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

Pull perf fixes from Ingo Molnar:
 "Mostly tooling fixes, plus two uncore-PMU fixes, an uprobes fix, a
  perf-cgroups fix and an AUX events fix"

* 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  perf/x86/intel/uncore: Add enable_box for client MSR uncore
  perf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix uncore num_counters
  uprobes/x86: Fix RIP-relative handling of EVEX-encoded instructions
  perf/core: Set cgroup in CPU contexts for new cgroup events
  perf/core: Fix sideband list-iteration vs. event ordering NULL pointer deference crash
  perf probe ppc64le: Fix probe location when using DWARF
  perf probe: Add function to post process kernel trace events
  tools: Sync cpufeatures headers with the kernel
  toops: Sync tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h with the kernel
  tools: Sync cpufeatures.h and vmx.h with the kernel
  perf probe: Support signedness casting
  perf stat: Avoid skew when reading events
  perf probe: Fix module name matching
  perf probe: Adjust map->reloc offset when finding kernel symbol from map
  perf hists: Trim libtraceevent trace_seq buffers
  perf script: Add 'bpf-output' field to usage message

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
index f2d9ff064e2d..5c290c682afe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
@@ -297,10 +297,13 @@ static int convert_variable_type(Dwarf_Die *vr_die,
 	char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
 	int bsize, boffs, total;
 	int ret;
+	char sign;
 
 	/* TODO: check all types */
-	if (cast && strcmp(cast, "string") != 0) {
+	if (cast && strcmp(cast, "string") != 0 &&
+	    strcmp(cast, "s") != 0 && strcmp(cast, "u") != 0) {
 		/* Non string type is OK */
+		/* and respect signedness cast */
 		tvar->type = strdup(cast);
 		return (tvar->type == NULL) ? -ENOMEM : 0;
 	}
@@ -361,6 +364,13 @@ static int convert_variable_type(Dwarf_Die *vr_die,
 		return (tvar->type == NULL) ? -ENOMEM : 0;
 	}
 
+	if (cast && (strcmp(cast, "u") == 0))
+		sign = 'u';
+	else if (cast && (strcmp(cast, "s") == 0))
+		sign = 's';
+	else
+		sign = die_is_signed_type(&type) ? 's' : 'u';
+
 	ret = dwarf_bytesize(&type);
 	if (ret <= 0)
 		/* No size ... try to use default type */
@@ -373,8 +383,7 @@ static int convert_variable_type(Dwarf_Die *vr_die,
 			dwarf_diename(&type), MAX_BASIC_TYPE_BITS);
 		ret = MAX_BASIC_TYPE_BITS;
 	}
-	ret = snprintf(buf, 16, "%c%d",
-		       die_is_signed_type(&type) ? 's' : 'u', ret);
+	ret = snprintf(buf, 16, "%c%d", sign, ret);
 
 formatted:
 	if (ret < 0 || ret >= 16) {