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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/arch/powerpc
parentd2332098331fffe9358b50cebc8954ecd6560448 (diff)
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/arch/powerpc')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c20
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
index c9de0012195f..5522a4000c22 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
@@ -17,3 +17,23 @@ bool elf__needs_adjust_symbols(GElf_Ehdr ehdr)
ehdr.e_type == ET_DYN;
}
#endif
+
+#if !defined(_CALL_ELF) || _CALL_ELF != 2
+int arch__choose_best_symbol(struct symbol *syma,
+ struct symbol *symb __maybe_unused)
+{
+ char *sym = syma->name;
+
+ /* Skip over any initial dot */
+ if (*sym == '.')
+ sym++;
+
+ /* Avoid "SyS" kernel syscall aliases */
+ if (strlen(sym) >= 3 && !strncmp(sym, "SyS", 3))
+ return SYMBOL_B;
+ if (strlen(sym) >= 10 && !strncmp(sym, "compat_SyS", 10))
+ return SYMBOL_B;
+
+ return SYMBOL_A;
+}
+#endif