perf probe: Support DW_OP_call_frame_cfa in debuginfo

When building kernel without CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER, gcc uses
CFA (canonical frame address) for frame base. With this patch,
perf probe just gets CFI (call frame information) from debuginfo
and search corresponding CFA from the CFI. IOW, this allows
perf probe works correctly on the kernel without CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER.

<Before>
 ./perf probe -fn sched_slice:12 lw.weight
  Fatal: DW_OP 156 is not supported.
              (^^^ DW_OP_call_frame_cfa)

<After>
./perf probe -fn sched_slice:12 lw.weight
Add new event:
  probe:sched_slice    (on sched_slice:12 with weight=lw.weight)

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <20100412171728.3790.98217.stgit@localhost6.localdomain6>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
This commit is contained in:
Masami Hiramatsu
2010-04-12 13:17:29 -04:00
committed by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
parent 11a1ca3554
commit a34a985499
2 changed files with 12 additions and 3 deletions

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@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct probe_finder {
struct list_head lcache; /* Line cache for lazy match */
/* For variable searching */
Dwarf_CFI *cfi; /* Call Frame Information */
Dwarf_Op *fb_ops; /* Frame base attribute */
struct perf_probe_arg *pvar; /* Current target variable */
struct kprobe_trace_arg *tvar; /* Current result variable */