When perf processes build-id event, it creates DSOs with the build-id.
But it didn't set the module short name (like '[module-name]') so when
processing a kernel mmap event of the module, it cannot found the DSO as
it only checks the short names.
That leads for perf to create a same DSO without the build-id info and
it'll lookup the system path even if the DSO is already in the build-id
cache.  After kernel was updated, perf cannot find the DSO  and cannot
show symbols in it anymore.
You can see this if you have an old data file (w/ old kernel version):
  $ perf report -i perf.data.old -v |& grep scsi_mod
  build id event received for /lib/modules/3.19.2-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko.gz : 
cafe1ce6ca13a98a5d9ed3425cde249e57a27fc1
  Failed to open /lib/modules/3.19.2-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko.gz, continuing without symbols
  ...
The second message didn't show the build-id.  With this patch:
  $ perf report -i perf.data.old -v |& grep scsi_mod
  build id event received for /lib/modules/3.19.2-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko.gz: 
cafe1ce6ca13a98a5d9ed3425cde249e57a27fc1
  /lib/modules/3.19.2-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko.gz with build id 
cafe1ce6ca13a98a5d9ed3425cde249e57a27fc1 not found, continuing without symbols
  ...
Now it shows the build-id but still cannot load the symbol table.  This
is a different problem which will be fixed in the next patch.
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: kernel-team@lge.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170531120105.21731-1-namhyung@kernel.org
[ Fix the build on older compilers (debian <= 8, fedora <= 21, etc) wrt kmod_path var init ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
 
                dso__set_build_id(dso, &bev->build_id);
 
-               if (!is_kernel_module(filename, cpumode))
-                       dso->kernel = dso_type;
+               if (dso_type != DSO_TYPE_USER) {
+                       struct kmod_path m = { .name = NULL, };
+
+                       if (!kmod_path__parse_name(&m, filename) && m.kmod)
+                               dso__set_short_name(dso, strdup(m.name), true);
+                       else
+                               dso->kernel = dso_type;
+
+                       free(m.name);
+               }
 
                build_id__sprintf(dso->build_id, sizeof(dso->build_id),
                                  sbuild_id);