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* [PATCH] perf probe: Provide more detail with relocation warning
@ 2021-05-25  4:37 Ravi Bangoria
  2021-05-25 12:48 ` Masami Hiramatsu
  2021-05-26  9:01 ` [PATCH] tools/perf: doc: Add permission and sysctl notice Masami Hiramatsu
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 16+ messages in thread
From: Ravi Bangoria @ 2021-05-25  4:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: acme; +Cc: ravi.bangoria, jolsa, mhiramat, linux-kernel, aneesh.kumar

When run as normal user with default sysctl kernel.kptr_restrict=0
and kernel.perf_event_paranoid=2, perf probe fails with:

  $ ./perf probe move_page_tables
  Relocated base symbol is not found!

The warning message is not much informative. The reason perf fails
is because /proc/kallsyms is restricted by perf_event_paranoid=2
for normal user and thus perf fails to read relocated address of
the base symbol.

Tweaking kptr_restrict and perf_event_paranoid can change the
behavior of perf probe. Also, running as root or privileged user
works too. Add these details in the warning message.

Plus, kmap->ref_reloc_sym might not be always set even if
host_machine is initialized. Above is the example of the same.
Remove that comment.

Reported-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@linux.ibm.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index a78c8d59a555..3a7649835ec9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ void exit_probe_symbol_maps(void)
 
 static struct ref_reloc_sym *kernel_get_ref_reloc_sym(struct map **pmap)
 {
-	/* kmap->ref_reloc_sym should be set if host_machine is initialized */
 	struct kmap *kmap;
 	struct map *map = machine__kernel_map(host_machine);
 
@@ -819,7 +818,10 @@ post_process_kernel_probe_trace_events(struct probe_trace_event *tevs,
 
 	reloc_sym = kernel_get_ref_reloc_sym(&map);
 	if (!reloc_sym) {
-		pr_warning("Relocated base symbol is not found!\n");
+		pr_warning("Relocated base symbol is not found! "
+			   "Check /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict\n"
+			   "and /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid. "
+			   "Or run as privileged perf user.\n\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -3025,7 +3027,10 @@ static int find_probe_trace_events_from_map(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 			(!pp->retprobe || kretprobe_offset_is_supported())) {
 		reloc_sym = kernel_get_ref_reloc_sym(NULL);
 		if (!reloc_sym) {
-			pr_warning("Relocated base symbol is not found!\n");
+			pr_warning("Relocated base symbol is not found! "
+				   "Check /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict\n"
+				   "and /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid. "
+				   "Or run as privileged perf user.\n\n");
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto out;
 		}
-- 
2.31.1


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2021-05-25  4:37 [PATCH] perf probe: Provide more detail with relocation warning Ravi Bangoria
2021-05-25 12:48 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2021-05-26  4:53   ` Ravi Bangoria
2021-05-26  6:33     ` Masami Hiramatsu
2021-05-26 12:56       ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2021-05-26 14:20         ` Masami Hiramatsu
2021-06-02 11:52           ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2021-06-02 12:12             ` Masami Hiramatsu
2021-06-02 13:15               ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2021-05-26  9:01 ` [PATCH] tools/perf: doc: Add permission and sysctl notice Masami Hiramatsu
2021-05-26  9:50   ` Ravi Bangoria
2021-05-26 13:16     ` Masami Hiramatsu
2021-05-26 14:51   ` [PATCH v2] " Masami Hiramatsu
2021-06-02 11:53     ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2021-06-02 13:51       ` Ravi Bangoria
2021-06-04 13:25         ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

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