1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
index c98ccb570509..43ff33d0007b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ static int opt_set_target(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
                         int unset __maybe_unused)
 {
         int ret = -ENOENT;
+        char *tmp;
 
         if  (str && !params.target) {
                 if (!strcmp(opt->long_name, "exec"))
@@ -180,7 +181,19 @@ static int opt_set_target(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
                 else
                         return ret;
 
-                params.target = str;
+                /* Expand given path to absolute path, except for modulename */
+                if (params.uprobes || strchr(str, '/')) {
+                        tmp = realpath(str, NULL);
+                        if (!tmp) {
+                                pr_warning("Failed to get the absolute path of %s: %m\n", str);
+                                return ret;
+                        }
+                } else {
+                        tmp = strdup(str);
+                        if (!tmp)
+                                return -ENOMEM;
+                }
+                params.target = tmp;
                 ret = 0;
         }
 
@@ -411,7 +424,7 @@ int cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
         }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_DWARF_SUPPORT
-        if (params.show_lines && !params.uprobes) {
+        if (params.show_lines) {
                 if (params.mod_events) {
                         pr_err("  Error: Don't use --line with"
                                " --add/--del.\n");