Re: [PATCH] perf report: Fix no libunwind compiled warning break s390 issue

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Wed Jan 08 2020 - 05:27:26 EST


On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 03:17:45AM +0800, Jin Yao wrote:
> Commit 800d3f561659 ("perf report: Add warning when libunwind not compiled in")
> breaks the s390 platform. S390 uses libdw-dwarf-unwind for call chain
> unwinding and had no support for libunwind.
>
> So the warning "Please install libunwind development packages during the perf build."
> caused the confusion even if the call-graph is displayed correctly.
>
> This patch adds checking for HAVE_DWARF_SUPPORT, which is set when
> libdw-dwarf-unwind is compiled in.
>
> Fixes: 800d3f561659 ("perf report: Add warning when libunwind not compiled in")
>
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Richter <tmricht@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Thomas Richter <tmricht@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jin Yao <yao.jin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

perfect, I have the same change prepared for sending, but it's
together with making libdw default dwarf unwinder, which I'm still
not sure we want to do, so it all got posponed ;-)

would you guys be ok with that? with having libdw picked up as default dwarf unwinder..

for the patch:

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>

thanks,
jirka

> ---
> tools/perf/builtin-report.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
> index de988589d99b..66cd97cc8b92 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
> @@ -412,10 +412,10 @@ static int report__setup_sample_type(struct report *rep)
> PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY))
> rep->nonany_branch_mode = true;
>
> -#ifndef HAVE_LIBUNWIND_SUPPORT
> +#if !defined(HAVE_LIBUNWIND_SUPPORT) && !defined(HAVE_DWARF_SUPPORT)
> if (dwarf_callchain_users) {
> - ui__warning("Please install libunwind development packages "
> - "during the perf build.\n");
> + ui__warning("Please install libunwind or libdw "
> + "development packages during the perf build.\n");
> }
> #endif
>
> --
> 2.17.1
>