Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull perf updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "Main perf kernel side changes:

   - uprobes updates/fixes.  (Oleg Nesterov)

   - Add PERF_RECORD_SWITCH to indicate context switches and use it in
     tooling.  (Adrian Hunter)

   - Support BPF programs attached to uprobes and first steps for BPF
     tooling support.  (Wang Nan)

   - x86 generic x86 MSR-to-perf PMU driver.  (Andy Lutomirski)

   - x86 Intel PT, LBR and BTS updates.  (Alexander Shishkin)

   - x86 Intel Skylake support.  (Andi Kleen)

   - x86 Intel Knights Landing (KNL) RAPL support.  (Dasaratharaman
     Chandramouli)

   - x86 Intel Broadwell-DE uncore support.  (Kan Liang)

   - x86 hw breakpoints robustization (Andy Lutomirski)

  Main perf tooling side changes:

   - Support Intel PT in several tools, enabling the use of the
     processor trace feature introduced in Intel Broadwell processors:
     (Adrian Hunter)

       # dmesg | grep Performance
       # [0.188477] Performance Events: PEBS fmt2+, 16-deep LBR, Broadwell events, full-width counters, Intel PMU driver.
       # perf record -e intel_pt//u -a sleep 1
       [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
       [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.216 MB perf.data ]
       # perf script # then navigate in the tool output to some area, like this one:
       184 1030 dl_main (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba661440 dl_main (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
       185 1457 dl_main (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba669f10 _dl_new_object (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
       186 9f37 _dl_new_object (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba677b90 strlen (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
       187 7ba3 strlen (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba677c75 strlen (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
       188 7c78 strlen (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba669f3c _dl_new_object (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
       189 9f8a _dl_new_object (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba65fab0 calloc@plt (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
       190 fab0 calloc@plt (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba675e70 calloc (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
       191 5e87 calloc (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba65fa90 malloc@plt (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
       192 fa90 malloc@plt (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba675e60 malloc (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
       193 5e68 malloc (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba65fa80 __libc_memalign@plt (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
       194 fa80 __libc_memalign@plt (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba675d50 __libc_memalign (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
       195 5d63 __libc_memalign (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba675e20 __libc_memalign (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
       196 5e40 __libc_memalign (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba675d73 __libc_memalign (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
       197 5d97 __libc_memalign (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba675e18 __libc_memalign (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
       198 5e1e __libc_memalign (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba675df9 __libc_memalign (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
       199 5e10 __libc_memalign (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba669f8f _dl_new_object (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
       200 9fc2 _dl_new_object (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) =>  7f21ba678e70 memcpy (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
       201 8e8c memcpy (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba678ea0 memcpy (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)

   - Add support for using several Intel PT features (CYC, MTC packets),
     the relevant documentation was updated in:
         tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt
     briefly describing those packets, its purposes, how to configure
     them in the event config terms and relevant external documentation
     for further reading.  (Adrian Hunter)

   - Introduce support for probing at an absolute address, for user and
     kernel 'perf probe's, useful when one have the symbol maps on a
     developer machine but not on an embedded system.  (Wang Nan)

   - Add Intel BTS support, with a call-graph script to show it and PT
     in use in a GUI using 'perf script' python scripting with
     postgresql and Qt.  (Adrian Hunter)

   - Allow selecting the type of callchains per event, including
     disabling callchains in all but one entry in an event list, to save
     space, and also to ask for the callchains collected in one event to
     be used in other events.  (Kan Liang)

   - Beautify more syscall arguments in 'perf trace': (Arnaldo Carvalho
     de Melo)
       * A bunch more translate file/pathnames from pointers to strings.
       * Convert numbers to strings for the 'keyctl' syscall 'option'
         arg.
       * Add missing 'clockid' entries.

   - Introduce 'srcfile' sort key: (Andi Kleen)

       # perf record -F 10000 usleep 1
       # perf report --stdio --dsos '[kernel.vmlinux]' -s srcfile
       <SNIP>
       # Overhead  Source File
          26.49%  copy_page_64.S
           5.49%  signal.c
           0.51%  msr.h
       #

     It can be combined with other fields, for instance, experiment with
     '-s srcfile,symbol'.

