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From: Gaurav Jain <gjain@fb.com>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@lge.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf tools: Fix JIT profiling on heap
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 20:23:27 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CEFDA8E4.2D359%gjain@fb.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140116143749.GA21526@ghostprotocols.net>

On 1/16/14, 9:37 AM, "Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo" <acme@ghostprotocols.net>
wrote:

>Em Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:49:31AM +0900, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
>> Gaurav reported that perf cannot profile JIT program if it executes
>> the code on heap.  This was because current map__new() only handle JIT
>> on anon mappings - extends it to handle no_dso (heap, stack) case too.
>> 
>> This patch assumes JIT profiling only provides dynamic function
>> symbols so check the mapping type to distinguish the case.  It'd
>> provide no symbols for data mapping - if we need to support symbols on
>> data mappings later it should be changed.
>
>But we do support symbols in data mappings, that is why we have
>MAP__VARIABLE, etc, can you elaborate?

Does perf support data mappings from perf map files? Could you please
share an example of how I may be able to use this.

>Gaurav, do this fixes the problem you reported? Can I have your
>Tested-by: tag?

Yep, I¹ve tested this version of the patch and it works great for me.

Thanks,

Gaurav


  reply	other threads:[~2014-01-16 20:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-01-16  1:49 [PATCH] perf tools: Fix JIT profiling on heap Namhyung Kim
2014-01-16 14:37 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2014-01-16 20:23   ` Gaurav Jain [this message]
2014-01-17  7:44     ` Namhyung Kim
2014-01-17 14:34       ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2014-01-21  5:54         ` Namhyung Kim
2014-01-21 13:55           ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2014-01-21 14:16             ` Ingo Molnar
2014-01-22 23:43       ` Gaurav Jain
2014-01-22 23:50         ` Namhyung Kim
2014-01-23 17:04 ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf symbols: Fix JIT symbol resolution " tip-bot for Namhyung Kim
2014-01-31 11:50 ` [PATCH] perf tools: Fix JIT profiling " Pekka Enberg
2014-01-31 15:04   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2014-01-31 20:29     ` Pekka Enberg

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