When perf probe searched in a debuginfo file and failed, it tried with
an alternative, in function get_alternative_probe_event():
memcpy(tmp, &pev->point, sizeof(*tmp));
memset(&pev->point, 0, sizeof(pev->point));
In this case, it drops the retprobe flag and forgets to set it back in
find_alternative_probe_point(), so the problem occurs.
Can be reproduced as following:
$ perf probe -v -k vmlinux --add='sys_write%return'
...
Added new event:
Writing event: p:probe/sys_write _stext+
1584952
probe:sys_write (on sys_write%return)
$ cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/kprobe_events
p:probe/sys_write _stext+
1584952
After this patch:
$ perf probe -v -k vmlinux --add='sys_write%return'
Added new event:
Writing event: r:probe/sys_write SyS_write+0
probe:sys_write (on sys_write%return)
$ cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/kprobe_events
r:probe/sys_write SyS_write
Signed-off-by: He Kuang <hekuang@huawei.com>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1428925290-5623-1-git-send-email-hekuang@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>