     There are some oddities in some distros and with some specific
     DSOs, being investigated, so your mileage may vary.

   - Support per-event 'freq' term: (Namhyung Kim)

       $ perf record -e 'cpu/instructions,freq=1234/',cycles -c 1000 sleep 1
       $ perf evlist -F
       cpu/instructions,freq=1234/: sample_freq=1234
       cycles: sample_period=1000
       $

   - Deref sys_enter pointer args with contents from probe:vfs_getname,
     showing pathnames instead of pointers in many syscalls in 'perf
     trace'.  (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)

   - Stop collecting /proc/kallsyms in perf.data files, saving about
     4.5MB on a typical x86-64 system, use the the symbol resolution
     routines used in all the other tools (report, top, etc) now that we
     can ask libtraceevent to use perf's symbol resolution code.
     (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)

   - Allow filtering out of perf's PID via 'perf record --exclude-perf'.
     (Wang Nan)

   - 'perf trace' now supports syscall groups, like strace, i.e:

       $ trace -e file touch file

     Will expand 'file' into multiple, file related, syscalls.  More
     work needed to add extra groups for other syscall groups, and also
     to complement what was added for the 'file' group, included as a
     proof of concept.  (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)

   - Add lock_pi stresser to 'perf bench futex', to test the kernel code
     related to FUTEX_(UN)LOCK_PI.  (Davidlohr Bueso)

   - Let user have timestamps with per-thread recording in 'perf record'
     (Adrian Hunter)

   - ... and tons of other changes, see the shortlog and the Git log for
     details"

* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (240 commits)
  perf evlist: Add backpointer for perf_env to evlist
  perf tools: Rename perf_session_env to perf_env
  perf tools: Do not change lib/api/fs/debugfs directly
  perf tools: Add tracing_path and remove unneeded functions
  perf buildid: Introduce sysfs/filename__sprintf_build_id
  perf evsel: Add a backpointer to the evlist a evsel is in
  perf trace: Add header with copyright and background info
  perf scripts python: Add new compaction-times script
  perf stat: Get correct cpu id for print_aggr
  tools lib traceeveent: Allow for negative numbers in print format
  perf script: Add --[no-]-demangle/--[no-]-demangle-kernel
  tracing/uprobes: Do not print '0x (null)' when offset is 0
  perf probe: Support probing at absolute address
  perf probe: Fix error reported when offset without function
  perf probe: Fix list result when address is zero
  perf probe: Fix list result when symbol can't be found
  tools build: Allow duplicate objects in the object list
  perf tools: Remove export.h from MANIFEST
  perf probe: Prevent segfault when reading probe point with absolute address
  perf tools: Update Intel PT documentation
  ...

1 files changed, 265 insertions, 338 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 381f23a443c7..eb5f18b75402 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include "trace-event.h"	/* For __maybe_unused */
 #include "probe-event.h"
 #include "probe-finder.h"
+#include "probe-file.h"
 #include "session.h"
 
 #define MAX_CMDLEN 256
@@ -55,11 +56,7 @@ struct probe_conf probe_conf;
 
 #define semantic_error(msg ...) pr_err("Semantic error :" msg)
 
-/* If there is no space to write, returns -E2BIG. */
-static int e_snprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, ...)
-	__attribute__((format(printf, 3, 4)));
-
-static int e_snprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, ...)
+int e_snprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, ...)
 {
 	int ret;
 	va_list ap;
@@ -72,7 +69,6 @@ static int e_snprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, ...)
 }
 
 static char *synthesize_perf_probe_point(struct perf_probe_point *pp);
-static void clear_probe_trace_event(struct probe_trace_event *tev);
 static struct machine *host_machine;
 
