Re: [PATCH 0/3] Fix perf build breakages in 3.13

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Thu Feb 06 2014 - 09:13:43 EST


On Thu, 2014-02-06 at 10:48 -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 12:59:21AM +0000, Ben Hutchings escreveu:
> > perf no longer compiles on powerpc and sparc due to changes in the trace
> > sub-command. This series fixes those compile errors; I compile-tested
> > in Debian sid on armhf, i386, powerpc and sparc.
> >
> > I would much prefer not to revert the tty ioctl decoding but I think
> > it's going to take a much more sophisticated approach to do it right
> > across all supported architectures.
>
> Second thought on the revert one:
>
> Do you have a problem of switching the big hammer to one that makes this
> work just on x86/x86-64?

That seems reasonable as a temporary measure.

Ben.

> That way at least those on these arches can have this while the correct
> solution is worked out.
>
> - Arnaldo
>
> > Ben.
> >
> > Ben Hutchings (3):
> > Revert "perf trace: Initial beautifier for ioctl's 'cmd' arg"
> > perf trace: Add fallback definition of EFD_SEMAPHORE
> > perf trace: Decode architecture-specific signal numbers
> >
> > tools/perf/builtin-trace.c | 48 ++++++++++++++--------------------------------
> > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ben Hutchings
> > It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. - Albert Einstein
>
>

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Ben Hutchings
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. - Albert Einstein

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