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Why does perf lack DebugInfoD capabilities?

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2350661 – enable HAVE_DEBUGINFOD_SUPPORT for perf Answer from fche on discussion.fedoraproject.org

manpages.debian.org › testing › linux-perf › perf-config.1.en.html

perf-config(1) — linux-perf — Debian testing — Debian Manpages

buildid-cache.debuginfod=URLs Specify debuginfod URLs to be used when retrieving perf.data binaries, it follows the same syntax as the DEBUGINFOD_URLS variable, like:

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Why does perf lack DebugInfoD capabilities? - Fedora Discussion

October 8, 2025 - I am attempting to diagnose a reproduction of: However, when I invoke: #!/usr/bin/env bash perf record --debuginfod --call-graph dwarf plasma-discover …I see: debuginfod support requested, but perf is not built with it. I see that this appears to be solely available at compile-time: Con…

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Why does perf lack DebugInfoD capabilities?

I am attempting to diagnose a reproduction of: However, when I invoke: #!/usr/bin/env bash perf record --debuginfod --call-graph dwarf plasma-discover …I see: debuginfod support requested, but perf is not built with it. I see that this appears to be solely available at compile-time: Con… More on discussion.fedoraproject.org

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October 8, 2025

linux - Recording perf files with symbols for analysis on a different system (cross architecture) - Stack Overflow

[user@MachineA]$ perf record --debuginfod SomeCommand --some --arguments # Creates `perf.data`, containing profiled data. More on stackoverflow.com

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Linux perf does not consume the current debuginfo format

Describe the issue On Linux the perf tool provides details information about code execution and performance. It should be able to use image debuginfo to derive function names, files and line number... More on github.com

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August 11, 2022

Profile system - no debug symbol and no binary name in hotspot (perf)

I’ve recorded the performance in Hotspot (it uses perf under the hood), and I’ve configured the symbol server to be https://debuginfod.opensuse.org I’ve also modified /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid to -1, to enable profiling the system. But the main process which consumes more than ... More on forums.opensuse.org

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April 20, 2024

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gdb - how to enable debuginfod for linux perf record? - Stack Overflow

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Use perf archive.

[user@MachineA]$ perf record --debuginfod SomeCommand --some --arguments
# Creates `perf.data`, containing profiled data.

[user@MachineA]$ perf archive
# Creates `perf.data.tar.bz2`, containing object files and debug symbols.

[user@OtherMachine]$ mkdir ~/.debug

[user@OtherMachine]$ tar xvf perf.data.tar.bz2 -C ~/.debug

[user@OtherMachine]$ perf report
# Reads `perf.data`, using objects and symbols extracted from the archive.

If you pull in a lot of libraries, expect the archive to be proportionally large and possibly take a long time to create.

If perf archive isn't available for whatever reason, or if you'd like to modify the output format, you can try downloading and using the perf-archive.sh Bash script separately from the Linux source tree:

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/tools/perf/perf-archive.sh

Red Hat

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Debuginfod project update 2024 | Red Hat Developer

January 15, 2025 - This feature can be controlled via the DEBUGINFOD_URLS environment variable (see the debuginfod-find man page for more information), with options to enforce verification (ima:enforcing) or bypass it (ima:ignore). Performance issues with kernel virtual dynamic shared object (vDSO) extraction were a longstanding challenge.

ArchWiki

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Debugging/Profiling - ArchWiki

January 7, 2026 - In order to get interpretable results, debugging symbols for the application you are debugging are mandatory. See Debugging/Getting traces#Manually getting debug info. perf does not support debuginfod yet and thus the debugging symbols must be obtained manually.

Debian Manpages

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debuginfod(8) — debuginfod — Debian testing — Debian Manpages

April 22, 2026 - Execute given sqlite statement after the database is opened and initialized as extra DDL (SQL data definition language). This may be useful to tune performance-related pragmas or indexes. May be repeated. The default is nothing extra. ... Set the TCP port number (0 < NUM < 65536) on which debuginfod should listen, to service HTTP requests.

GitHub

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debuginfod-o-o/index.md at master · openSUSE/debuginfod-o-o

Recall that debuginfod exists to distribute ELF or DWARF debugging information, plus associated source code, for a collection of binaries. If you need to run a debugger like gdb, a trace or probe tool like perf or systemtap, binary analysis tools like binutils or pahole, or binary rewriting ...

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Indiana

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Linux-Kernel Archive: Re: [RFC] perf record: Disable debuginfod by default

> > Default without debuginfo processing: > # perf record -a > > Using system debuginfod setup: > # perf record -a --debuginfod > > Using custom debuginfd url: > # perf record -a --debuginfod='https://evenbetterdebuginfodserver.krava' > > Adding single perf_debuginfod_setup function and using > it also in perf buildid-cache command.

Fedoraproject

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Debuginfod - Fedora Project Wiki

% export DEBUGINFOD_MAXTIME=10 # seconds % export DEBUGINFOD_MAXSIZE=10000000 # bytes · Then, enjoy using gdb, stap, perf, eu-stack, and many other debugging-related tools without the interruption of % sudo yum debuginfo-install XYZZY.

GitHub

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Linux perf does not consume the current debuginfo format · Issue #4810 · oracle/graal

August 11, 2022 - Describe the issue On Linux the perf tool provides details information about code execution and performance. It should be able to use image debuginfo to derive function names, files and line numbers for compiled method code, including inlined ...

Author oracle

openSUSE Forums

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Profile system - no debug symbol and no binary name in hotspot (perf) - Applications - openSUSE Forums

April 20, 2024 - I’ve recorded the performance in Hotspot (it uses perf under the hood), and I’ve configured the symbol server to be https://debuginfod.opensuse.org I’ve also modified /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid to -1, to enable profiling the system. But the main process which consumes more than ...

Red Hat

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How the debuginfod project evolved in 2021

January 26, 2026 - As with valgrind, debuginfod automatically attempts to retrieve any missing resources without any hassle normally associated with acquiring debug info. Other new debuginfod clients this year also include delve, perf, bpftrace and even WinDbg.

Medium

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Building Linux Perf tool. Building Linux Perf tool from the… | by Manas Marwah | Medium

March 31, 2024 - sudo apt install libzstd1 libdwarf-dev libdw-dev binutils-dev libcap-dev libelf-dev libnuma-dev python3 python3-dev python-setuptools libssl-dev libunwind-dev libdwarf-dev zlib1g-dev liblzma-dev libaio-dev libtraceevent-dev debuginfod libpfm4-dev libslang2-dev systemtap-sdt-dev libperl-dev binutils-dev libbabeltrace-dev libiberty-dev libzstd-dev · Step 5: Step into the perf directory and make ·