8 files changed, 41 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index 814158393656..25c81734a950 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -324,8 +324,9 @@ int cmd_annotate(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "skip-missing", &annotate.skip_missing,
 		    "Skip symbols that cannot be annotated"),
 	OPT_STRING('C', "cpu", &annotate.cpu_list, "cpu", "list of cpus to profile"),
-	OPT_STRING(0, "symfs", &symbol_conf.symfs, "directory",
-		   "Look for files with symbols relative to this directory"),
+	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "symfs", NULL, "directory",
+		     "Look for files with symbols relative to this directory",
+		     symbol__config_symfs),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "source", &symbol_conf.annotate_src,
 		    "Interleave source code with assembly code (default)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "asm-raw", &symbol_conf.annotate_asm_raw,
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index 9ce354f469dc..f7645a42708e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -812,8 +812,9 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_STRING_NOEMPTY('t', "field-separator", &symbol_conf.field_sep, "separator",
 		   "separator for columns, no spaces will be added between "
 		   "columns '.' is reserved."),
-	OPT_STRING(0, "symfs", &symbol_conf.symfs, "directory",
-		    "Look for files with symbols relative to this directory"),
+	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "symfs", NULL, "directory",
+		     "Look for files with symbols relative to this directory",
+		     symbol__config_symfs),
 	OPT_UINTEGER('o', "order", &sort_compute, "Specify compute sorting."),
 	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "percentage", NULL, "relative|absolute",
 		     "How to display percentage of filtered entries", parse_filter_percentage),
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 9bc71c6a54f6..a87cb338bdf1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -770,8 +770,9 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		   "columns '.' is reserved."),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('U', "hide-unresolved", &symbol_conf.hide_unresolved,
 		    "Only display entries resolved to a symbol"),
-	OPT_STRING(0, "symfs", &symbol_conf.symfs, "directory",
-		    "Look for files with symbols relative to this directory"),
+	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "symfs", NULL, "directory",
+		     "Look for files with symbols relative to this directory",
+		     symbol__config_symfs),
 	OPT_STRING('C', "cpu", &report.cpu_list, "cpu",
 		   "list of cpus to profile"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('I', "show-info", &report.show_full_info,
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 0a83f4bacc7c..e3ce2f34d3ad 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -2010,8 +2010,9 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		   "file", "kallsyms pathname"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('G', "hide-call-graph", &no_callchain,
 		    "When printing symbols do not display call chain"),
-	OPT_STRING(0, "symfs", &symbol_conf.symfs, "directory",
-		    "Look for files with symbols relative to this directory"),
+	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "symfs", NULL, "directory",
+		     "Look for files with symbols relative to this directory",
+		     symbol__config_symfs),
 	OPT_CALLBACK('F', "fields", NULL, "str",
 		     "comma separated output fields prepend with 'type:'. "
 		     "Valid types: hw,sw,trace,raw. "
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index 40cc9bb3506c..733a55422d03 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -1945,8 +1945,9 @@ int cmd_timechart(int argc, const char **argv,
 	OPT_CALLBACK('p', "process", NULL, "process",
 		      "process selector. Pass a pid or process name.",
 		       parse_process),
-	OPT_STRING(0, "symfs", &symbol_conf.symfs, "directory",
-		    "Look for files with symbols relative to this directory"),
+	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "symfs", NULL, "directory",
+		     "Look for files with symbols relative to this directory",
+		     symbol__config_symfs),
 	OPT_INTEGER('n', "proc-num", &tchart.proc_num,
 		    "min. number of tasks to print"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('t', "topology", &tchart.topology,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.c b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
index 75b75615e2f8..5d286f5d7906 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
@@ -63,9 +63,7 @@ int dso__read_binary_type_filename(const struct dso *dso,
 		}
 		break;
 	case DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BUILD_ID_CACHE:
-		/* skip the locally configured cache if a symfs is given */
-		if (symbol_conf.symfs[0] ||
-		    (dso__build_id_filename(dso, filename, size) == NULL))
+		if (dso__build_id_filename(dso, filename, size) == NULL)
 			ret = -1;
 		break;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 2252b545ff43..20f9cb32b703 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -2033,3 +2033,26 @@ void symbol__exit(void)
 	symbol_conf.sym_list = symbol_conf.dso_list = symbol_conf.comm_list = NULL;
 	symbol_conf.initialized = false;
 }
+
+int symbol__config_symfs(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused,
+			 const char *dir, int unset __maybe_unused)
+{
+	char *bf = NULL;
+	int ret;
+
+	symbol_conf.symfs = strdup(dir);
+	if (symbol_conf.symfs == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* skip the locally configured cache if a symfs is given, and
+	 * config buildid dir to symfs/.debug
+	 */
+	ret = asprintf(&bf, "%s/%s", dir, ".debug");
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	set_buildid_dir(bf);
+
+	free(bf);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index 25f2fd672c2e..fa415347dbf9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ bool symbol_type__is_a(char symbol_type, enum map_type map_type);
 bool symbol__restricted_filename(const char *filename,
 				 const char *restricted_filename);
 bool symbol__is_idle(struct symbol *sym);
+int symbol__config_symfs(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused,
+			 const char *dir, int unset __maybe_unused);
 
 int dso__load_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map, struct symsrc *syms_ss,
 		  struct symsrc *runtime_ss, symbol_filter_t filter,