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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-05-28 12:55:55 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-05-28 12:55:55 -0700
commitc4a227d89f758e582fd167bb15245f2704de99ef (patch)
treef5b6e0091e6543c14d1cd7cf1f93e097a96bbd64 /tools/perf/builtin-record.c
parent87367a0b71a5188e34a913c05673b5078f71a64d (diff)
parentf506b3dc0ec454a16d40cab9ee5d75435b39dc50 (diff)
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Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (25 commits) perf: Fix SIGIO handling perf top: Don't stop if no kernel symtab is found perf top: Handle kptr_restrict perf top: Remove unused macro perf events: initialize fd array to -1 instead of 0 perf tools: Make sure kptr_restrict warnings fit 80 col terms perf tools: Fix build on older systems perf symbols: Handle /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict perf: Remove duplicate headers ftrace: Add internal recursive checks tracing: Update btrfs's tracepoints to use u64 interface tracing: Add __print_symbolic_u64 to avoid warnings on 32bit machine ftrace: Set ops->flag to enabled even on static function tracing tracing: Have event with function tracer check error return ftrace: Have ftrace_startup() return failure code jump_label: Check entries limit in __jump_label_update ftrace/recordmcount: Avoid STT_FUNC symbols as base on ARM scripts/tags.sh: Add magic for trace-events for etags too scripts/tags.sh: Fix ctags for DEFINE_EVENT() x86/ftrace: Fix compiler warning in ftrace.c ...
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diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 0974f95..8e2c857 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -823,6 +823,16 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
symbol__init();
+ if (symbol_conf.kptr_restrict)
+ pr_warning(
+"WARNING: Kernel address maps (/proc/{kallsyms,modules}) are restricted,\n"
+"check /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict.\n\n"
+"Samples in kernel functions may not be resolved if a suitable vmlinux\n"
+"file is not found in the buildid cache or in the vmlinux path.\n\n"
+"Samples in kernel modules won't be resolved at all.\n\n"
+"If some relocation was applied (e.g. kexec) symbols may be misresolved\n"
+"even with a suitable vmlinux or kallsyms file.\n\n");
+
if (no_buildid_cache || no_buildid)
disable_buildid_cache();
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