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authorNaveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2015-04-28 17:35:36 +0530
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2015-05-04 12:43:43 -0300
commitfb6d59423115b10125f5db6acb8471f6f0af4ad7 (patch)
tree40d0c153d9d9f056cdf1b497ea9ce5ea1560e688 /tools/perf/util/symbol.c
parentperf probe ppc: Fix symbol fixup issues due to ELF type (diff)
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perf probe ppc: Use the right prefix when ignoring SyS symbols on ppc
Use the proper prefix when ignoring SyS symbols on ppc ABIv1. While at it, generalize symbol selection so architectures can implement their own logic. Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/adf1f98b121ecaf292777fe5cc69fe1038feabce.1430217967.git.naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/util/symbol.c')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/symbol.c21
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 201f6c4ca738..f80575728c64 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -85,8 +85,17 @@ static int prefix_underscores_count(const char *str)
return tail - str;
}
-#define SYMBOL_A 0
-#define SYMBOL_B 1
+int __weak arch__choose_best_symbol(struct symbol *syma,
+ struct symbol *symb __maybe_unused)
+{
+ /* Avoid "SyS" kernel syscall aliases */
+ if (strlen(syma->name) >= 3 && !strncmp(syma->name, "SyS", 3))
+ return SYMBOL_B;
+ if (strlen(syma->name) >= 10 && !strncmp(syma->name, "compat_SyS", 10))
+ return SYMBOL_B;
+
+ return SYMBOL_A;
+}
static int choose_best_symbol(struct symbol *syma, struct symbol *symb)
{
@@ -134,13 +143,7 @@ static int choose_best_symbol(struct symbol *syma, struct symbol *symb)
else if (na < nb)
return SYMBOL_B;
- /* Avoid "SyS" kernel syscall aliases */
- if (na >= 3 && !strncmp(syma->name, "SyS", 3))
- return SYMBOL_B;
- if (na >= 10 && !strncmp(syma->name, "compat_SyS", 10))
- return SYMBOL_B;
-
- return SYMBOL_A;
+ return arch__choose_best_symbol(syma, symb);
}
void symbols__fixup_duplicate(struct rb_root *symbols)