 /* Initialize symbol maps and path of vmlinux/modules */
@@ -519,7 +515,7 @@ static int find_perf_probe_point_from_dwarf(struct probe_trace_point *tp,
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto error;
 		addr += stext;
-	} else {
+	} else if (tp->symbol) {
 		addr = kernel_get_symbol_address_by_name(tp->symbol, false);
 		if (addr == 0)
 			goto error;
@@ -709,9 +705,10 @@ static int try_to_find_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 	}
 	/* Error path : ntevs < 0 */
 	pr_debug("An error occurred in debuginfo analysis (%d).\n", ntevs);
-	if (ntevs == -EBADF) {
-		pr_warning("Warning: No dwarf info found in the vmlinux - "
-			"please rebuild kernel with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y.\n");
+	if (ntevs < 0) {
+		if (ntevs == -EBADF)
+			pr_warning("Warning: No dwarf info found in the vmlinux - "
+				"please rebuild kernel with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y.\n");
 		if (!need_dwarf) {
 			pr_debug("Trying to use symbols.\n");
 			return 0;
@@ -1197,15 +1194,37 @@ static int parse_perf_probe_point(char *arg, struct perf_probe_event *pev)
 		*ptr++ = '\0';
 	}
 
-	tmp = strdup(arg);
-	if (tmp == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (arg[0] == '\0')
+		tmp = NULL;
+	else {
+		tmp = strdup(arg);
+		if (tmp == NULL)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	if (file_spec)
 		pp->file = tmp;
-	else
+	else {
 		pp->function = tmp;
 
+		/*
+		 * Keep pp->function even if this is absolute address,
+		 * so it can mark whether abs_address is valid.
+		 * Which make 'perf probe lib.bin 0x0' possible.
+		 *
+		 * Note that checking length of tmp is not needed
+		 * because when we access tmp[1] we know tmp[0] is '0',
+		 * so tmp[1] should always valid (but could be '\0').
+		 */
+		if (tmp && !strncmp(tmp, "0x", 2)) {
+			pp->abs_address = strtoul(pp->function, &tmp, 0);
+			if (*tmp != '\0') {
+				semantic_error("Invalid absolute address.\n");
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* Parse other options */
 	while (ptr) {
 		arg = ptr;
@@ -1467,8 +1486,7 @@ bool perf_probe_event_need_dwarf(struct perf_probe_event *pev)
 }
 
 /* Parse probe_events event into struct probe_point */
-static int parse_probe_trace_command(const char *cmd,
-				     struct probe_trace_event *tev)
+int parse_probe_trace_command(const char *cmd, struct probe_trace_event *tev)
 {
 	struct probe_trace_point *tp = &tev->point;
 	char pr;
@@ -1523,9 +1541,31 @@ static int parse_probe_trace_command(const char *cmd,
 	} else
 		p = argv[1];
 	fmt1_str = strtok_r(p, "+", &fmt);
-	if (fmt1_str[0] == '0')	/* only the address started with 0x */
-		tp->address = strtoul(fmt1_str, NULL, 0);
-	else {
+	/* only the address started with 0x */
+	if (fmt1_str[0] == '0')	{
+		/*
+		 * Fix a special case:
+		 * if address == 0, kernel reports something like:
+		 * p:probe_libc/abs_0 /lib/libc-2.18.so:0x          (null) arg1=%ax
+		 * Newer kernel may fix that, but we want to
+		 * support old kernel also.
+		 */
+		if (strcmp(fmt1_str, "0x") == 0) {
+			if (!argv[2] || strcmp(argv[2], "(null)")) {
+				ret = -EINVAL;
+				goto out;
+			}
+			tp->address = 0;
+
+			free(argv[2]);
+			for (i = 2; argv[i + 1] != NULL; i++)
+				argv[i] = argv[i + 1];
+
+			argv[i] = NULL;
+			argc -= 1;
+		} else
+			tp->address = strtoul(fmt1_str, NULL, 0);
+	} else {
 		/* Only the symbol-based probe has offset */
 		tp->symbol = strdup(fmt1_str);
 		if (tp->symbol == NULL) {
@@ -1782,14 +1822,29 @@ char *synthesize_probe_trace_command(struct probe_trace_event *tev)
 	if (len <= 0)
 		goto error;
 
