Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 01:02:50 -0600 (CST) From: ryanb@goddamnbastard.org To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: charnier@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/47387: [PATCH] gprof -K still requires "a.out" arg / overrides in-kernel function list Message-ID: <20030123070250.575EF155C4@mx01.goddamnbastard.org>
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>Number: 47387
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: [PATCH] gprof -K still requires "a.out" arg / overrides in-kernel function list
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
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>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Jan 22 23:10:05 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: ryan beasley
>Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD fredrik.internal.goddamnbastard.org 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #14: Thu Jan 9 10:19:05 CST 2003 root@fredrik.internal.goddamnbastard.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FREDRIK_DP_INV i386
usr.bin/gprof/gprof.c 1.20
>Description:
According to gprof(1) manual, the -K flag compiles a namelist from the
running kernel rather than the "a.out" argument supplied on the commandline.
A major use for this functionality is to be able to profile KLDs. There are
two problems here, though my patch really addresses only the last:
Even if the -K flag is set, a user must specify at least the a.out
argument, contrary to the documentation. (If this argument is going to
be ignored, why bother requiring it?) Not too big a deal.
There is an error in handling the Kflag in that after searching the
kernel's tables, the a.out argument is still searched, completely
overriding the in-kernel list, essentially defeating the K flag's
purpose.
>How-To-Repeat:
Build a kernel with profile support (config -p, CONFIGOPTS=-p, etc.).
Build a KLD with profiling (pass -pg to cc(1))
/path/to/kgmon -b (start profiling)
*wait*
/path/to/kgmon -p (dump the profile buffers)
/path/to/gprof -K /path/to/bootfile /path/to/gmon.out
Watch in awe as information about your KLD is nowhere to be found! :)
>Fix:
The attached patch seems to take care of this.
--- gprof.c.patch begins here ---
Index: src/usr.bin/gprof/gprof.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /vol1/FreeBSD/src/usr.bin/gprof/gprof.c,v
retrieving revision 1.20
diff -u -r1.20 gprof.c
--- src/usr.bin/gprof/gprof.c 16 Oct 2002 13:50:09 -0000 1.20
+++ src/usr.bin/gprof/gprof.c 23 Jan 2003 06:33:15 -0000
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
* get information from the executable file.
*/
if ((Kflag && kernel_getnfile(a_outname, &defaultEs) == -1) ||
- (elf_getnfile(a_outname, &defaultEs) == -1 &&
+ !Kflag && (elf_getnfile(a_outname, &defaultEs) == -1 &&
aout_getnfile(a_outname, &defaultEs) == -1))
errx(1, "%s: bad format", a_outname);
/*
--- gprof.c.patch ends here ---
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