Re: [PATCH v7 13/14] perf callchain: Support x86 target platform

[Jiri Olsa]

On Wed, Jun 01, 2016 at 09:47:50AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Wed, Jun 01, 2016 at 10:40:15AM +0200, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> > On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 11:19:11AM +0000, He Kuang wrote:
>  
> > SNIP
> > > +  ifeq ($(feature-libunwind-x86), 1)
> > > +    $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBUNWIND_X86)
> > > +    CFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBUNWIND_X86_SUPPORT
> > > +    LDFLAGS += -lunwind-x86
> > > +    have_libunwind = 1
> > > +  endif
> 
> > >    ifneq ($(feature-libunwind), 1)
> > >      msg := $(warning No libunwind found. Please install libunwind-dev[el] >= 1.1 and/or set LIBUNWIND_DIR);
> > >      NO_LOCAL_LIBUNWIND := 1
> > > +++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
> > > @@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ libperf-$(CONFIG_DWARF) += dwarf-aux.o
> > >  libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND) += unwind-libdw.o
> > >  libperf-$(CONFIG_LOCAL_LIBUNWIND)    += unwind-libunwind-local.o
> > >  libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBUNWIND)          += unwind-libunwind.o
> > > +libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBUNWIND_X86)      += libunwind/x86_32.o
> > 
> > seems odd but I dont have any better idea.. let's see what
> > others have to say ;-)
> 
> There was a lot of discussion in this patchkit, so I lost track of why I
> should consider the above odd :-)
> 
> I.e. I take the above as: if x86 libunwind was detected or explicitely
> selected, link support for it when generating the perf tool in any
> architecture, which seems sensible, no?

yep.. the x86_32 name under generic dir is what seems odd to me,
but it's like you said.. anyway we can always change if we find
some better solution ;-)

jirka