-	/* Uprobes must have tp->address and tp->module */
-	if (tev->uprobes && (!tp->address || !tp->module))
+	/* Uprobes must have tp->module */
+	if (tev->uprobes && !tp->module)
 		goto error;
+	/*
+	 * If tp->address == 0, then this point must be a
+	 * absolute address uprobe.
+	 * try_to_find_absolute_address() should have made
+	 * tp->symbol to "0x0".
+	 */
+	if (tev->uprobes && !tp->address) {
+		if (!tp->symbol || strcmp(tp->symbol, "0x0"))
+			goto error;
+	}
 
 	/* Use the tp->address for uprobes */
 	if (tev->uprobes)
 		ret = e_snprintf(buf + len, MAX_CMDLEN - len, "%s:0x%lx",
 				 tp->module, tp->address);
+	else if (!strncmp(tp->symbol, "0x", 2))
+		/* Absolute address. See try_to_find_absolute_address() */
+		ret = e_snprintf(buf + len, MAX_CMDLEN - len, "%s%s0x%lx",
+				 tp->module ?: "", tp->module ? ":" : "",
+				 tp->address);
 	else
 		ret = e_snprintf(buf + len, MAX_CMDLEN - len, "%s%s%s+%lu",
 				 tp->module ?: "", tp->module ? ":" : "",
@@ -1819,17 +1874,17 @@ static int find_perf_probe_point_from_map(struct probe_trace_point *tp,
 {
 	struct symbol *sym = NULL;
 	struct map *map;
-	u64 addr;
+	u64 addr = tp->address;
 	int ret = -ENOENT;
 
 	if (!is_kprobe) {
 		map = dso__new_map(tp->module);
 		if (!map)
 			goto out;
-		addr = tp->address;
 		sym = map__find_symbol(map, addr, NULL);
 	} else {
-		addr = kernel_get_symbol_address_by_name(tp->symbol, true);
+		if (tp->symbol)
+			addr = kernel_get_symbol_address_by_name(tp->symbol, true);
 		if (addr) {
 			addr += tp->offset;
 			sym = __find_kernel_function(addr, &map);
@@ -1852,8 +1907,8 @@ out:
 }
 
 static int convert_to_perf_probe_point(struct probe_trace_point *tp,
-					struct perf_probe_point *pp,
-					bool is_kprobe)
+				       struct perf_probe_point *pp,
+				       bool is_kprobe)
 {
 	char buf[128];
 	int ret;
@@ -1870,7 +1925,7 @@ static int convert_to_perf_probe_point(struct probe_trace_point *tp,
 	if (tp->symbol) {
 		pp->function = strdup(tp->symbol);
 		pp->offset = tp->offset;
-	} else if (!tp->module && !is_kprobe) {
+	} else {
 		ret = e_snprintf(buf, 128, "0x%" PRIx64, (u64)tp->address);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
@@ -1951,7 +2006,7 @@ void clear_perf_probe_event(struct perf_probe_event *pev)
 	memset(pev, 0, sizeof(*pev));
 }
 
-static void clear_probe_trace_event(struct probe_trace_event *tev)
+void clear_probe_trace_event(struct probe_trace_event *tev)
 {
 	struct probe_trace_arg_ref *ref, *next;
 	int i;
@@ -1976,119 +2031,6 @@ static void clear_probe_trace_event(struct probe_trace_event *tev)
 	memset(tev, 0, sizeof(*tev));
 }
 
