3 files changed, 26 insertions, 3 deletions
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,