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authorArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2011-05-26 09:53:51 -0300
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2011-05-26 11:15:25 -0300
commitec80fde746e3ccf93895d25ae1a7071c9af52585 (patch)
treed3b5f0c8001873c43ffb95ccf08a414a0f492b1c /tools/perf/builtin-record.c
parentea7659fb2b876337aee719d9d5ddb05531dfb334 (diff)
perf symbols: Handle /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict
Perf uses /proc/modules to figure out where kernel modules are loaded. With the advent of kptr_restrict, non root users get zeroes for all module start addresses. So check if kptr_restrict is non zero and don't generate the syntethic PERF_RECORD_MMAP events for them. Warn the user about it in perf record and in perf report. In perf report the reference relocation symbol being zero means that kptr_restrict was set, thus /proc/kallsyms has only zeroed addresses, so don't use it to fixup symbol addresses when using a valid kallsyms (in the buildid cache) or vmlinux (in the vmlinux path) build-id located automatically or specified by the user. Provide an explanation about it in 'perf report' if kernel samples were taken, checking if a suitable vmlinux or kallsyms was found/specified. Restricted /proc/kallsyms don't go to the buildid cache anymore. Example: [acme@emilia ~]$ perf record -F 100000 sleep 1 WARNING: Kernel address maps (/proc/{kallsyms,modules}) are restricted, check /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict. Samples in kernel functions may not be resolved if a suitable vmlinux file is not found in the buildid cache or in the vmlinux path. Samples in kernel modules won't be resolved at all. If some relocation was applied (e.g. kexec) symbols may be misresolved even with a suitable vmlinux or kallsyms file. [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ] [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.005 MB perf.data (~231 samples) ] [acme@emilia ~]$ [acme@emilia ~]$ perf report --stdio Kernel address maps (/proc/{kallsyms,modules}) were restricted, check /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict before running 'perf record'. If some relocation was applied (e.g. kexec) symbols may be misresolved. Samples in kernel modules can't be resolved as well. # Events: 13 cycles # # Overhead Command Shared Object Symbol # ........ ....... ................. ..................... # 20.24% sleep [kernel.kallsyms] [k] page_fault 20.04% sleep [kernel.kallsyms] [k] filemap_fault 19.78% sleep [kernel.kallsyms] [k] __lru_cache_add 19.69% sleep ld-2.12.so [.] memcpy 14.71% sleep [kernel.kallsyms] [k] dput 4.70% sleep [kernel.kallsyms] [k] flush_signal_handlers 0.73% sleep [kernel.kallsyms] [k] perf_event_comm 0.11% sleep [kernel.kallsyms] [k] native_write_msr_safe # # (For a higher level overview, try: perf report --sort comm,dso) # [acme@emilia ~]$ This is because it found a suitable vmlinux (build-id checked) in /lib/modules/2.6.39-rc7+/build/vmlinux (use -v in perf report to see the long file name). If we remove that file from the vmlinux path: [root@emilia ~]# mv /lib/modules/2.6.39-rc7+/build/vmlinux \ /lib/modules/2.6.39-rc7+/build/vmlinux.OFF [acme@emilia ~]$ perf report --stdio [kernel.kallsyms] with build id 57298cdbe0131f6871667ec0eaab4804dcf6f562 not found, continuing without symbols Kernel address maps (/proc/{kallsyms,modules}) were restricted, check /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict before running 'perf record'. As no suitable kallsyms nor vmlinux was found, kernel samples can't be resolved. Samples in kernel modules can't be resolved as well. # Events: 13 cycles # # Overhead Command Shared Object Symbol # ........ ....... ................. ...... # 80.31% sleep [kernel.kallsyms] [k] 0xffffffff8103425a 19.69% sleep ld-2.12.so [.] memcpy # # (For a higher level overview, try: perf report --sort comm,dso) # [acme@emilia ~]$ Reported-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Suggested-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-mt512joaxxbhhp1odop04yit@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/builtin-record.c')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-record.c13
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 0974f957b8f..2ca107f3efd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -823,6 +823,19 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
symbol__init();
+ if (symbol_conf.kptr_restrict)
+ pr_warning("WARNING: Kernel address maps "
+ "(/proc/{kallsyms,modules}) are restricted, "
+ "check /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict.\n\n"
+ "Samples in kernel functions may not be resolved "
+ "if a suitable vmlinux file is not found in the "
+ "buildid cache or in the vmlinux path.\n\n"
+ "Samples in kernel modules won't be resolved "
+ "at all.\n\n"
+ "If some relocation was applied (e.g. kexec) "
+ "symbols may be misresolved even with a suitable "
+ "vmlinux or kallsyms file.\n\n");
+
if (no_buildid_cache || no_buildid)
disable_buildid_cache();