-static void print_open_warning(int err, bool is_kprobe)
-{
-	char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
-
-	if (err == -ENOENT) {
-		const char *config;
-
-		if (!is_kprobe)
-			config = "CONFIG_UPROBE_EVENTS";
-		else
-			config = "CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENTS";
-
-		pr_warning("%cprobe_events file does not exist"
-			   " - please rebuild kernel with %s.\n",
-			   is_kprobe ? 'k' : 'u', config);
-	} else if (err == -ENOTSUP)
-		pr_warning("Tracefs or debugfs is not mounted.\n");
-	else
-		pr_warning("Failed to open %cprobe_events: %s\n",
-			   is_kprobe ? 'k' : 'u',
-			   strerror_r(-err, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
-}
-
-static void print_both_open_warning(int kerr, int uerr)
-{
-	/* Both kprobes and uprobes are disabled, warn it. */
-	if (kerr == -ENOTSUP && uerr == -ENOTSUP)
-		pr_warning("Tracefs or debugfs is not mounted.\n");
-	else if (kerr == -ENOENT && uerr == -ENOENT)
-		pr_warning("Please rebuild kernel with CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENTS "
-			   "or/and CONFIG_UPROBE_EVENTS.\n");
-	else {
-		char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
-		pr_warning("Failed to open kprobe events: %s.\n",
-			   strerror_r(-kerr, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
-		pr_warning("Failed to open uprobe events: %s.\n",
-			   strerror_r(-uerr, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
-	}
-}
-
-static int open_probe_events(const char *trace_file, bool readwrite)
-{
-	char buf[PATH_MAX];
-	const char *__debugfs;
-	const char *tracing_dir = "";
-	int ret;
-
-	__debugfs = tracefs_find_mountpoint();
-	if (__debugfs == NULL) {
-		tracing_dir = "tracing/";
-
-		__debugfs = debugfs_find_mountpoint();
-		if (__debugfs == NULL)
-			return -ENOTSUP;
-	}
-
-	ret = e_snprintf(buf, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s%s",
-			 __debugfs, tracing_dir, trace_file);
-	if (ret >= 0) {
-		pr_debug("Opening %s write=%d\n", buf, readwrite);
-		if (readwrite && !probe_event_dry_run)
-			ret = open(buf, O_RDWR | O_APPEND, 0);
-		else
-			ret = open(buf, O_RDONLY, 0);
-
-		if (ret < 0)
-			ret = -errno;
-	}
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static int open_kprobe_events(bool readwrite)
-{
-	return open_probe_events("kprobe_events", readwrite);
-}
-
-static int open_uprobe_events(bool readwrite)
-{
-	return open_probe_events("uprobe_events", readwrite);
-}
-
-/* Get raw string list of current kprobe_events  or uprobe_events */
-static struct strlist *get_probe_trace_command_rawlist(int fd)
-{
-	int ret, idx;
-	FILE *fp;
-	char buf[MAX_CMDLEN];
-	char *p;
-	struct strlist *sl;
-
-	sl = strlist__new(true, NULL);
-
-	fp = fdopen(dup(fd), "r");
-	while (!feof(fp)) {
-		p = fgets(buf, MAX_CMDLEN, fp);
-		if (!p)
-			break;
-
-		idx = strlen(p) - 1;
-		if (p[idx] == '\n')
-			p[idx] = '\0';
-		ret = strlist__add(sl, buf);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			pr_debug("strlist__add failed (%d)\n", ret);
-			strlist__delete(sl);
-			return NULL;
-		}
-	}
-	fclose(fp);
-
-	return sl;
-}
-
 struct kprobe_blacklist_node {
 	struct list_head list;
 	unsigned long start;
@@ -2284,7 +2226,7 @@ static int __show_perf_probe_events(int fd, bool is_kprobe,
 	memset(&tev, 0, sizeof(tev));
 	memset(&pev, 0, sizeof(pev));
 
-	rawlist = get_probe_trace_command_rawlist(fd);
+	rawlist = probe_file__get_rawlist(fd);
 	if (!rawlist)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -2325,89 +2267,20 @@ int show_perf_probe_events(struct strfilter *filter)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	kp_fd = open_kprobe_events(false);
-	if (kp_fd >= 0) {
-		ret = __show_perf_probe_events(kp_fd, true, filter);
-		close(kp_fd);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			goto out;
-	}
-
-	up_fd = open_uprobe_events(false);
-	if (kp_fd < 0 && up_fd < 0) {
-		print_both_open_warning(kp_fd, up_fd);
-		ret = kp_fd;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	ret = probe_file__open_both(&kp_fd, &up_fd, 0);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
 
-	if (up_fd >= 0) {
+	if (kp_fd >= 0)
+		ret = __show_perf_probe_events(kp_fd, true, filter);
+	if (up_fd >= 0 && ret >= 0)
 		ret = __show_perf_probe_events(up_fd, false, filter);
+	if (kp_fd > 0)
+		close(kp_fd);
+	if (up_fd > 0)
 		close(up_fd);
-	}
-out:
 	exit_symbol_maps();
-	return ret;
-}
 
