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    perf header: Set proper module name when build-id event found · 1deec1bd
    Namhyung Kim authored
    When perf processes build-id event, it creates DSOs with the build-id.
    But it didn't set the module short name (like '[module-name]') so when
    processing a kernel mmap event of the module, it cannot found the DSO as
    it only checks the short names.
    
    That leads for perf to create a same DSO without the build-id info and
    it'll lookup the system path even if the DSO is already in the build-id
    cache.  After kernel was updated, perf cannot find the DSO  and cannot
    show symbols in it anymore.
    
    You can see this if you have an old data file (w/ old kernel version):
    
      $ perf report -i perf.data.old -v |& grep scsi_mod
      build id event received for /lib/modules/3.19.2-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko.gz : cafe1ce6ca13a98a5d9ed3425cde249e57a27fc1
      Failed to open /lib/modules/3.19.2-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko.gz, continuing without symbols
      ...
    
    The second message didn't show the build-id.  With this patch:
    
      $ perf report -i perf.data.old -v |& grep scsi_mod
      build id event received for /lib/modules/3.19.2-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko.gz: cafe1ce6ca13a98a5d9ed3425cde249e57a27fc1
      /lib/modules/3.19.2-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko.gz with build id cafe1ce6ca13a98a5d9ed3425cde249e57a27fc1 not found, continuing without symbols
      ...
    
    Now it shows the build-id but still cannot load the symbol table.  This
    is a different problem which will be fixed in the next patch.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
    Acked-by: default avatarJiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
    Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
    Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
    Cc: kernel-team@lge.com
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170531120105.21731-1-namhyung@kernel.org
    [ Fix the build on older compilers (debian <= 8, fedora <= 21, etc) wrt kmod_path var init ]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
    1deec1bd
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