Michael reported the segfault when kernel.kptr_restrict=2 is set.
$ perf record ls
...
perf: Segmentation fault
Obtained 16 stack frames.
./perf(dump_stack+0x2d) [0x5068df]
./perf(sighandler_dump_stack+0x2d) [0x5069bf]
./perf() [0x43e47b]
/lib64/libc.so.6(+0x3594f) [0x7f762004794f]
/lib64/libc.so.6(strlen+0x26) [0x7f762009ef86]
/lib64/libc.so.6(__strdup+0xd) [0x7f762009ecbd]
./perf(maps__set_kallsyms_ref_reloc_sym+0x4d) [0x51590f]
./perf(machine__create_kernel_maps+0x136) [0x50a7de]
./perf(perf_session__create_kernel_maps+0x2c) [0x510a81]
./perf(perf_session__new+0x13d) [0x510e23]
./perf() [0x43fd61]
./perf(cmd_record+0x704) [0x441823]
./perf() [0x4bc1a0]
./perf() [0x4bc40d]
./perf() [0x4bc55f]
./perf(main+0x2d5) [0x4bc939]
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
The reason is that with kernel.kptr_restrict=2, we don't get
the symbol from machine__get_running_kernel_start, which we
want to use in maps__set_kallsyms_ref_reloc_sym and we crash.
Check the symbol name value before calling
maps__set_kallsyms_ref_reloc_sym() and succeed without ref_reloc_sym
being set. It's safe because we check its existence before we use it.
Reported-by: Michael Petlan <mpetlan@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170626095153.553-1-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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