct address is displayed (when symbol resolvement does not work).

The s390x specific function returns false for kernel symbol adjustment
and returns true for kernel modules, processes and shared libraries.

Signed-off-by: Thomas-Mich Richter <tmricht@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas-Mich Richter <tmricht@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
LPU-Reference: 20170713130252.6167-1-tmricht@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2017-07-25 11:23:50 -03:00
arch perf/core improvements and fixes: 2017-07-20 10:31:52 +02:00
block Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-07-03 16:50:31 -07:00
certs scripts/spelling.txt: add "intialise(d)" pattern and fix typo instances 2017-05-08 17:15:13 -07:00
crypto crypto : asymmetric_keys : verify_pefile:zero memory content before freeing 2017-06-09 13:29:50 +10:00
Documentation Merge branch 'ras-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-07-03 18:33:03 -07:00
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firmware firmware/Makefile: force recompilation if makefile changes 2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
fs Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-07-03 13:08:04 -07:00
include perf/core: Define the common branch type classification 2017-07-18 23:14:38 -03:00
init Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-07-03 13:08:04 -07:00
ipc mm: introduce kv[mz]alloc helpers 2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00
kernel perf/core: Fix scheduling regression of pinned groups 2017-07-20 09:43:02 +02:00
lib Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-07-03 13:08:04 -07:00
mm Merge branch 'x86-mm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-07-03 14:45:09 -07:00
net Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-07-03 13:08:04 -07:00
samples samples/bpf: run cleanup routines when receiving SIGTERM 2017-05-11 21:43:30 -04:00
scripts Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-07-03 11:34:53 -07:00
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sound Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-07-03 13:08:04 -07:00
tools perf report: Fix kernel symbol adjustment for s390x 2017-07-25 11:23:50 -03:00
usr initramfs: fix disabling of initramfs (and its compression) 2017-06-02 15:07:37 -07:00
virt sched/wait: Rename wait_queue_t => wait_queue_entry_t 2017-06-20 12:18:27 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
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.gitignore kbuild: Add support to generate LLVM assembly files 2017-04-25 08:13:52 +09:00
.mailmap power supply and reset changes for the v4.12 series (part 2) 2017-05-12 12:02:21 -07:00
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CREDITS avr32: remove support for AVR32 architecture 2017-05-01 09:27:15 +02:00
Kbuild kbuild: Consolidate header generation from ASM offset information 2017-04-13 05:43:37 +09:00
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MAINTAINERS Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-07-03 12:14:18 -07:00
Makefile Linux 4.12 2017-07-02 16:07:02 -07:00
README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

Linux kernel
============

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Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.