perf probe: Fix to show correct error message for $vars and $params

Fix to show correct error messages for $vars and $params because
those special variables requires debug information to find the
real variables or function parameters.

E.g. without this fix;
  ----
  # perf probe -x /lib64/libc-2.23.so getaddrinfo \$params
  Failed to write event: Invalid argument
  Please upgrade your kernel to at least 3.14 to have access to feature $params
    Error: Failed to add events.
  ----

Perf ends up with an error, but the message is not correct.  With this
fix, perf shows correct error message as below.

  ----
  # perf probe -x /lib64/libc-2.23.so getaddrinfo \$params
  The /usr/lib64/libc-2.23.so file has no debug information.
  Rebuild with -g, or install an appropriate debuginfo package.
    Error: Failed to add events.
  ----

Reported-and-Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <[email protected]>
Cc: Brendan Gregg <[email protected]>
Cc: Hemant Kumar <[email protected]>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/146831787438.17065.6152436996780110699.stgit@devbox
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 2b222a7955c9b1068cd74ff4dd6911ab6d2da9c6..fef9768df4290e049278752526b358dde586df8e 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -1547,7 +1547,9 @@ bool perf_probe_event_need_dwarf(struct perf_probe_event *pev)
                return true;
 
        for (i = 0; i < pev->nargs; i++)
-               if (is_c_varname(pev->args[i].var))
+               if (is_c_varname(pev->args[i].var) ||
+                   !strcmp(pev->args[i].var, "$params") ||
+                   !strcmp(pev->args[i].var, "$vars"))
                        return true;
 
        return false;