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Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] perf test: Decompress kernel module before objdump

From Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] perf test: Decompress kernel module before objdump
Date 2017-06-08 00:30 +0200
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Em Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 12:39:01AM +0900, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> If a kernel modules is compressed, it should be decompressed before
> running objdump to parse binary data correctly.  This fixes a failure of
> object code reading test for me.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
> ---
>  tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c b/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
> index 1f14e7612cbb..94b7c7b02bde 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
> @@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ static int read_object_code(u64 addr, size_t len, u8 cpumode,
>  	unsigned char buf2[BUFSZ];
>  	size_t ret_len;
>  	u64 objdump_addr;
> +	const char *objdump_name;
> +	char decomp_name[KMOD_DECOMP_LEN];
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	pr_debug("Reading object code for memory address: %#"PRIx64"\n", addr);
> @@ -289,9 +291,25 @@ static int read_object_code(u64 addr, size_t len, u8 cpumode,
>  		state->done[state->done_cnt++] = al.map->start;
>  	}
>  
> +	objdump_name = al.map->dso->long_name;
> +	if (dso__needs_decompress(al.map->dso)) {
> +		if (dso__decompress_kmodule_path(al.map->dso, objdump_name,
> +						 decomp_name,
> +						 sizeof(decomp_name)) < 0) {
> +			pr_debug("decompression failed\n");

This is a too vague message, to help with debugging I suggest printing
more detauls such as the file being decompressed and perhaps the
decomp_name as well.

- Arnaldo

> +			return -1;
> +		}
> +
> +		objdump_name = decomp_name;
> +	}
> +
>  	/* Read the object code using objdump */
>  	objdump_addr = map__rip_2objdump(al.map, al.addr);
> -	ret = read_via_objdump(al.map->dso->long_name, objdump_addr, buf2, len);
> +	ret = read_via_objdump(objdump_name, objdump_addr, buf2, len);
> +
> +	if (dso__needs_decompress(al.map->dso))
> +		unlink(objdump_name);
> +
>  	if (ret > 0) {
>  		/*
>  		 * The kernel maps are inaccurate - assume objdump is right in
> -- 
> 2.13.0

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[PATCHSET v3 0/6] perf tools: Fix for Compressed kernel modules Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2017-06-07 17:40 +0200
  [PATCH v3 3/6] perf tools: Decompress kernel module when reading DSO data Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2017-06-07 17:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] perf tools: Decompress kernel module when reading  DSO data Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-06-08 00:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] perf tools: Decompress kernel module when reading  DSO data Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2017-06-08 02:00 +0200
  [PATCH v3 2/6] perf annotate: Use dso__decompress_kmodule_path() Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2017-06-07 17:40 +0200
  [PATCH v3 6/6] perf symbols: Kill dso__build_id_is_kmod() Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2017-06-07 17:50 +0200
  [PATCH v3 4/6] perf test: Decompress kernel module before objdump Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2017-06-07 17:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] perf test: Decompress kernel module before objdump Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-06-08 00:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] perf test: Decompress kernel module before objdump Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2017-06-08 02:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] perf test: Decompress kernel module before objdump Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2017-06-08 02:40 +0200
  [PATCH v3 5/6] perf symbols: Keep DSO->symtab_type after decompress Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2017-06-07 17:50 +0200
  [PATCH v3 1/6] perf tools: Introduce dso__decompress_kmodule_{fd,path} Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2017-06-07 17:50 +0200

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