94a830d7cc
Currently perf does not record module section addresses except for
the .text section. In general that means perf cannot get module section
mappings correct (except for .text) when loading symbols from a kernel
module file. (Note using --kcore does not have this issue)
Improve that situation slightly by identifying executable sections that
use the same mapping as the .text section. That happens when an
executable section comes directly after the .text section, both in memory
and on file, something that can be determined by following the same layout
rules used by the kernel, refer kernel layout_sections(). Note whether
that happens is somewhat arbitrary, so this is not a final solution.
Example from tracing a virtual machine process:
Before:
$ perf script | grep unknown
CPU 0/KVM 1718 203.511270: 318341 cpu-cycles:P: ffffffffc13e8a70 [unknown] (/lib/modules/6.7.2-local/kernel/arch/x86/kvm/kvm-intel.ko)
$ perf script -vvv 2>&1 >/dev/null | grep kvm.intel | grep 'noinstr.text\|ffff'
Map: 0-7e0 41430 [kvm_intel].noinstr.text
Map: ffffffffc13a7000-ffffffffc1421000 a0 /lib/modules/6.7.2-local/kernel/arch/x86/kvm/kvm-intel.ko
After:
$ perf script | grep 203.511270
CPU 0/KVM 1718 203.511270: 318341 cpu-cycles:P: ffffffffc13e8a70 vmx_vmexit+0x0 (/lib/modules/6.7.2-local/kernel/arch/x86/kvm/kvm-intel.ko)
$ perf script -vvv 2>&1 >/dev/null | grep kvm.intel | grep 'noinstr.text\|ffff'
Map: ffffffffc13a7000-ffffffffc1421000 a0 /lib/modules/6.7.2-local/kernel/arch/x86/kvm/kvm-intel.ko
Reported-by: Like Xu <like.xu.linux@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240208085326.13432-3-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
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.