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authorAdrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>2022-07-11 12:31:44 +0300
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2022-07-19 22:19:00 +0300
commit68566a7cf56bf3148797c218ed45a9de078ef47c (patch)
tree7818323d1dc90cd540a234acedd227bc5f8b5eeb /tools/perf/util/dsos.c
parenta6bd98c45d1aeec59493617b02a86de39d384535 (diff)
downloadlinux-68566a7cf56bf3148797c218ed45a9de078ef47c.tar.xz
perf tools: Fix dso_id inode generation comparison
Synthesized MMAP events have zero ino_generation, so do not compare them to DSOs with a real ino_generation otherwise we end up with a DSO without a build id. Fixes: 0e3149f86b99ddab ("perf dso: Move dso_id from 'struct map' to 'struct dso'") Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220711093218.10967-2-adrian.hunter@intel.com [ Added clarification to the comment from Ian + more detailed explanation from Adrian ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/util/dsos.c')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/dsos.c15
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dsos.c b/tools/perf/util/dsos.c
index b97366f77bbf..2bd23e4cf19e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dsos.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dsos.c
@@ -23,8 +23,19 @@ static int __dso_id__cmp(struct dso_id *a, struct dso_id *b)
if (a->ino > b->ino) return -1;
if (a->ino < b->ino) return 1;
- if (a->ino_generation > b->ino_generation) return -1;
- if (a->ino_generation < b->ino_generation) return 1;
+ /*
+ * Synthesized MMAP events have zero ino_generation, avoid comparing
+ * them with MMAP events with actual ino_generation.
+ *
+ * I found it harmful because the mismatch resulted in a new
+ * dso that did not have a build ID whereas the original dso did have a
+ * build ID. The build ID was essential because the object was not found
+ * otherwise. - Adrian
+ */
+ if (a->ino_generation && b->ino_generation) {
+ if (a->ino_generation > b->ino_generation) return -1;
+ if (a->ino_generation < b->ino_generation) return 1;
+ }
return 0;
}