Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] Support interactive annotation of code without symbols

["Jin, Yao" <yao.jin@linux.intel.com>]

On 2/24/2020 9:25 PM, Ravi Bangoria wrote:
> Hi Jin,
> 
> On 2/24/20 7:52 AM, Jin Yao wrote:
>> For perf report on stripped binaries it is currently impossible to do
>> annotation. The annotation state is all tied to symbols, but there are
>> either no symbols, or symbols are not covering all the code.
>>
>> We should support the annotation functionality even without symbols.
>>
>> This patch fakes a symbol and the symbol name is the string of address.
>> After that, we just follow current annotation working flow.
>>
>> For example,
>>
>> 1. perf report
>>
>> Overhead  Command  Shared Object     Symbol
>>    20.67%  div      libc-2.27.so      [.] __random_r
>>    17.29%  div      libc-2.27.so      [.] __random
>>    10.59%  div      div               [.] 0x0000000000000628
>>     9.25%  div      div               [.] 0x0000000000000612
>>     6.11%  div      div               [.] 0x0000000000000645
>>
>> 2. Select the line of "10.59%  div      div               [.] 
>> 0x0000000000000628" and ENTER.
>>
>> Annotate 0x0000000000000628
>> Zoom into div thread
>> Zoom into div DSO (use the 'k' hotkey to zoom directly into the kernel)
>> Browse map details
>> Run scripts for samples of symbol [0x0000000000000628]
>> Run scripts for all samples
>> Switch to another data file in PWD
>> Exit
>>
>> 3. Select the "Annotate 0x0000000000000628" and ENTER.
>>
>> Percent│
>>         │
>>         │
>>         │     Disassembly of section .text:
>>         │
>>         │     0000000000000628 <.text+0x68>:
>>         │       divsd %xmm4,%xmm0
>>         │       divsd %xmm3,%xmm1
>>         │       movsd (%rsp),%xmm2
>>         │       addsd %xmm1,%xmm0
>>         │       addsd %xmm2,%xmm0
>>         │       movsd %xmm0,(%rsp)
>>
>> Now we can see the dump of object starting from 0x628.
> 
> If I press 'a' on address, it's not annotating. But if I annotate
> by pressing enter, like you explained, it works. Is it intentional?
> 
> Ravi
> 

Oh, I often use the ENTER, I forget the hotkey 'a'. :(

Sorry about that...