On Tue, 2014-12-09 at 23:04 +0530, Naveen N. Rao wrote: > Currently, perf probe considers patterns including a '.' to be a file. > However, this causes problems on powerpc ABIv1 where all functions have > a leading '.': > > $ perf probe -F | grep schedule_timeout_interruptible > .schedule_timeout_interruptible > $ perf probe .schedule_timeout_interruptible > Semantic error :File always requires line number or lazy pattern. > Error: Command Parse Error. > > Fix this by checking the probe pattern in more detail. > > Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <[email protected]> > --- > tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++--- > 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c > index c150ca4..c7e01ef 100644 > --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c > +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c > @@ -999,6 +999,24 @@ static int parse_perf_probe_point(char *arg, struct > perf_probe_event *pev) > arg = tmp; > } > > + /* > + * Check arg is function or file name and copy it. > + * > + * We consider arg to be a file spec if and only if it satisfies > + * all of the below criteria:: > + * - it does not include any of "+@%", > + * - it includes one of ":;", and > + * - it has a period '.' in the name.
I don't think we need to be this elaborate. AFAIK there are no source files in the kernel that start with '.' So if the arg starts with '.' it must be a function? cheers -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

