* [PATCH v2 1/4] perf symbol: Fix symbol loading from libbfd
@ 2026-10-12 5:30 Namhyung Kim
2026-10-12 5:30 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] perf symbol: Add missing symsrc__destroy() for libbfd Namhyung Kim
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0 siblings, 3 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Namhyung Kim @ 2026-10-12 5:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, Ian Rogers, James Clark
Cc: Jiri Olsa, Adrian Hunter, Peter Zijlstra, Ingo Molnar, LKML,
linux-perf-users, Sashiko
The dso__load() should return a positive number (number of symbols
loaded) when it succeded to load symbols. But dso__load_bfd_symbols()
only returns 0 and it's hard to check if it actually loaded symbols or
not. Let's return the value of dso__has_symbol() and check it in
dso__load() so that it can return 1 for success.
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/sashiko-outbox-162540@kernel.org
Fixes: eac9a4342e5447cad ("perf symbols: Try reading the symbol table with libbfd")
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
tools/perf/tests/pe-file-parsing.c | 2 +-
tools/perf/util/libbfd.c | 2 +-
tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/pe-file-parsing.c b/tools/perf/tests/pe-file-parsing.c
index 30c7da79e109b480..3979f38bf127c218 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/pe-file-parsing.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/pe-file-parsing.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static int run_dir(const char *d)
TEST_ASSERT_VAL("Failed to get dso", dso);
ret = dso__load_bfd_symbols(dso, debugfile);
- TEST_ASSERT_VAL("Failed to load symbols", ret == 0);
+ TEST_ASSERT_VAL("Failed to load symbols", ret > 0);
dso__sort_by_name(dso);
sym = dso__find_symbol_by_name(dso, "main", &idx);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/libbfd.c b/tools/perf/util/libbfd.c
index a907d7c1ac948808..a4dcb406c79e9cee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/libbfd.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/libbfd.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ int dso__load_bfd_symbols(struct dso *dso, const char *debugfile)
symbols__fixup_duplicate(dso__symbols(dso));
dso__set_adjust_symbols(dso, true);
- err = 0;
+ err = dso__has_symbols(dso);
out_free:
free(symbols);
out_close:
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 5d98888d068c741a..a394e742f9b18812 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1930,8 +1930,8 @@ int dso__load(struct dso *dso, struct map *map)
if (nsexit)
nsinfo__mountns_enter(dso__nsinfo(dso), &nsc);
- if (bfdrc == 0) {
- ret = 0;
+ if (bfdrc > 0) {
+ ret = 1;
break;
}
--
2.55.0
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread* [PATCH v2 2/4] perf symbol: Add missing symsrc__destroy() for libbfd
2026-10-12 5:30 [PATCH v2 1/4] perf symbol: Fix symbol loading from libbfd Namhyung Kim
@ 2026-10-12 5:30 ` Namhyung Kim
2026-10-12 5:30 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] perf symbol: Set dso symtab type " Namhyung Kim
2026-10-12 5:30 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] perf test: Update PE file test for other locations Namhyung Kim
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Namhyung Kim @ 2026-10-12 5:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, Ian Rogers, James Clark
Cc: Jiri Olsa, Adrian Hunter, Peter Zijlstra, Ingo Molnar, LKML,
linux-perf-users, Sashiko
When libbfd loaded symbols and there's a pending syms_ss, it'd be lost
or overwrite existing symbols. Let's destroy it before breaking the
loop so that it can safely return from the function.
