perf probe: Fix use of kernel image path given by 'k' option

Users were not being able to have the explicitely specified vmlinux
pathname used, instead a search on the vmlinux path was always being
made.

Reported-by: Francis Moreau <francis.moro@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: 2nddept-manager@sdl.hitachi.co.jp
Cc: Francis Moreau <francis.moro@gmail.com>
Cc: Franck Bui-Huu <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
LPU-Reference: <m3hbelydz8.fsf_-_@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Franck Bui-Huu <fbuihuu@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

4 files changed, 21 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
index 2e000c068cc5..add163c9f0e7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
@@ -249,6 +249,11 @@ int cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
              !params.show_lines))
                 usage_with_options(probe_usage, options);
 
+        /*
+         * Only consider the user's kernel image path if given.
+         */
+        symbol_conf.try_vmlinux_path = (symbol_conf.vmlinux_name == NULL);
+
         if (params.list_events) {
                 if (params.mod_events) {
                         pr_err("  Error: Don't use --list with --add/--del.\n");
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 3b6a5297bf16..b71acd6423cb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ static struct symbol *__find_kernel_function_by_name(const char *name,
 const char *kernel_get_module_path(const char *module)
 {
         struct dso *dso;
+        struct map *map;
+        const char *vmlinux_name;
 
         if (module) {
                 list_for_each_entry(dso, &machine.kernel_dsos, node) {
@@ -123,10 +125,17 @@ const char *kernel_get_module_path(const char *module)
                 }
                 pr_debug("Failed to find module %s.\n", module);
                 return NULL;
+        }
+
+        map = machine.vmlinux_maps[MAP__FUNCTION];
+        dso = map->dso;
+
+        vmlinux_name = symbol_conf.vmlinux_name;
+        if (vmlinux_name) {
+                if (dso__load_vmlinux(dso, map, vmlinux_name, NULL) <= 0)
+                        return NULL;
         } else {
-                dso = machine.vmlinux_maps[MAP__FUNCTION]->dso;
-                if (dso__load_vmlinux_path(dso,
-                         machine.vmlinux_maps[MAP__FUNCTION], NULL) < 0) {
+                if (dso__load_vmlinux_path(dso, map, NULL) < 0) {
                         pr_debug("Failed to load kernel map.\n");
                         return NULL;
                 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index d628c8d1cf5e..439ab947daf4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1780,8 +1780,8 @@ out_failure:
         return -1;
 }
 
-static int dso__load_vmlinux(struct dso *self, struct map *map,
-                             const char *vmlinux, symbol_filter_t filter)
+int dso__load_vmlinux(struct dso *self, struct map *map,
+                      const char *vmlinux, symbol_filter_t filter)
 {
         int err = -1, fd;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index 038f2201ee09..6c6eafdb932d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ void dso__sort_by_name(struct dso *self, enum map_type type);
 struct dso *__dsos__findnew(struct list_head *head, const char *name);
 
 int dso__load(struct dso *self, struct map *map, symbol_filter_t filter);
+int dso__load_vmlinux(struct dso *self, struct map *map,
+                      const char *vmlinux, symbol_filter_t filter);
 int dso__load_vmlinux_path(struct dso *self, struct map *map,
                            symbol_filter_t filter);
 int dso__load_kallsyms(struct dso *self, const char *filename, struct map *map,