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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/probe-event.c32
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index d281ae2b54e8..8f810961ec78 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -268,21 +268,6 @@ static bool kprobe_warn_out_range(const char *symbol, unsigned long address)
268} 268}
269 269
270/* 270/*
271 * NOTE:
272 * '.gnu.linkonce.this_module' section of kernel module elf directly
273 * maps to 'struct module' from linux/module.h. This section contains
274 * actual module name which will be used by kernel after loading it.
275 * But, we cannot use 'struct module' here since linux/module.h is not
276 * exposed to user-space. Offset of 'name' has remained same from long
277 * time, so hardcoding it here.
278 */
279#ifdef __LP64__
280#define MOD_NAME_OFFSET 24
281#else
282#define MOD_NAME_OFFSET 12
283#endif
284
285/*
286 * @module can be module name of module file path. In case of path, 271 * @module can be module name of module file path. In case of path,
287 * inspect elf and find out what is actual module name. 272 * inspect elf and find out what is actual module name.
288 * Caller has to free mod_name after using it. 273 * Caller has to free mod_name after using it.
@@ -296,6 +281,7 @@ static char *find_module_name(const char *module)
296 Elf_Data *data; 281 Elf_Data *data;
297 Elf_Scn *sec; 282 Elf_Scn *sec;
298 char *mod_name = NULL; 283 char *mod_name = NULL;
284 int name_offset;
299 285
300 fd = open(module, O_RDONLY); 286 fd = open(module, O_RDONLY);
301 if (fd < 0) 287 if (fd < 0)
@@ -317,7 +303,21 @@ static char *find_module_name(const char *module)
317 if (!data || !data->d_buf) 303 if (!data || !data->d_buf)
318 goto ret_err; 304 goto ret_err;
319 305
320 mod_name = strdup((char *)data->d_buf + MOD_NAME_OFFSET); 306 /*
307 * NOTE:
308 * '.gnu.linkonce.this_module' section of kernel module elf directly
309 * maps to 'struct module' from linux/module.h. This section contains
310 * actual module name which will be used by kernel after loading it.
311 * But, we cannot use 'struct module' here since linux/module.h is not
312 * exposed to user-space. Offset of 'name' has remained same from long
313 * time, so hardcoding it here.
314 */
315 if (ehdr.e_ident[EI_CLASS] == ELFCLASS32)
316 name_offset = 12;
317 else /* expect ELFCLASS64 by default */
318 name_offset = 24;
319
320 mod_name = strdup((char *)data->d_buf + name_offset);
321 321
322ret_err: 322ret_err:
323 elf_end(elf); 323 elf_end(elf);