Two functions from different binaries can have same start address. Thus, comparing only start address in match_chain() leads to inconsistent callchains. Fix this by adding a check for dsos as well.
Ex, https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-perf-users/msg04067.html Reported-by: Alexander Pozdneev <pozdne...@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bango...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- tools/perf/util/callchain.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c index be09d77..6d7f645 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c @@ -685,6 +685,9 @@ static enum match_result match_chain(struct callchain_cursor_node *node, { struct symbol *sym = node->sym; u64 left, right; + struct dso *left_dso = NULL; + struct dso *right_dso = NULL; + if (callchain_param.key == CCKEY_SRCLINE) { enum match_result match = match_chain_srcline(node, cnode); @@ -696,12 +699,16 @@ static enum match_result match_chain(struct callchain_cursor_node *node, if (cnode->ms.sym && sym && callchain_param.key == CCKEY_FUNCTION) { left = cnode->ms.sym->start; right = sym->start; + if (cnode->ms.map) + left_dso = cnode->ms.map->dso; + if (node->map) + right_dso = node->map->dso; } else { left = cnode->ip; right = node->ip; } - if (left == right) { + if (left == right && left_dso == right_dso) { if (node->branch) { cnode->branch_count++; -- 1.8.3.1