Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf tools: Fix build on powerpc broken by pt/bts

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Wed Aug 26 2015 - 03:06:09 EST


On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 12:30:10PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 01:42:27PM +0300, Adrian Hunter escreveu:
> > It is theoretically possible to process perf.data files created on
> > x86 and that contain Intel PT or Intel BTS data, on any other
> > architecture, which is why it is possible for there to be build
> > errors on powerpc caused by pt/bts.
> >
> > The errors were:
> >
> > util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-insn-decoder.c: In function âintel_pt_insn_decoderâ:
> > util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-insn-decoder.c:138:3: error: switch missing default case [-Werror=switch-default]
> > switch (insn->immediate.nbytes) {
> > ^
> > cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
> >
> > linux-acme.git/tools/perf/perf-obj/libperf.a(libperf-in.o): In function `intel_pt_synth_branch_sample':
> > sources/linux-acme.git/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c:871: undefined reference to `tsc_to_perf_time'
> > linux-acme.git/tools/perf/perf-obj/libperf.a(libperf-in.o): In function `intel_pt_sample':
> > sources/linux-acme.git/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c:915: undefined reference to `tsc_to_perf_time'
> > sources/linux-acme.git/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c:962: undefined reference to `tsc_to_perf_time'
> > linux-acme.git/tools/perf/perf-obj/libperf.a(libperf-in.o): In function `intel_pt_process_event':
> > sources/linux-acme.git/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c:1454: undefined reference to `perf_time_to_tsc'
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > tools/perf/util/Build | 2 +-
> > tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-insn-decoder.c | 3 +++
> > 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
> > index e912856cc4e5..8ae31e5131ee 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/Build
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
> > @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ libperf-y += stat-shadow.o
> > libperf-y += record.o
> > libperf-y += srcline.o
> > libperf-y += data.o
> > -libperf-$(CONFIG_X86) += tsc.o
> > +libperf-$(if $(CONFIG_X86)$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE),y) += tsc.o
>
> I think this is preferred/more clear:
>
> libperf-$(CONFIG_X86) += tsc.o
> libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += tsc.o
>
> As we have in drivers/Makefile, in the kernel sources:
>
> drivers/Makefile:obj-$(CONFIG_PCI) += usb/
> drivers/Makefile:obj-$(CONFIG_USB_GADGET) += usb/
> drivers/Makefile:obj-$(CONFIG_USB_PHY) += usb/
> drivers/Makefile:obj-$(CONFIG_USB) += usb/
>
> From Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt:
>
> --- 3.2 Built-in object goals - obj-y
>
> The kbuild Makefile specifies object files for vmlinux
> in the $(obj-y) lists. These lists depend on the kernel
> configuration.
>
> Kbuild compiles all the $(obj-y) files. It then calls
> "$(LD) -r" to merge these files into one built-in.o file.
> built-in.o is later linked into vmlinux by the parent Makefile.
>
> The order of files in $(obj-y) is significant. Duplicates in
> the lists are allowed: the first instance will be linked into
> built-in.o and succeeding instances will be ignored.

nope, we don't do that.. but it's nice feature ;-)
seems easy enough, I'll check

jirka
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