Re: next-20180416 - warnings from 'make tools/perf'

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Apr 23 2018 - 02:52:18 EST



* valdis.kletnieks@xxxxxx <valdis.kletnieks@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Seeing these warnings. 'diff' tells me that the files
> are in fact significantly different.
>
> Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h' differs from latest version at 'include/uapi/linux/kvm.h'
> Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h' differs from latest version at 'include/uapi/linux/prctl.h'
> Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/include/uapi/sound/asound.h' differs from latest version at 'include/uapi/sound/asound.h'
> Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h' differs from latest version at 'arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h'
> Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h' differs from latest version at 'arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h'
> Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h' differs from latest version at 'arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h'
> Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h' differs from latest version at 'include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h'
> Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h' differs from latest version at 'include/uapi/linux/bpf.h'
> Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h' differs from latest version at 'include/uapi/linux/if_link.h'

The warnings are harmless, and they should be fixed in v4.17-rc2.

Thanks,

Ingo