-/* Get current perf-probe event names */
-static struct strlist *get_probe_trace_event_names(int fd, bool include_group)
-{
-	char buf[128];
-	struct strlist *sl, *rawlist;
-	struct str_node *ent;
-	struct probe_trace_event tev;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	memset(&tev, 0, sizeof(tev));
-	rawlist = get_probe_trace_command_rawlist(fd);
-	if (!rawlist)
-		return NULL;
-	sl = strlist__new(true, NULL);
-	strlist__for_each(ent, rawlist) {
-		ret = parse_probe_trace_command(ent->s, &tev);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			break;
-		if (include_group) {
-			ret = e_snprintf(buf, 128, "%s:%s", tev.group,
-					tev.event);
-			if (ret >= 0)
-				ret = strlist__add(sl, buf);
-		} else
-			ret = strlist__add(sl, tev.event);
-		clear_probe_trace_event(&tev);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			break;
-	}
-	strlist__delete(rawlist);
-
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		strlist__delete(sl);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	return sl;
-}
-
-static int write_probe_trace_event(int fd, struct probe_trace_event *tev)
-{
-	int ret = 0;
-	char *buf = synthesize_probe_trace_command(tev);
-	char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
-
-	if (!buf) {
-		pr_debug("Failed to synthesize probe trace event.\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	pr_debug("Writing event: %s\n", buf);
-	if (!probe_event_dry_run) {
-		ret = write(fd, buf, strlen(buf));
-		if (ret <= 0) {
-			ret = -errno;
-			pr_warning("Failed to write event: %s\n",
-				   strerror_r(errno, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
-		}
-	}
-	free(buf);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -2478,36 +2351,69 @@ out:
 	free(buf);
 }
 
+/* Set new name from original perf_probe_event and namelist */
+static int probe_trace_event__set_name(struct probe_trace_event *tev,
+				       struct perf_probe_event *pev,
+				       struct strlist *namelist,
+				       bool allow_suffix)
+{
+	const char *event, *group;
+	char buf[64];
+	int ret;
+
+	if (pev->event)
+		event = pev->event;
+	else
+		if (pev->point.function &&
+			(strncmp(pev->point.function, "0x", 2) != 0) &&
+			!strisglob(pev->point.function))
+			event = pev->point.function;
+		else
+			event = tev->point.realname;
+	if (pev->group)
+		group = pev->group;
+	else
+		group = PERFPROBE_GROUP;
+
+	/* Get an unused new event name */
+	ret = get_new_event_name(buf, 64, event,
+				 namelist, allow_suffix);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	event = buf;
+
+	tev->event = strdup(event);
+	tev->group = strdup(group);
+	if (tev->event == NULL || tev->group == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* Add added event name to namelist */
+	strlist__add(namelist, event);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int __add_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 				     struct probe_trace_event *tevs,
 				     int ntevs, bool allow_suffix)
 {
 	int i, fd, ret;
 	struct probe_trace_event *tev = NULL;
-	char buf[64];
 	const char *event = NULL, *group = NULL;
 	struct strlist *namelist;
-	bool safename;
-
-	if (pev->uprobes)
-		fd = open_uprobe_events(true);
-	else
-		fd = open_kprobe_events(true);
 
-	if (fd < 0) {
-		print_open_warning(fd, !pev->uprobes);
+	fd = probe_file__open(PF_FL_RW | (pev->uprobes ? PF_FL_UPROBE : 0));
+	if (fd < 0)
 		return fd;
-	}
 
 	/* Get current event names */
-	namelist = get_probe_trace_event_names(fd, false);
+	namelist = probe_file__get_namelist(fd);
 	if (!namelist) {
 		pr_debug("Failed to get current event list.\n");
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto close_out;
 	}
 
-	safename = (pev->point.function && !strisglob(pev->point.function));
 	ret = 0;
 	pr_info("Added new event%s\n", (ntevs > 1) ? "s:" : ":");
 	for (i = 0; i < ntevs; i++) {
@@ -2516,36 +2422,15 @@ static int __add_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 		if (!tev->point.symbol)
 			continue;
 
