perf tools: Disable kernel symbol demangling by default

Some Linux symbols (for example __vt_event_wait) are interpreted by the
demangler as C++ mangled names, which of course they aren't.

Disable kernel symbol demangling by default to avoid this, and allow
enabling it with a new option --demangle-kernel for those who wish it.

Reported-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@cloudius-systems.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1410581705-26968-1-git-send-email-avi@cloudius-systems.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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Avi Kivity
2014-09-13 07:15:05 +03:00
committed by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
parent 29a3ce31c3
commit 763122ade7
9 changed files with 23 additions and 1 deletions

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@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ OPTIONS
Specify path to the executable or shared library file for user
space tracing. Can also be used with --funcs option.
--demangle-kernel::
Demangle kernel symbols.
In absence of -m/-x options, perf probe checks if the first argument after
the options is an absolute path name. If its an absolute path, perf probe
uses it as a target module/target user space binary to probe.

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@@ -276,6 +276,9 @@ OPTIONS
Demangle symbol names to human readable form. It's enabled by default,
disable with --no-demangle.
--demangle-kernel::
Demangle kernel symbol names to human readable form (for C++ kernels).
--mem-mode::
Use the data addresses of samples in addition to instruction addresses
to build the histograms. To generate meaningful output, the perf.data

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@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
--hide_user_symbols::
Hide user symbols.
--demangle-kernel::
Demangle kernel symbols.
-D::
--dump-symtab::
Dump the symbol table used for profiling.