Merge tag 'perf-core-for-mingo-3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux into perf/core

Pull perf/core improvements and fixes from Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:

User visible changes:

  - Improve --filter support for 'perf probe', allowing using its arguments
    on other commands, as --add, --del, etc (Masami Hiramatsu)

  - Show warning when running 'perf kmem stat' on a unsuitable perf.data file,
    i.e. one with events that are not the ones required for the stat variant
    used (Namhyung Kim).

Infrastructure changes:

  - Auxtrace support patches, paving the way to support Intel PT and BTS (Adrian Hunter)

  - hists browser (top, report) refactorings (Namhyung Kim)

Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 201f6c4ca738..45ba48a7acb3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -85,8 +85,17 @@ static int prefix_underscores_count(const char *str)
 	return tail - str;
 }
 
-#define SYMBOL_A 0
-#define SYMBOL_B 1
+int __weak arch__choose_best_symbol(struct symbol *syma,
+				    struct symbol *symb __maybe_unused)
+{
+	/* Avoid "SyS" kernel syscall aliases */
+	if (strlen(syma->name) >= 3 && !strncmp(syma->name, "SyS", 3))
+		return SYMBOL_B;
+	if (strlen(syma->name) >= 10 && !strncmp(syma->name, "compat_SyS", 10))
+		return SYMBOL_B;
+
+	return SYMBOL_A;
+}
 
 static int choose_best_symbol(struct symbol *syma, struct symbol *symb)
 {
@@ -134,13 +143,7 @@ static int choose_best_symbol(struct symbol *syma, struct symbol *symb)
 	else if (na < nb)
 		return SYMBOL_B;
 
-	/* Avoid "SyS" kernel syscall aliases */
-	if (na >= 3 && !strncmp(syma->name, "SyS", 3))
-		return SYMBOL_B;
-	if (na >= 10 && !strncmp(syma->name, "compat_SyS", 10))
-		return SYMBOL_B;
-
-	return SYMBOL_A;
+	return arch__choose_best_symbol(syma, symb);
 }
 
 void symbols__fixup_duplicate(struct rb_root *symbols)
@@ -408,7 +411,7 @@ static struct symbol *symbols__find_by_name(struct rb_root *symbols,
 		int cmp;
 
 		s = rb_entry(n, struct symbol_name_rb_node, rb_node);
-		cmp = strcmp(name, s->sym.name);
+		cmp = arch__compare_symbol_names(name, s->sym.name);
 
 		if (cmp < 0)
 			n = n->rb_left;
@@ -426,7 +429,7 @@ static struct symbol *symbols__find_by_name(struct rb_root *symbols,
 		struct symbol_name_rb_node *tmp;
 
 		tmp = rb_entry(n, struct symbol_name_rb_node, rb_node);
-		if (strcmp(tmp->sym.name, s->sym.name))
+		if (arch__compare_symbol_names(tmp->sym.name, s->sym.name))
 			break;
 
 		s = tmp;