Re: [PATCH] perf tools: Fix JIT profiling on heap

[Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>]

Hi Gaurav,

On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 20:23:27 +0000, Gaurav Jain wrote:
> On 1/16/14, 9:37 AM, "Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo" <acme@ghostprotocols.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Em Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:49:31AM +0900, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
>>> Gaurav reported that perf cannot profile JIT program if it executes
>>> the code on heap.  This was because current map__new() only handle JIT
>>> on anon mappings - extends it to handle no_dso (heap, stack) case too.
>>> 
>>> This patch assumes JIT profiling only provides dynamic function
>>> symbols so check the mapping type to distinguish the case.  It'd
>>> provide no symbols for data mapping - if we need to support symbols on
>>> data mappings later it should be changed.
>>
>>But we do support symbols in data mappings, that is why we have
>>MAP__VARIABLE, etc, can you elaborate?
>
> Does perf support data mappings from perf map files? Could you please
> share an example of how I may be able to use this.

IIUC there's no difference between function and data mapping.  So you
can use same perf map file for both - in fact there's no way to use
different map file in a single task.  I guess perf will use it to find
only function symbols in function mappings and variables in data
mapping based on the address it accesses.

What I wasn't sure is whether JIT program also produces some dynamic data.
And I think only perf mem command cares about data mappings, no?

Thanks,
Namhyung