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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/probe-event.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 4316348961c4..99d36ac77c08 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -375,9 +375,13 @@ static int find_alternative_probe_point(struct debuginfo *dinfo,
/* Find the address of given function */
map__for_each_symbol_by_name(map, pp->function, sym) {
- if (uprobes)
+ if (uprobes) {
address = sym->start;
- else
+ if (sym->type == STT_GNU_IFUNC)
+ pr_warning("Warning: The probe function (%s) is a GNU indirect function.\n"
+ "Consider identifying the final function used at run time and set the probe directly on that.\n",
+ pp->function);
+ } else
address = map->unmap_ip(map, sym->start) - map->reloc;
break;
}