-		if (pev->event)
-			event = pev->event;
-		else
-			if (safename)
-				event = pev->point.function;
-			else
-				event = tev->point.realname;
-		if (pev->group)
-			group = pev->group;
-		else
-			group = PERFPROBE_GROUP;
-
-		/* Get an unused new event name */
-		ret = get_new_event_name(buf, 64, event,
-					 namelist, allow_suffix);
+		/* Set new name for tev (and update namelist) */
+		ret = probe_trace_event__set_name(tev, pev, namelist,
+						  allow_suffix);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			break;
-		event = buf;
 
-		tev->event = strdup(event);
-		tev->group = strdup(group);
-		if (tev->event == NULL || tev->group == NULL) {
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
-			break;
-		}
-		ret = write_probe_trace_event(fd, tev);
+		ret = probe_file__add_event(fd, tev);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			break;
-		/* Add added event name to namelist */
-		strlist__add(namelist, event);
 
 		/* We use tev's name for showing new events */
 		show_perf_probe_event(tev->group, tev->event, pev,
@@ -2748,6 +2633,98 @@ err_out:
 	goto out;
 }
 
+static int try_to_find_absolute_address(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
+					struct probe_trace_event **tevs)
+{
+	struct perf_probe_point *pp = &pev->point;
+	struct probe_trace_event *tev;
+	struct probe_trace_point *tp;
+	int i, err;
+
+	if (!(pev->point.function && !strncmp(pev->point.function, "0x", 2)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (perf_probe_event_need_dwarf(pev))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * This is 'perf probe /lib/libc.so 0xabcd'. Try to probe at
+	 * absolute address.
+	 *
+	 * Only one tev can be generated by this.
+	 */
+	*tevs = zalloc(sizeof(*tev));
+	if (!*tevs)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	tev = *tevs;
+	tp = &tev->point;
+
+	/*
+	 * Don't use tp->offset, use address directly, because
+	 * in synthesize_probe_trace_command() address cannot be
+	 * zero.
+	 */
+	tp->address = pev->point.abs_address;
+	tp->retprobe = pp->retprobe;
+	tev->uprobes = pev->uprobes;
+
+	err = -ENOMEM;
+	/*
+	 * Give it a '0x' leading symbol name.
+	 * In __add_probe_trace_events, a NULL symbol is interpreted as
+	 * invalud.
+	 */
+	if (asprintf(&tp->symbol, "0x%lx", tp->address) < 0)
+		goto errout;
+
+	/* For kprobe, check range */
+	if ((!tev->uprobes) &&
+	    (kprobe_warn_out_range(tev->point.symbol,
+				   tev->point.address))) {
+		err = -EACCES;
+		goto errout;
+	}
+
+	if (asprintf(&tp->realname, "abs_%lx", tp->address) < 0)
+		goto errout;
+
+	if (pev->target) {
+		tp->module = strdup(pev->target);
+		if (!tp->module)
+			goto errout;
+	}
+
+	if (tev->group) {
+		tev->group = strdup(pev->group);
+		if (!tev->group)
+			goto errout;
+	}
+
+	if (pev->event) {
+		tev->event = strdup(pev->event);
+		if (!tev->event)
+			goto errout;
+	}
+
+	tev->nargs = pev->nargs;
+	tev->args = zalloc(sizeof(struct probe_trace_arg) * tev->nargs);
+	if (!tev->args) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto errout;
+	}
+	for (i = 0; i < tev->nargs; i++)
+		copy_to_probe_trace_arg(&tev->args[i], &pev->args[i]);
+
+	return 1;
+
+errout:
+	if (*tevs) {
+		clear_probe_trace_events(*tevs, 1);
+		*tevs = NULL;
+	}
+	return err;
+}
+
 bool __weak arch__prefers_symtab(void) { return false; }
 
 static int convert_to_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
@@ -2764,6 +2741,10 @@ static int convert_to_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 		}
 	}
 