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/sashiko-outbox-162540@kernel.org
Fixes: eac9a4342e5447cad ("perf symbols: Try reading the symbol table with libbfd")
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index a394e742f9b18812..55a4b59195a08be5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1932,7 +1932,7 @@ int dso__load(struct dso *dso, struct map *map)
if (bfdrc > 0) {
ret = 1;
- break;
+ goto out_destroy;
}
if (!is_reg || sirc < 0)
@@ -1997,6 +1997,7 @@ int dso__load(struct dso *dso, struct map *map)
ret += nr_plt;
}
+out_destroy:
for (; ss_pos > 0; ss_pos--)
symsrc__destroy(&ss_[ss_pos - 1]);
out_free:
--
2.55.0
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread* [PATCH v2 3/4] perf symbol: Set dso symtab type for libbfd
2026-10-12 5:30 [PATCH v2 1/4] perf symbol: Fix symbol loading from libbfd Namhyung Kim
2026-10-12 5:30 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] perf symbol: Add missing symsrc__destroy() for libbfd Namhyung Kim
@ 2026-10-12 5:30 ` Namhyung Kim
2026-10-12 5:30 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] perf test: Update PE file test for other locations Namhyung Kim
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Namhyung Kim @ 2026-10-12 5:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, Ian Rogers, James Clark
Cc: Jiri Olsa, Adrian Hunter, Peter Zijlstra, Ingo Molnar, LKML,
linux-perf-users
It missed to set the dso symtab type when the symbols are loaded by
libbfd. When it happens both syms_ss and runtime_ss may not be set
and won't call dso__load_sym().
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 55a4b59195a08be5..b63fa3c03f0e732c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1931,6 +1931,7 @@ int dso__load(struct dso *dso, struct map *map)
nsinfo__mountns_enter(dso__nsinfo(dso), &nsc);
if (bfdrc > 0) {
+ dso__set_symtab_type(dso, symtab_type);
ret = 1;
goto out_destroy;
}
--
2.55.0
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread* [PATCH v2 4/4] perf test: Update PE file test for other locations
2026-10-12 5:30 [PATCH v2 1/4] perf symbol: Fix symbol loading from libbfd Namhyung Kim
2026-10-12 5:30 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] perf symbol: Add missing symsrc__destroy() for libbfd Namhyung Kim
2026-10-12 5:30 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] perf symbol: Set dso symtab type " Namhyung Kim
@ 2026-10-12 5:30 ` Namhyung Kim
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Namhyung Kim @ 2026-10-12 5:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, Ian Rogers, James Clark
Cc: Jiri Olsa, Adrian Hunter, Peter Zijlstra, Ingo Molnar, LKML,
linux-perf-users
The test__pe_file_parsing() expects the test is in the tools/perf
directory, but it could be root or a separate build directory. Let's
update the logic to try other paths like in the shell_tests__dir_fd().
Also add some debug messages to inform users why it's skipped.
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
tools/perf/tests/pe-file-parsing.c | 13 +++++++++++--
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/pe-file-parsing.c b/tools/perf/tests/pe-file-parsing.c
index 3979f38bf127c218..78dae7e43603b9f8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/pe-file-parsing.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/pe-file-parsing.c
@@ -74,10 +74,17 @@ static int test__pe_file_parsing(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused,
{
struct stat st;
char path_dir[PATH_MAX];
+ static const char * const tests_dirs[] = {
+ "./tools/perf/tests",
+ "./tests",
+ "./source/tests"
+ };
/* First try development tree tests. */
- if (!lstat("./tests", &st))
- return run_dir("./tests");
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(tests_dirs); ++i) {
+ if (!lstat(tests_dirs[i], &st))
+ return run_dir(tests_dirs[i]);
+ }
/* Then installed path. */
snprintf(path_dir, PATH_MAX, "%s/tests", get_argv_exec_path());
@@ -85,6 +92,7 @@ static int test__pe_file_parsing(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused,
if (!lstat(path_dir, &st))
return run_dir(path_dir);
+ pr_debug("cannot find the tests directory\n");
return TEST_SKIP;
}
@@ -93,6 +101,7 @@ static int test__pe_file_parsing(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused,
static int test__pe_file_parsing(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused,
int subtest __maybe_unused)
{
+ pr_debug("libbfd is not available\n");
return TEST_SKIP;
}
--
2.55.0
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