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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/symbol.c10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index d80346d0d05..c991525908b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1093,7 +1093,15 @@ static int dso__load_sym(struct dso *self, struct map *map, const char *name,
"sh_addr: %#Lx sh_offset: %#Lx\n", __func__,
(u64)sym.st_value, (u64)shdr.sh_addr,
(u64)shdr.sh_offset);
- sym.st_value -= shdr.sh_addr - shdr.sh_offset;
+ /* Assumptions:
+ * a) shdr.sh_addr - shdr.sh_offset ==
+ * map->start - map->pgoff
+ * b) map->pgoff == 0
+ * These are true iff we are looking at a function
+ * symbol in the main executable segment _and_
+ * the main executable segment starts at the start of
+ * the ELF image (normally true). */
+ sym.st_value -= map->start;
}
/*
* We need to figure out if the object was created from C++ sources