+	ret = try_to_find_absolute_address(pev, tevs);
+	if (ret > 0)
+		return ret;
+
 	if (arch__prefers_symtab() && !perf_probe_event_need_dwarf(pev)) {
 		ret = find_probe_trace_events_from_map(pev, tevs);
 		if (ret > 0)
@@ -2838,68 +2819,9 @@ end:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int __del_trace_probe_event(int fd, struct str_node *ent)
-{
-	char *p;
-	char buf[128];
-	int ret;
-
-	/* Convert from perf-probe event to trace-probe event */
-	ret = e_snprintf(buf, 128, "-:%s", ent->s);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto error;
-
-	p = strchr(buf + 2, ':');
-	if (!p) {
-		pr_debug("Internal error: %s should have ':' but not.\n",
-			 ent->s);
-		ret = -ENOTSUP;
-		goto error;
-	}
-	*p = '/';
-
-	pr_debug("Writing event: %s\n", buf);
-	ret = write(fd, buf, strlen(buf));
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		ret = -errno;
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	pr_info("Removed event: %s\n", ent->s);
-	return 0;
-error:
-	pr_warning("Failed to delete event: %s\n",
-		   strerror_r(-ret, buf, sizeof(buf)));
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static int del_trace_probe_events(int fd, struct strfilter *filter,
-				  struct strlist *namelist)
-{
-	struct str_node *ent;
-	const char *p;
-	int ret = -ENOENT;
-
-	if (!namelist)
-		return -ENOENT;
-
-	strlist__for_each(ent, namelist) {
-		p = strchr(ent->s, ':');
-		if ((p && strfilter__compare(filter, p + 1)) ||
-		    strfilter__compare(filter, ent->s)) {
-			ret = __del_trace_probe_event(fd, ent);
-			if (ret < 0)
-				break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 int del_perf_probe_events(struct strfilter *filter)
 {
 	int ret, ret2, ufd = -1, kfd = -1;
-	struct strlist *namelist = NULL, *unamelist = NULL;
 	char *str = strfilter__string(filter);
 
 	if (!str)
@@ -2908,25 +2830,15 @@ int del_perf_probe_events(struct strfilter *filter)
 	pr_debug("Delete filter: \'%s\'\n", str);
 
 	/* Get current event names */
-	kfd = open_kprobe_events(true);
-	if (kfd >= 0)
-		namelist = get_probe_trace_event_names(kfd, true);
-
-	ufd = open_uprobe_events(true);
-	if (ufd >= 0)
-		unamelist = get_probe_trace_event_names(ufd, true);
-
-	if (kfd < 0 && ufd < 0) {
-		print_both_open_warning(kfd, ufd);
-		ret = kfd;
-		goto error;
-	}
+	ret = probe_file__open_both(&kfd, &ufd, PF_FL_RW);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
 
-	ret = del_trace_probe_events(kfd, filter, namelist);
+	ret = probe_file__del_events(kfd, filter);
 	if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENOENT)
 		goto error;
 
-	ret2 = del_trace_probe_events(ufd, filter, unamelist);
+	ret2 = probe_file__del_events(ufd, filter);
 	if (ret2 < 0 && ret2 != -ENOENT) {
 		ret = ret2;
 		goto error;
@@ -2937,15 +2849,11 @@ int del_perf_probe_events(struct strfilter *filter)
 	ret = 0;
 
 error:
-	if (kfd >= 0) {
-		strlist__delete(namelist);
+	if (kfd >= 0)
 		close(kfd);
-	}
-
-	if (ufd >= 0) {
-		strlist__delete(unamelist);
+	if (ufd >= 0)
 		close(ufd);
-	}
+out:
 	free(str);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -3007,3 +2915,22 @@ end:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int copy_to_probe_trace_arg(struct probe_trace_arg *tvar,
+			    struct perf_probe_arg *pvar)
+{
+	tvar->value = strdup(pvar->var);
+	if (tvar->value == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (pvar->type) {
+		tvar->type = strdup(pvar->type);
+		if (tvar->type == NULL)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	if (pvar->name) {
+		tvar->name = strdup(pvar->name);
+		if (tvar->name == NULL)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	} else
+		tvar->name = NULL;
+	return 0;
+}