linux/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64
Anton Blanchard 24b659a138 powerpc: Use unstripped VDSO image for more accurate profiling data
We are seeing a lot of hits in the VDSO that are not resolved by perf.
A while(1) gettimeofday() loop shows the issue:

27.64%  [vdso]  [.] 0x000000000000060c
22.57%  [vdso]  [.] 0x0000000000000628
16.88%  [vdso]  [.] 0x0000000000000610
12.39%  [vdso]  [.] __kernel_gettimeofday
 6.09%  [vdso]  [.] 0x00000000000005f8
 3.58%  test    [.] 00000037.plt_call.gettimeofday@@GLIBC_2.18
 2.94%  [vdso]  [.] __kernel_datapage_offset
 2.90%  test    [.] main

We are using a stripped VDSO image which means only symbols with
relocation info can be resolved. There isn't a lot of point to
stripping the VDSO, the debug info is only about 1kB:

4680 arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.so
5815 arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.so.dbg

By using the unstripped image, we can resolve all the symbols in the
VDSO and the perf profile data looks much better:

76.53%  [vdso]  [.] __do_get_tspec
12.20%  [vdso]  [.] __kernel_gettimeofday
 5.05%  [vdso]  [.] __get_datapage
 3.20%  test    [.] main
 2.92%  test    [.] 00000037.plt_call.gettimeofday@@GLIBC_2.18

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
2014-02-17 11:19:37 +11:00
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.gitignore [POWERPC] Update .gitignore for new vdso generated files 2007-10-08 08:38:12 -05:00
cacheflush.S [POWERPC] vdso: Fixes for cache block sizes 2007-11-20 13:56:31 +11:00
datapage.S
getcpu.S powerpc: Add VDSO version of getcpu 2012-07-11 14:18:40 +10:00
gettimeofday.S powerpc: Add VDSO version of time 2013-04-23 16:05:05 +10:00
Makefile powerpc: Add VDSO version of getcpu 2012-07-11 14:18:40 +10:00
note.S
sigtramp.S powerpc: Wrong DWARF CFI in the kernel vdso for little-endian / ELFv2 2013-11-21 09:19:23 +11:00
vdso64_wrapper.S powerpc: Use unstripped VDSO image for more accurate profiling data 2014-02-17 11:19:37 +11:00
vdso64.lds.S powerpc: Add ability to build little endian kernels 2013-10-11 16:48:56 +11:00